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SCREENING: 'Girl Shy' (Newmeyer & Taylor, 1924)

  • Kent Museum of the Moving Image 41 Stanhope Road Deal, Kent CT14 6AD United Kingdom (map)

“Out of the Past” is an ongoing screening series foregrounding the history and prehistory of the film medium, historical genres (swashbucklers, slapstick, romance, etc), and cinema’s engagements with history, literature and theatre.

Starring and produced by thrill specialist and shy Everyman Harold Lloyd. The unbeatable chase finale of ‘Girl Shy’ is a veritable recapitulation of every form of transport known to man for the previous 100 years. [Running time: 1h 29m]