Stella @ Sixth & I Synagogue (+ Afterparty with a "Wet Hot American Summer Screening")Film Screening: Jolly Fellows @ National Gallery of Art
by Svetlana 
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| May 31, 2008 | ||
| 4:00 pm |
free
details here: http://www.nga.gov/programs/film/envisioning_russia.shtm
Jolly Fellows (Moscow Laughs)
May 31 at 4:00PM
East Building Concourse, Large Auditorium
The most popular early sound films in Russia, as elsewhere, were often infused with national musical forms. The determined but untalented chanteuse of Jolly Fellows mistakes an innocent shepherd for a renowned jazz band leader. She invites the shepherd to accompany her to a fancy fête. He agrees, but then shows up at the party with his panpipes — as well as all the animals from his farm. (Grigori Aleksandrov, 1934, Russian with subtitles, 35mm, 96 minutes)
