CINCINNATI (February 23, 2023) —The Friends of Music Hall presents silent films accompanied by the Mighty Wurlitzer organ live, in person in the Music Hall Ballroom on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. Renowned organist and arranger Clark Wilson will accompany a collection of short silent films by Laurel and Hardy. Joe Horine, a film historian will host the program and lead a Q & A after the screenings.
These silent classics will be shown: Putting Pants on Phillip (1927), Leave ‘Em Laughing (1928), Habeas Corpus (1928), The Finishing Touch (1928), and That’s My Wife (1929).
All seats are reserved. Tickets are $32, with discounts for groups of 10 or more. Call 513.621.ARTS, online at CincinnatiArts.org or at the ticket offices at the Aronoff Center. Call 513.977.4157 for group sales.
Since 1980 organist Clark Wilson has been one of the most prominent and recognized scorers of silent photoplays in America. A skilled arranger, he develops accurate and historic musical accompaniments as they were performed in major picture palaces such as Cincinnati’s Albee Theater, the original home of Music Hall’s Mighty Wurlitzer.
Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy duo during the early Classical Hollywood of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). Starting their career as a duo in the silent film era, they later successfully transitioned to “talkies”. From the late 1920s to the mid-1950s, they were internationally famous for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy, childlike friend to Hardy's pompous bully.
The season sponsor for the Mighty Wurlitzer concerts is Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel.
About the Friends of Music Hall
The Friends of Music Hall is a nonprofit volunteer-driven membership organization with a mission to preserve, improve, promote, and provide education about Music Hall. In addition to preservation projects, activities include tours of Music Hall, a speaker series, outreach to schools, and concerts featuring the restored Mighty Wurlitzer Organ in the Music Hall Ballroom. FriendsofMusicHall.org
