The Evening's Program of Films

LAUGHING GAS (1914)
Charlie Chaplin.
Why we are all afraid of the dentist.

FELIX WOOS WHOOPEE (1928)
Otto Messmer.
Felix the Cat gets the DTs. Then we laugh.

THE ASTRONOMER'S DREAM (1898)
Hand-colored print. With music by Sun Ra.
One of the earliest surviving Méliès films.

LE NEZ  (The Nose)  (1962)
Alexandre Alexeieff & Clair Parker.
Brilliant pin-screen animation based on the story by Gogol. An influence cited by the Brothers Quay.

MYSTERIOUS MOSE (1930)
Max & Dave Fleischer.
Betty Boop's 3rd appearance (still with dog ears), in which Bimbo blows his mind over her. In honor of Betty's 73rd birthday on Aug. 9th.

RHAPSODY IN BLACK AND BLUE (1932)
Louis Armstrong.
Louis plays some serious horn in this surreal jazz soundie complete with an ocean of bubbles. Of course.

THE MERRY FROLICS OF SATAN (1905)
Tinted print. With music by Hal Russel & the NRG Ensemble.
The Dark Lord sticks it to a couple gullible shnooks. A reprise from last year.

MINNIE THE MOOCHER (1932)
Rare color print!
With Betty Boop, and Cab Calloway as a ghostly walrus. The first cartoon to feature a major jazz star.

ST. LOUIS BLUES (1929)
Bessie Smith.
Bessie's only film appearance, with a hair-raising performance of the song.

MUSICAL POSTER #1 (1940)
Len Lye.
Animation painted directly on film, and British war-time propaganda no less.

TRADE TATTOO (1937)
Len Lye.
A "documentary," combining processed live action footage and direct-to-film animation.

FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928)
With music by David Bowie and Brian Eno.
The little-seen abstract version directed by Watson & Webber.