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Film Sat Apr 03 2010
Musicbox Brings Silent Film Back With Chicago
Silent film isn't dead! I swear to you! There's still an excitement that silent films can bring to modern audiences and no one understands that more than the Musicbox Theatre. Starting off as one of the biggest film palaces in Chicago, the Musicbox has never forgotten their roots and has consistently offered Chicagoans a classic film experience. On April 11, the Musicbox is digging deep into the vaults and bringing the 1927 silent film Chicago to the silver screen. Chicago takes cold-hearted murder and makes it sexy, using the true story of Belva Gaertner and Beulah Sheriff Annan as the basis of the film. Most modern audiences will recognize the story of Chicago either from the reboot of the musical, which premiered on Broadway in 1975, or the Oscar-winning film from 2002. The 1927 version is just as over the top as the remakes, but with Cecil B. DeMille producing it how could it not?
The West End Jazz Band will provide pre-show entertainment with big band music from the twenties and thirties, and organist Dennis Scott will accompany the film on the Musicbox organ. Doors open at 1 pm on April 11 and the screening starts at 2:15 pm. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the Musicbox box office or online at Brown Paper Tickets.
