Instrumentation

1121 - 2110 - perc(1): drum kit: ped BD/SD/TD//tom-t/susp.cym/splash cym/(hi-hat)/siz.cym/tgl/tamb/police whistle/bird whistle/alarm bell/phone effect/BD/tam-t - pno - strings (11111)

Availability

Score and parts and film print (35mm, Digibeta PAL & DVD PAL) for hire

Programme Notes

The Fireman was Charlie’s second comedy for Lone Star Mutual, completed on 12th June, 1916. Fireman Charlie and his brutish Chief are both in love with Edna. Edna’s father promises the Chief the girl, so long as he agrees not to bring in the brigade when the old man burns down his house for the sake of insurance. Unknowingly, he sets fire to the house while his daughter is upstairs. In a thrilling finale, Charlie climbs the ladder to rescue the girl, and wins her hand and heart. Charlie’s Fireman is burlesque, with the cooperation of the Los Angeles Fire Department, purchasing and burning down two old houses in the process.

The Fireman

Family concert

Philharmonie Luxembourg (Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Carl Davis CBE

The Fireman

2 performances same day

Centre Culturel Voltaire (Déville-lès-Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France)

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen/Mélisse Brunet

The Fireman

2 performances same day

Centre Culturel Voltaire (Déville-lès-Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France)

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen/Mélisse Brunet

The Fireman

Film format: DVD

Stadthofsaal (Uster, Zürich, Switzerland)

Zuger Sinfonietta/Ludwig Wicki

The Fireman

Waterfront Hall (Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)

Helmut Imig/Ulster Orchestra