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Christopher Perry Presents
The General
Wednesday, November 4, 6 – 8:30 p.m.
The General
is considered Buster
Keaton’s true masterpiece and is one
of the greatest films from the silent era.
This comedy, set during the Civil War,
was based on a true story and features
the most expensive comedy gag of the
silent era.
Christopher Perry
and The
Photoplay Ensemble presents this film
with live music and sound effects so
that you can experience the movie the
way it was originally intended.
Christopher Perry, musical director for
the Ensemble, arranges silent movie
scores by using the original film music
cues written for these classic pictures.
The “Mad Doctor of Sound Effects”
Henry Lozano provides the sound
effects, created with mechanical
devices–the same way they were
created in the silent film era.
Jason Bruecks Presents
Ol’ Blue Eyes For Your Eyes
Celebrate the centennial of Frank
Sinatra’s birth with film historian
Jason
Bruecks
! In this four-part series, he
presents “Ol’ Blue Eyes” in a wide
range of roles: a sailor who sings and
dances with fellow swabbie Gene Kelly;
a small-town writer with a taste for
booze and the wrong woman; a police
detective who unearths corruption
at every turn; and a mobster with the
world by the tail…until the
right
woman
comes along.
Anchors Aweigh
(1945)
Monday, November 9, 2 – 4 p.m.
Some Came Running
(1958)
Monday, November 16, 2 – 4 p.m.
The Detective
(1968)
Monday, November 23, 2 – 4 p.m.
Pal Joey
(1957)
Monday, November 30, 2 – 4 p.m.
Presented by the Rancho Mirage Public Library Foundation