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The spectacular ZaSu Pitts helms the gripping and amusing So’s Your Aunt Emma. A hodgepodge of disparate elements that blend into an almost magical whole, the film stars Pitts as a middle-aged spinster who comes to the big city to see a young boxer, the son of an old flame. It becomes apparent to her that the young man is in over his head with racketeering mobsters. Then the film takes an unexpected turn: the mobsters come to believe that Pitts is a nefarious secret killer that they all fear! The circumstances leading to this are cleverly hilarious, as is most of the film. So’s Your Aunt Emma is a riotous brew of action, comedy, drama, and superb acting.

Tributes to Zasu Pitts (1894-1963) - Edith Piaf (1915-1963) and Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003).

Two Rare Programs Featuring The Great Stone Face Buster Keaton! Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 - February 1, 1966) was an Academy Award-winning American comic actor and filmmaker. Best known for his silent films, his trademark was physical comedy with a stoic, deadpan expression on his face, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face" (referencing the Nathaniel Hawthorne story about the "Old Man of the Mountain"). He has also been called "The Michelangelo of Silent Comedy". Keaton's career as a performer and director is widely considered to be among the most innovative and important work in the history of cinema. He was recognized as the seventh greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. A 2002 world-wide poll by Sight and Sound ranked Keaton's The General as the 15th best film of all time. Three other Keaton films received votes in the survey: Our Hospitality, Sherlock, Jr., and The Navigator. We are pleased to present to you two of Buster Keaton's lesser seen works: THE RAILRODDER A screen short starring Buster Keaton, this is one of the last films of the comedian's long career. As "the railrodder" he crosses Canada from east to west on a railway track speeder. As might be expected, the film is full of sight gags as Keaton putt-putts his way to British Columbia. Not a word is spoken throughout, and Keaton is as spry and ingenious at fetching laughs as he was in the days of the silent slapsticks. THE SILENT PARTNER A seldom seen episode of the NBC anthology series "Screen Directors Playhouse" entitled The Silent Partner and originally broadcast on December 21, 1955. Comedic genius Buster Keaton plays a former silent-film star named Kelsey Dutton. Dutton watches the Academy Awards on television in a bar; in flashbacks, Keaton re-enacts Dutton's silent comedies. The silent-film parody is close enough to Keaton's old work to be poignant and funny, yet different enough to be part of Dutton's character. This interesting and rare show features Zasu Pitts, Joe E. Brown, Jack Elam and Bob Hope. 

A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists.

Lum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a racehorse. Lum is also too timid to propose to Geraldine, so he involves Abner in a 'rescue' effort which nearly gets both of them killed. They try again, and this time Geraldine is impressed. Lum writes a proposal note, but Abner, by mistake, delivers it to the Widder Abernathy, who has been ready to remarry for years. This puts Lum in a peck of trouble until the sheriff appears with the Widder's long-gone and hiding husband.

Clarence Day (William Powell) is a Wall Street broker who likes to think he runs his household with a gentle iron fist. Vinnie (Irene Dunne) his wife, is really the head of the home. She is flighty yet manages to let Clarence think he is the boss. The Day’s have four sons who are all involved with many crazy antics and adventures. They are growing up and girls, college, and moving out are just around the corner. As the Day’s go about their everyday life, Mr. Day makes the comment that he has never been baptized. This causes the entire family to make it their mission to see that Clarence is baptized so he may be with them in heaven. In keeping with his personality, Clarence will not be talked into anything. How will the family convince Clarence that it is his idea to be baptized?

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