Silent Movie/Organ Accompaniment
By Karl Ellison
This announcement went into the October issue of the Boston American Guild of Organists (AGO) Newsletter: Any AMDers passing through town on the dates given may want to put this on their itinerary. You can bet I'll be at each of these!
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+ The 98-rank Boston University Symphonic Organ, designed for use with
+ silent film productions, fulfills that role once again this fall.
+ Part of the BU Feature Film Series, three silents will feature
+ performances by noted organists, restored 35mm prints, variable
+ speed projection equipment (to eliminate the "jerkys") from Boston
+ Light & Sound, and a 24' x 36' screen. The films are free and open
+ to the public. Showings start at 8:00 p.m., in Metcalf Hall of BU's
+ George Sherman Union, 755 Commonwealth Avenue. For more information,
+ call 617/241-7848 or 617/353-3635.
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+ Sunday, October 13: Robin Hood (1922), starring Douglas Fairbanks
+ Dennis James performs the original film score
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+ Thursday, October 31 (Halloween!): Phantom of the Opera (yes, the
+ real one - 1925), starring Lon Chaney Donald Mackenzie, organist
+ of the Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London
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+ Sunday, November 24: The General (1926), starring Buster Keaton
+ Walt Strony playing his own score
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+ (Information courtesy of Nelson Barden, Restorer/Curator of the
+ organ)
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- K a r l B. E l l i s o n
Ashland, Massachusetts U.S.A.
KBEllison@aol.com
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