{"id":52590,"date":"2025-01-06T16:10:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T22:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=52590"},"modified":"2025-01-27T08:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:10:09","slug":"tarleton-states-w-k-gordon-center-to-screen-chaplin-silent-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-states-w-k-gordon-center-to-screen-chaplin-silent-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton State\u2019s W. K. Gordon Center to Screen Chaplin Silent Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 On Feb. 8, the W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center will host a 6 p.m. showing of Charlie Chaplin in “The Kid,” a black and white silent film that has tugged at heartstrings for more than 100 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe Kid,\u201d originally released in 1921,was written, produced, directed by and starred Chaplin and features Jackie Coogan as his foundling baby, adopted son and sidekick. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movie, Chaplin’s first full-length film as a director, was a huge success and was the second-highest-grossing film in 1921. <\/sup>Now considered one of the greatest films of the silent era, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show is free to attend but seating is limited, so reservations are recommended. Contact the museum over email at gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a> or call 254-968-1886 to reserve your seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The W. K. Gordon Museum and Research Center is located at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, in Mingus and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. The combined museum and special collections library is located at the site of the Thurber ghost town. To learn more about the museum, visit www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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