Buster Keaton’s The General

Silent film with live piano accompaniment from Vermont-based composer Bob Merrill!

One of the most revered comedies of the silent era, The General finds hapless Southern railroad engineer Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) facing off against Union soldiers during the Civil War. When Johnny’s fiancée and his beloved locomotive are taken by Northern forces, Gray pursues the soldiers, using various modes of transportation in comic action scenes that highlight Keaton’s boundless wit and dexterity.

1926 // 78 minutes // unrated