Bardelys comes to Kansas

The recently-rediscovered print of Bardelys the Magnificent, starring John Gilbert, gets its American premiere (albeit on DVD) at the Kansas Silent Film Festival in February. Here’s the full festival line-up:

Fri. Feb. 27, 2009
Rowdy Ann, 20 min. (1919), with Fay Tincher
— Organ music by Greg Foreman

Go West, 70 min. (1925), with Buster Keaton
— Music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

The Great K&A Train Robbery, 54 min. (1926), with Tom Mix
— Music by Marvin Faulwell, organ, & Bob Keckeisen, percussion

Sat. Feb. 28, 2009
Disney’s Laugh-O-Grams, 6 min. (1925), a film by Walt Disney
— Organ music by Marvin Faulwell

Thundering Fleas, 20 min. (1927), with Our Gang
— Organ music by Marvin Faulwell

The Poor Little Rich Girl, 65 min. (1917), with Mary Pickford
— Organ music by Marvin Faulwell

Fatty & Mabel Adrift, 30 min. (1916), with Roscoe Arbuckle & Mabel Normand
— Music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

Cobra, 75 min. (1925), with Rudolph Valentino & Nita Naldi
— Music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

Kidding Katie, 20 min. (1923), with Dorothy Devore
— Organ music by Marvin Faulwell

Her Sister from Paris, 74 min. (1925), with Constance Talmadge & Ronald Colman
— Organ music by Greg Foreman

A Flash of Light, 15 min. (1910), film by D.W. Griffith
— Organ music by Marvin Faulwell

That’s My Wife, 20 min. (1929), with Laurel & Hardy
— Organ music by Greg Foreman

Bardelys the Magnificent, 90 min. (1926), with John Gilbert
— Music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

The festival, which is free and open to the public takes place 27-28 February at the White Concert Hall, Washburn University campus, 17th and Jewell, Topeka, Kansas. Full details on the festival website.