The Amazing Charley Bowers

Live musical accompaniment by Serge Bromberg

Showings

Castro Theatre Sun, May 31, 2015 10:00 AM
$16 general / $14 member (No processing fee!)
Film Info
Director:Charley Bowers
Cast:Charley Bowers
Year:1926–28
Country:USA
Total Run Time:75 mins.

Description

Almost forgotten in the US until Serge Bromberg of Lobster Films revived his oeuvre in 2010, Charley Bowers (nicknamed ‘Bricolo’ in France) directed and acted in masterpieces of live action and puppet animation in the late 1920s.

In spite of being championed by André Breton and the Surrealists for his extraordinary vision, Bowers’s films slipped into obscurity by the end of the 1930s. Now, the surviving films have been beautifully restored from original elements gleaned from archives and collectors around the world.

Films include: A WILD ROOMER (1926, 24 minutes), NOW YOU TELL ONE (1926, 22 minutes), MANY A SLIP (1927, 12 minutes), THERE IT IS (1928, 17 minutes)

Live musical accompaniment by Serge Bromberg

Co-presented by EatDrinkFilms and the Exploratorium