THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD OF CHARLEY BOWERS NOW STREAMING AS PART OF FILM FORUM'S VIRTUAL CINEMA: REPERTORY PROGRAM
/A delightful introduction and surprise for most audiences, this collection features newly-restored short comedies by Iowa-born Charley Bowers (1889-1946), a wildly inventive director, comedian, cartoonist, and animator... some might even call him an American surrealist. Mixing live-action with animated puppets and objects, Bowers helmed a score of little-known mini-masterpieces, many starring himself.
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