1924 Silent Movie at SLAM

 

SLAM Cinema: The Last Laugh

Friday, January 26, 2024 | 6–7:30 pm CST | Free

The Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra will provide live musical accompaniment to The Last Laugh, a silent film from 1924 directed by German filmmaker F. W. Murnau. Emil Jannings stars as a nameless hotel door man who faces ridicule from his friends and family after losing his job. Founded in 2003 and based in St. Louis, Rats & People is an orchestral ensemble of emerging composers and musicians that composes and performs new scores to accompany films of the Silent Era and composes and records soundtracks for contemporary films.

Not rated, 90 minutes.

Melissa Venator, SLAM’s Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator of Modern Art, will make brief remarks about the film at 5:30 pm.

LOCATION

The Farrell Auditorium

One Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park,

St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1380

 

What a treat. A bit of movie history combined with a wonderful music accompaniment. And I found myself 6^th row center in the comfort of my happy place – The Saint Louis Art Museum.