Silent Movie: Love, Luck, and Laughter: A Buster Keaton Double Feature

What the best way to end Valentines Day weekend, single or not? Laughing at “love” and all those other silly notions.

And, if you’re looking for a comic genius who can leaving you rolling on the floor without saying a word—that would be Buster Keaton.

The Washington Center for the Performing Arts has booked a double-feature of Keaton silent movies for Sunday, Feb. 15: Seven Chances and The Three Ages (both released in 1925. I have not seen either, but this is how the Washington Center describes them:

In Seven Chances, A man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.

Watch Seven Chances Trailer

The Three Ages shares love and romance through three historical ages: the Stone Age, the Roman Age, and the Modern Age.

Watch The Three Ages Trailer

Read more about the event and buy tickets here:

https://www.washingtoncenter.org/event/silent-movie-love-luck-laughter-buster-keaton-26-2-15/

Tickets are $18-$20 (with unfortunately, a hefty $6 fee if you buy them online). Currently there are plenty of seats available on either side of the theater and a few around the middle section. The good news is that all the remaining seats should still be pretty good. I’ve purchased my ticket AAA107 (last row, but dead center).

I do not know if this show, like Dirty Dancing, will sell out, but, if you are serious about going, getting your tickets earlier rather than later sounds like a good idea.

Also, once a few people have RSVP’d I’ll reach out and see about arranging a pre-movie coffee somewhere—like the new Drip Espresso Bar on Capitol Way South—around 1 p.m. The movie should let out right around cocktail hour so a post-movie someplace sounds like a lovely possibility if anyone is interested.