2/2/11-2/4/11 Silent Films with Live Music

Wednesday through Friday, February 2, 3 & 4, 2011


World Financial Center
Winter Garden
220 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10281
(212) 417-7000

This annual event is back at the Winter Garden. See 3 days of silent films accompanied with live music. Alloy Orchestra is a three-man musical ensemble, writing and performing live accompaniment to classic silent films. Working with an outrageous assemblage of peculiar objects and electronic synthesizers, Alloy thrashes and grinds soulful music from unlikely sources.


Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 7pm
MASTERS OF SLAPSTICK:
ONE WEEK (with Buster Keaton)
BACK STAGE (with Roscoe Arbuckle)
EASY STREET (with Charlie Chaplin)
This trio of short films introduced audiences to memorable sidesplitting stunts by Hollywood’s greatest comedians including Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Charlie Chaplin.
http://www.artsworldfinancialcenter.com/cgi-bin/Go.cgi?q_id=1100


Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 7pm
SPEEDY (1928)
Starring Harold Lloyd
Comedian Harold Lloyd stars as the eponymous hero as he attempts to save the last horse-drawn trolley bus in New York from greedy railway magnates.
http://www.artsworldfinancialcenter.com/cgi-bin/Go.cgi?q_id=1101


Friday, February 4, 2011 at 7pm
THE BLACK PIRATE (1926)
starring Douglas Fairbanks
In this classic tale of revenge, Douglas Fairbanks, “The King of Hollywood,” is bound by honor to avenge the death of his father at the hands of a pirate gang.
http://www.artsworldfinancialcenter.com/cgi-bin/Go.cgi?q_id=1102


Related Links
Alloy Orchestra website:
http://www.alloyorchestra.com/


New Sounds Live website:
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/newsounds/