Roycroft Film Society is featuring the film, The General, on February 11, 2024 at 2pm at the Roycroft Power House, 39 South Grove St. Tickets are $8. NOTE THE TIME as it is Super Bowl Sunday at 6:30pm!
The General featurse 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
Coming Attractions- March 10- Apollo 11
