In its heyday, the Barton Opus was able to recreate the sounds of many instruments, including strings, flutes and tubas, says Carlton Smith, who has been restoring the organ since 2020.

Kleefield sat at the console of the theater’s massive Mighty Wurlitzer organ, which he said was “the Rolls-Royce of theater ...

Dennis Wolkowicz, organist who co-founded Silent Film Society of Chicago, dies at 74 Mr. Wolkowicz, who played under the stage name Jay Warren because it was easier to pronounce, first tried his ...

In the era of silent films from the 1890s to the late 1920s, ... orchestral and acoustic instruments, and rhythmic loops,” Berg said in a news release.

Dennis Wolkowicz was a self-taught pipe organist and silent film aficionado who ran two Northwest Side theaters, the Gateway and the Portage, for many years and was active in efforts to restore ...

Eight Places to Experience a Movie Like It’s 1925. Theaters from Washington to Florida and Massachusetts to Arizona show silent films accompanied by live music played on elaborate theater organs ...

“I hate the term ‘silent film’ because they were never, ever shown silent. There was always music,” says Shelley Stamp , a film historian at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra To Present Silent Film THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA With Live Score . Screening will take place on October 25, 2024, at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church.

In its heyday, the Barton Opus was able to recreate the sounds of many instruments, including strings, flutes and tubas, says ...