Three Silent Film Comedy Classics All with Live Organ Accompaniment
The Freshman
plus classic shorts
Too Many Mammas and Laurel and Hardy in Liberty
World Famous Theatre Organist Andrew Simpson
THE FRESHMAN | 1925 | 77 MINS
Harold Lamb (Harold Lloyd) is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way of introducing himself that he saw in a movie. When he arrives at Tate University, he soon becomes the target of practical jokes and ridicule. With the help of his one real friend Peggy, he resolves to make every possible effort to become popular.
TOO MANY MAMMAS | 1924 | 9 MINS
Jimmy (Charley Chase) must help his boss hide an affair with a beautiful woman and try to keep his own girlfriend happy.
LIBERTY | 1929 | 20 MINS
With the police hot on their trail, Stan and Ollie attempt to change clothes in their getaway car, only to find themselves struggling to balance atop the girders of an unfinished skyscraper. Will they return to ground level in one piece?
ABOUT ORGANIST ANDREW E. SIMPSON
Andrew E. Simpson is one of America's foremost silent film musicians. He has performed across the US, Europe, and South America. He is resident film accompanist at the National Gallery of Art and a resident accompanist at the Library of Congress. He has performed silent film scores at the Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone, Italy; Lincoln Center in New York City; the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC; the Sala Cecelia Meireles in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Harvard Film Archive; UCLA Film and Television Archive; and festivals such as Cinefest, Slapsticon, Orphans, and the Library of Congress’ Mostly Lost workshops.
This event is made possible with the generous support of The Manchester.