Echoes of the Picture Palace

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Silent cinema brought to life with live music…

In a throwback to the days of vaudeville and the picture palace, Nick Russoniello and the Golden Age Quartet reawaken the Malachi’s past and celebrate the great Charlie Chaplin in a concert that combines classic film and live music. Including pieces from Golden Age greats and new compositions, the afternoon will be part history lesson and all entertainment.

In this cine-concert experience, the Golden Age Project re-create the traditions of the silent film era. Although silent in name, the films of the 1920s were shown in bustling picture palaces complete with live musical accompaniment. Echoes of The Picture Palace pays tribute to this lost tradition.

This programme features a screening of Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant, a 1917 silent film regarded as one of the best in its genre. Chaplin’s bar fights, seasickness, a heated card game and budding romance are animated by original music composed by Nick Russoniello. Also screening is Australia’s earliest film Patineur Grotesque (1896) accompanied by a freshly improvised piano solo.

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