OCT 31 | Halloween Silent Film at Grace Cathedral
Oct 31, 2024
Grace Cathedral
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Original show description below.
The sacred space of Grace Cathedral will transform into a grand movie palace for a special Halloween screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent thriller The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog featuring an original live score performed on Grace’s famous pipe organ by renowned organist and composer Dorothy Papadakos.
A member of the GRAMMY-winning Paul Winter Consort and former Cathedral Organist of New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Papadakos has accompanied the greatest silent films in venues around the world.
Hitchcock’s first thriller and the film that firmly established him as a director of note, The Lodger is a tense, atmospheric tale of murder and suspicion based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes novel and loosely inspired by Jack the Ripper. The film stars Marie Ault, Ivor Novello, and June Tripp, and concerns a mysterious stranger at a London boarding house who may or may not be a serial killer.
This performance will take full advantage of Grace’s 7,500 pipe Aeolian-Skinner organ, a historic instrument installed in 1934 that has been played by many of the world’s great organists and earned a place in jazz history as well, being employed for the premiere of Duke Ellington’s Concert of Sacred Music in 1963 and pianist Vince Guaraldi’s 1965 Jazz Mass.
The sacred space of Grace Cathedral will transform into a grand movie palace for a Halloween screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent thriller and featuring a live score performed by organist and composer Dorothy Papadakos.
When Dorothy Papadakos climbs into the organ loft, she rolls up her sleeves and rocks.
The New York Times
When Dorothy Papadakos climbs into the organ loft, she rolls up her sleeves and rocks.
The New York Times
Personnel
Dorothy Papadakos pipe organ
This electrifying early feature shows the young director marshalling a new medium's visual power.
The Guardian on 'The Lodger'
Personnel
Dorothy Papadakos pipe organ
This electrifying early feature shows the young director marshalling a new medium's visual power.
The Guardian on 'The Lodger'
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