Film
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STRANGER DANGER Harold Lloyd starred in “Welcome Danger” (1929) at the end of the silent-film era, but when talkies burst on the scene, it was re-shot and turned into a hybrid of sound and silence. The comedy about a botanist recruited to track down a gang leader became Lloyd’s biggest money-maker. Most critics agree that the sound version is inferior, but the original silent version has been lost. A screening this weekend of a restored silent print, made from a camera negative of a version of the talkie that was made for “unwired” theaters, is the first time the film will be seen in its original form in public in 75 years. Steve Sterner provides live piano accompaniment at the 7:45 p.m. shows. Friday through Tuesday, 1 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m., and 10 p.m., Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St., between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street, 212-727-8110, $10 general, $5 members and children under 12.
‘KIDS’ AND ‘BULLIES’ Three films by down-and-dirty director Larry Clark are screened in the used-to-be-downand-dirty East Village. The low-budget “Kids” (1995) follows poor, promiscuous teenagers in New York City (Friday and Monday, 7 p.m.). “Another Day in Paradise” (1998) is about a drug addict and small-time thief (Saturday, 6:30 p.m.). “Bully” (2001) follows a revenge plot gone wrong (Sunday, 6:30 p.m.). The films, which are screened in their original 35mm format, are shown in conjunction with the International Center of Photography’s ongoing exhibit of Mr. Clark’s photographs. All screenings: Two Boots Pioneer Theater, 155 E. 3rd St., between avenues A and B, 212-591-0434, $9 general, $6.50 members.
SPRINGTIME, AND THE LIVING IS EASY The only 35mm print of Otto Preminger’s “Porgy and Bess” (1959) is screened at the Museum of the Moving Image. Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge star in George Gershwin’s opera about a love triangle set in 1912 South Carolina.The screenings inaugurate the new film series “Black Light: Films from the African Diaspora.” Saturday and Sunday, 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077, $10 general, $7.50 seniors and students, free for members.
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