Event Film and Video Screenings So’s Your Old Man (1926)

Date and Location

  • When: Thursday, June 15, 2023

    6:45 pm - 7:15 pm EDT

  • Where: AFI Silver Theatre

    8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Part of Festival of Film and Sound

Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

Introduced by Richard Koszarski with live piano accompaniment by Jon Mirsalis.

In this hilarious comedy, W.C. Fields stars as a small-town inventor and local embarrassment who is convinced that his invention of an unbreakable car windshield will set him up for life. DIR Gregory La Cava; B&W. 71 min. Not Rated. 35mm print from Library of Congress.

Preceded by Belle of Samoa (1929): The first musical comedy of thescreen; an entrancing mix of authentic native culture, Broadway musical revueand vaudeville. DIR Marcel Silver. B&W. 18 minutes. Not Rated. Premiere.