OH! WHAT A NURSE + short

Stand-up star Lucy Porter introduces two films linked by their takes on marriage. The short,  LE TORCHON BRULE (Romeo Busetti,  France, 1911, 5 mins) is by far the oldest and shortest in this year’s programme, starring Sarah Duhamel as one half of a couple engaged in all-out war.

The main feature is OH! WHAT A NURSE! (Charles Reisner, USA, 1926, 70 mins) in which Charlie Chaplin’s brother Syd seeks, via the newspaper “agony aunt” column he’s nursing, to prevent a young heiress (Patsy Ruth Miller) from marrying her uncle’s dubious choice of suitor, with madcap results.  Includes a bit part for future double Oscar winner Janet Gaynor. With live piano accompaniment by Daan vandenHurk