BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Australia/Brisbane X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Brisbane BEGIN:VEVENT UID:95@themajestictheatre.com.au DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250426T120000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Brisbane:20250426T140000 DTSTAMP:20250220T064041Z URL:https://themajestictheatre.com.au/events/silent-film-comedy-tripple-w- c-fields-barney-oldfields-laurel-n-hardy/ SUMMARY:SILENT FILM COMEDY TRIPPLE - W C FIELDS\, BARNEY OLDFIELDS & LAUREL N HARDY DESCRIPTION:An amazing comedy triple this week from three of the most famou s silent film stars of the era.\n\nW C FIELDS - William Claude Dukenfield January 29\, 1880 – December 25\, 1946\, known as W. C. Fields\, was an American actor\, comedian\, juggler and writer. Fields's career in show bu siness began in vaudeville where he attained international success as a si lent juggler. He began to incorporate comedy into his act and was a featur ed comedian in the Ziegfeld Follies for several years. His stage and film roles were often scoundrels or henpecked everyman characters.\n\nSynopsis - Pool Sharks was made in 1915. The film is notable for being the film act ing and writing debut of W C Fields and also features early instances of s top-motion-animation during a game of pool. Fields and his rival (played b y Bud Ross) vie over the affections of a woman (played by Marian West). Wh en their antics get out of hand at a picnic\, it is decided that they shou ld play a game of pool. Both of them are pool sharks and after the game tu rns into a farce\, a fight ensues. Fields throws a ball at his rival\, who ducks. The ball flies through the window and breaks a hanging gold fish  bowl\, soaking the woman they are fighting over and leaving goldfish in h er hair. She storms into the pool hall and rejects both men.\n\nBARNEY OLD FIELDS - Born January 29\, 1878 in Wauseon\, Ohio\, USA. He was an actor\, who made a handful of silent films including The First Auto and Race for Life. He died on October 4\, 1946 in Beverly Hills\, Los Angeles\, Califor nia\, USA. Barney Oldfield\, was a real-life celebrity race car driver of the era who was famous for breaking records and\, occasionally\, his own b ones with his high-velocity driving.\n\nSynopis - In this film\, Oldfield helps “The Boy” chase down a train in the effort to save ‘The Girl\, ’ played by Mabel Normand\, from the evil Ford Serling ‘The Jealous Vi llain.’  The villain is manning the engine of the train in one of the v ery first silent films to incorporate the archetypal image of the bad guy tying the damsel in distress to the rail tracks in front of a fast-approac hing locomotive. A picture that is famous with silent films of today altho ugh dated in its approach to women.\n\nLAUREL &\; HARDY - A British-Ame rican comedy team during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cin ema\, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliv er Hardy (1892–1957). Starting their career as a duo in the silent film era\, they later successfully transitioned to "talkies". From the late 192 0s to the mid-1950s\, they were internationally famous for their slapstick comedy\, with Laurel playing the clumsy\, childlike friend to Hardy's pom pous bully. Their signature theme song\, known as "The Cuckoo Song"\, "Ku- Ku" by Hollywood composer T Marvin Hatley was heard over their films' open ing credits\, and became as emblematic of them as their bowler hats.\n\nSy nopsis - Facing financial hardship\, Ollie orchestrates a boxing match bet ween Stan and Thunderclap Callahan\, offering a cash prize of $100 to the victor. Stan\, fighting under the alias "Canvasback Clump\," inadvertently knocks out Callahan in the initial round. However\, Stan's refusal to ret urn to his corner prevents the referee from completing the ten-count\, all owing Callahan to recover and retaliate\, ultimately overpowering Stan.\n\ nDoors and bar open 11am. Coffee\, tea\, refreshments and snacks available . Movies screen at 12 noon. Tickets $15 for adults and fee for kids 13 and under. Film duration approximately one hour. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://themajestictheatre.com.au/wp-content/upl oads/2025/02/Doc1_1.jpg CATEGORIES:Silent Film LOCATION:The Majestic Theatre\, 3 factory street Pomona QLD 4568\, Pomona\, QLD\, 4568\, Australia GEO:-26.365581;152.857578 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3 factory street Pomona QLD 4568\, Pomona\, QLD\, 4568\, Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Maj estic Theatre:geo:-26.365581,152.857578 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Brisbane X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Brisbane BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20240426T120000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR