OCT 23, 24 | Buster Keaton's "The Cameraman" ft. Clark Wilson @ Bandrika

6120 Yolanda Ave,Los Angeles CA 91335

23 October, 2021

Description

Film and Television composer Nathan Barr invites you to join him at his studio, Bandrika, for an evening of music on the Barr-Fox Wurlitzer. Film and Television composer Nathan Barr invites you to join him at his studio, Bandrika, for an evening of music on the Barr-Fox Wurlitzer theater organ, this time featuring Buster Keaton's classic 1928 comedy The Cameraman. The film will be accompanied by acclaimed theater organist Clark Wilson, who will be playing at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Halloween. In this silent classic, photographer Buster (Buster Keaton) meets Sally (Marceline Day), who works as a secretary for the newsreel department at MGM, and falls hard. In an attempt to win her attention, Buster abandons photography to become a news cameraman. Despite Buster's early failures with a motion camera, Sally takes to him as well. However, veteran cameraman Stagg (Harold Goodwin) also fancies Sally, and Buster will need to learn how to film quickly before he loses his job. Each performance at Bandrika will begin with a demonstration of the Wurlitzer and all of its amazing bells and whistles.  This historic instrument lived on the Newman Scoring Stage at Fox from 1928 to 1998, and can be heard on countless film scores from the 20th century, including The Sound of Music, Patton, Home Alone, and The Day the Earth Stood Still.  Since Nathan restored the instrument, it has re-entered the world of contemporary film music, heard in films and television programs such as The Grinch (2018), The House With a Clock in Its Walls (2018), The Addams Family (2019), Carnival Row (2019), and Uncle Frank (2020). The two performances are outlined below. Seating is limited and tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. - October 23, 2021 from 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM: Clark Wilson plays The Cameraman, preceded by an introduction and demonstration of the Wurlitzer. Runtime is 1 hour and 7 minutes. - October 24, 2021 from 3:00 PM - 4:45 PM: Clark Wilson plays The Cameraman, preceded by an introduction and demonstration of the Wurlitzer. Runtime is 1 hour and 7 minutes. PROOF OF VACCINATION IS REQUIRED AT THE DOOR. GUESTS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK OR FACE COVERING AT ALL TIMES. Bandrika Studios has a parking lot, and there is additional parking in the area. Please restrict overflow parking to Topham St and do not park on Yolanda Ave or North on side streets. About Clark Wilson: Clark Wilson is one of the most prominent and recognized scorers of silent photoplays in America today. His work has led to performances for UCLA, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where, in addition to other pictures, he has repremiered “Wings” for Paramount Studios’ 100th Anniversary, the Chautauqua Institution, Cinequest and San Francisco film festivals, the Los Angeles Conservancy, the Packard Foundation’s Stanford Theatre film series, the Atlanta premier of the restored “Metropolis”, and annual presentations at the Atlanta Fox Theatre and for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Society at the Walt Disney Concert Hall organ. Bandrika Studios is a brand new scoring stage in Tarzana, CA that functions primarily as the composition studio for film and television composer Nathan Barr.  The 8,000 sq. ft. complex is constructed around the 1928 Barr/Fox Wurlitzer Theater Organ, which lived on the famed Newman Scoring Stage at Fox Studios from 1928 to 1998 and can be heard in dozens of classic film scores – including The Sound of Music, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Witches of Eastwick, and Journey to the Center of the Earth.  This incredible instrument has 1,366 pipes as well as a pleathora of real percussion instruments, and truly must be heard to be believed.