Off to California for Harold Lloyd at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, but first some thoughts about Keaton's 'The General'

Me outside the Jane Pickens Theatre, which always does amazing promotional posters. Last Thursday night, I had the honor of doing music for 'The General' (1926) for a very appreciative audience at the Jane Pickens Theatre in Newport, R.I. In introducing the film, I tried a new way to explain what an innovator filmmaker Keaton was. I asked everyone to look for a short sequence early in the film…