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Half Moon Bay Odd Fellows Host Vintage Films of the Early 20th Century With Live Piano by Shauna Pickett-Gordon
April 29th, 2023 @ 7:30pm - 9:30pm
$10
VINTAGE FILMS OF THE EARLY 20th CENTURY
With live Piano accompaniment by Shauna Pickett-Gordon
Get info & Tickets: https://www.hmb-odd.org/calendar/6333
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/815200622
Rails of the Golden City: A segment of a feature film in progress about the history of railroads in San Francisco, which shows the Earthquake of 1906, including the aftermath as the City begins to rebuild. 5 min.
“Flash Gordon” The future as seen from the past. In this 1936 episode, an unknown planet is headed to crash into the earth, and Flash Gordon embarks on a journey to change the planet’s course, with naïve views of what space travel would be in the future. 20 min
Alice Guy Blaché was probably the only woman film director in the world from 1896 to 1906. She made almost six hundred silent films, including A House Divided, Falling Leaves and Canned Harmony, three shorts that will be presented with a piano score composed and performed by Shauna Pickett-Gordon. 40 min
With live piano accompaniment by Shauna Pickett-Gordon
Join us for an evening of vintage silent films that explore the history of San Francisco, the future of space travel as seen by the early explorers of cinematic effects, and four short films by the first female cinematographer.
Rails of the Golden City: A segment of a feature film in progress about the history of railroads in San Francisco, which shows the Earthquake of 1906, including the aftermath as The City begins to rebuild. 5 min
“Flash Gordon” episode: The future as seen from the past. In this 1936 episode, an unknown planet is headed to crash into the earth, and Flash Gordon embarks on a journey to change the planet’s course, with naïve views of what space travel would be in the future. 20 min
Four silent films by Alice Guy-Blaché: Fallen Leaves, Heroine, Canned Harmony, Le Piano 40 min
Alice Guy-Blaché (1873 – 1968) was a French pioneer filmmaker. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, she was probably the only female filmmaker in the world.
The Alice Guy-Blaché films will be presented with an original score composed and performed on the piano by Coastside musician Shauna Pickett-Gordon.
(Shauna’s Photo: Peggy Bechtell)
