Postponed-Roycroft Film Society is featuring the film, The General, on January 14, 2024 at 4pm at the Roycroft Power House, 39 South Grove St. Tickets are $8.
The General features Buster Keaton and is a silent film.One of the most revered comedies of the silent era, this film finds hapless Southern railroad engineer Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) facing off against Union soldiers during the American Civil War. When Johnny’s fiancée, Annabelle Lee, is accidentally taken away while on a train stolen by Northern forces, Gray pursues the soldiers, using various modes of transportation in comic action scenes that highlight Keaton’s boundless wit and dexterity.
The General is considered a major classic of the silent era and a comic masterpiece
