Piccadilly - A silent film with live music by WURLITZA 5 FEB

PICCADILLY - A SCREENING OF THE 1929 SILENT MOVIE ACCOMPANIED BY LIVE MUSIC FROM CORNISH BAND WURLITZA.

This is an excellent, entertaining and brilliant night out!

Piccadilly was one of the great transition films between Silent and Sound pictures, directed by Ewald Andre Dupont. It features the last good work of several distinguished 1920's figures and is one of the true greats of British silent films, on a par with the best work of Anthony Asquith or Alfred Hitchcock in the period. In the film the Piccadilly nightclub is in danger of decline when manager Valentine sacks his star attraction. But his discovery of talented Chinese dancer Shosho begins a chain of events leading to tragedy.

Wurlitza have been performing live music soundtracks to silent films for several years. Their scores are very carefully choreographed to fit the mood of every part of the film - requiring time keeping accurate to the second. The repertoire used is wide ranging from jazz and blues classics to classical pieces to modern anthems and some of our own compositions.

Wurlitza have performed film soundtracks live at Plymouth Arts Centre, Cornwall Film Festival, Port Eliot Festival, Cornwall University, the Barbican Theatre, Plymouth and St Ives September Festival in Cornwall and many other venues.

Tickets £7.50 on the door or you can reserve in advance by calling 01647 281295/admin@dartmoorarts.com
Performance starts at 7pm.
Drewe Arms Drewsteignton EX6 6QN

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