Thursday....Captain's Log Stardate 3-16-2006.....need....more.....power.....

I watched a silent movie last night on the Evangel University TV channel. It was called:

The General (Silent, 1927)

Directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman, featuring Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes. Engineer Johnnie loves Annabelle Lee and his train, "The General". But when the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he's more valuable as an engineer, Annabelle thinks it's because he's a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board, and Johnny must rescue both his loves.

It was funny, and most of it was centered on the train ride. It was amazing how even without 'sound', you could still tell what was going on. The background music was mostly just classical music; one of which was the "Danube Waltz". Didn't get to watch all of it....it was 10:30 and I was starting to fall asleep. But it was very interesting to watch!! And I'm sure most of the actors did their own stunts, some of which looked painful!!