Three Silent Film Comedy Classics with Live Organ Accompaniment
The Kentucky Theatre
214 East Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40507
7:15pm - 9:30pm EDT
World famous theater organist Andrew Simpson accompanies Harold Lloyd in The Freshman, Laurel and Hardy in Liberty, and the very zany Too Many Mammas.
Join us for this very special fundraiser supporting efforts to bring the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ back to its original home at The Kentucky.
ABOUT ORGANIST ANDREW E. SIMPSON
Andrew Simpon 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.