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SUMMARY:SILENT FILM - THE GENERAL - BUSTER KEATON - 1926
DESCRIPTION:This awesome movie turns 100 years old this year so we are cele
 brating this masterpiece known as "The greatest train movie ever made".\n\
 nThe General is a 1926 American silent comedy film released by United Arti
 sts. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase\, a true story of an ev
 ent that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted fro
 m the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger. The fil
 m stars Buster Keaton\, who also co-directed it along with Clyde Bruckman.
  In 1989\, the film was selected by the Library of Congress to be include
 d in the first class of films for preservation in the United States Nation
 al Film Registry for being "culturally\, historically\, or aesthetically s
 ignificant."\n\nSynopsis - Buster Keaton's masterpiece and one of the grea
 test silent movies of all time was filmed in the Cottage Grove area in the
  summer of 1926. The General is a Civil War tale\, the fictionalized ac
 count of an attempted hijacking of a Confederate train called the General
  by Union spies in 1862. Buster Keaton plays Johnnie Gray\, the engineer 
 of the General\, whose sweetheart Annabelle Lee\, played by Marion Mack\,
  rejects him when he fails to enlist in the Confederate Army. When Union s
 pies make off with both the General and Annabelle Lee\, Johnnie Gray must
  attempt a heroic rescue of the train and his girl. Film duration 80 minut
 es.\n\nDoors &amp\; licensed bar open at 11am. Coffee\, tea and refreshmen
 ts available. Tickets $15 and free for kids 13 and under. No need to book\
 , buy your tickets at the door.
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CATEGORIES:Silent Film
LOCATION:The Majestic Theatre\, 3 factory street Pomona QLD 4568\, Pomona\,
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