The General (1926)

<div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Part of Silent Movie Weekend 2026!</b> Celebrate the 100th anniversary of one of silent cinema’s greatest comedies: Buster Keaton’s <i>The General (1926)</i>, presented on the big screen with live piano accompaniment by celebrated visiting pianist Bruce Vogt.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Keaton’s dazzling blend of deadpan comedy, breathtaking stunt work and locomotive spectacle remains as exhilarating a century later as it was in 1926 — and there’s no better way to experience it than with a live, improvised score.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">The program will begin with Charlie Chaplin’s delightful short comedy <i>The Adventurer (1917)</i>, making this a double dose of silent-era brilliance.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>About Silent Movie Weekend 2026:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Celebrated concert pianist and professor Bruce Vogt returns to Kingston for our 2026 Silent Movie Weekend, October 3–4 — now a much-loved annual tradition at The Screening Room.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Bruce will provide live musical accompaniment for Buster Keaton’s <i>The General (1926)</i> on Saturday at 1pm, followed on Sunday at 1pm by the eerie Expressionist masterpiece <i>The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)</i> and three spooky silent shorts</span></div><div><br></div><div><strong>About <a href="https://www.brucevogt.com/">Bruce Vogt</a>:</strong>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 14px;">Bruce Vogt is a Canadian pianist with a distinguished career as a performer and teacher. He has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across North America, Europe and Asia, and has mentored generations of young artists as professor of piano at the University of Victoria.</span><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Alongside his concert work, Bruce has developed a specialty in improvising live piano accompaniments for silent films. He has accompanied works by Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd and other masters in cinemas around the world,&nbsp;&nbsp;transforming the silence of the medium into another sphere.</span></div>Silent ComedyPT2HRated G2026-10-03US
Buster Keaton
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The General (1926)"The General (1926)"

Showtimes

October 3, 1:00 pm

The Screening Room Movie Theatre