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Screen Juniors on Holiday: Custard Pie Ceremony with live score

In 1909, veteran comic Ben Turpin became the first film actor to get hit in the face with a custard pie. After that, everyone was at it, and it became a staple for silent comedies.

We’ll be celebrating the art of throwing the custard pie with a selection of silent and sound shorts and extracts from films from the 10s, 20s, and 30s. Featuring, amongst others, Mabel Normand and Fatty Arbuckle in A Noise from the Deep (1913), Charlie Chaplin in His Trysting Places (1914) and Behind the Screen (1
12:00pm.

£7.50 for adults. £7 for seniors. £5.50 for children under 16.
mac birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, West Midlands B12 9QH
Sun 27 Jul 2014
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