Presented by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles: Debut of the Art Deco Architecture Wiki! THE CAMERAMAN, 1928 January 28, 2012

Saturday, January 28 – 3:30 PM
Presented by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles: Debut of the Art Deco Architecture Wiki! The Art Deco Society of Los Angeles has created a database of Art Deco Los Angeles architecture and will debut it in front of a live audience! Included is a demonstration of the wiki with instructions for adding your own images to this database of both standing and demolished structures. Following the presentation is a screening of silent films depicting Los Angeles architecture, cityscapes and countryside (!) from a bygone City of Angels.
THE CAMERAMAN, 1928, Warner Bros., 69 min. Dir. Buster Keaton. Buster has a huge crush on Sally, an adorable office worker for MGM Newsreels. Buster gives up his tintyping job and gets himself a camera, with a new plan to catch the attention of both Sally and MGM. The novice cameraman is in the right place at the right time to capture on film a Tong war smack in the middle of Chinatown - and must narrowly escape plenty of disasters, Buster-style! In a clever meta-comment on impressing the studios, this delightful comedy was originally an MGM production. [35mm]
Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFBqfhknYnQ&feature=fvst

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