Great Movie & Pot Luck @ Ken & Sophia's! | GREED (1924) ***SILENT MOVIE***

Movie + Pot Luck Dinner @ Ken & Sophia's Home in Chesterfield, MO, featuring Ken's NEW 100" Screen!

Their address will be group e-mailed to attendees 24 hours ahead of the event.

SCHEDULE
5:30PM: Show-up/Mingle
6PM: Eat
7PM: Movie - No one admitted after the movie starts
9PM: Discuss/Mingle

The main course of the Pot Luck provided by Ken & Sophia will be both chicken AND beef chili. They will also likely provide a few beverages.

Please bring a complimentary side/dessert to share and document it here on THIS page.
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Ken talks about GREED:
Von Stroheim’s original film was over nine hours long. He showed it once to a select group of friends. Like other great directors who didn’t pay attention to the studio system, he lost control of his work. The studio cut the film to be two hours and three minutes long. The shortened version is considered one of the great Films of all time. Following its release, Von Stroheim disowned it and never spoke of it again. Like Buster Keaton and Orson Welles, he lost control over the making of his own films.

Jerry requested this film. It will be shown on a 100-inch 4K high definition television screen. Hopefully, this will be the first such evening event at my house. Hope to have a monthly event. I plan to have a drawing to select who will be the next person to choose a film to be seen by the group.
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Based on McTeague, an 1899 novel by Frank Norris.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McTeague
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Norris

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Greed is a 1924 American silent psychological drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim and based on the 1899 Frank Norris novel McTeague. It stars Gibson Gowland as Dr. John McTeague; ZaSu Pitts as Trina Sieppe, his wife; and Jean Hersholt as McTeague's friend and eventual enemy Marcus Schouler. The film tells the story of McTeague, a San Francisco dentist, who marries his best friend Schouler's girlfriend Trina.

NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 96% on the Tomatometer and a 90% on the Popcornmeter.

https://www.allmovie.com/movie/greed-am6968 [Includes Trailer!]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed_(1924_film)