Join us at Holy Trinity Church for a special 100th Anniversary screening of two Buster Keaton classic feature films - Sherlock Jr and The Navigator. We welcome back Australian-born London-based pianist/composer/improviser Meg Morley, who will deliver live musical accompaniment to both films!  

Sherlock Jr.

Buster Keaton’s third feature is a breathtakingly virtuosic display of every silent comedy technique imaginable, from his own formidable physical skills to some then ground-breaking camera trickery. The detective fantasy Sherlock Jr. largely takes place inside the head of a hapless and wronged cinema projectionist (Keaton) who dreams himself into the screen only to be flummoxed by the film’s editing.

The Navigator

Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbour across the street, Betsy O’Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy’s rich father has just sold to a small country at war.

These screenings will be accompanied by a live piano score, performed by BFI Southbank’s resident pianist Meg Morley. Since performing for her first silent film in 2016, Meg has quickly become one of the UK’s pre-eminent silent film accompanists, performing at various international film festivals and playing regularly at the London Cinema Museum. Meg is also somewhat of a mainstay of our Pocket Film Festival, having performed at every festival since 2017… This double-bill event is not to be missed!