TAMPA THEATRE MEMBERS: Admission for this screening is FREE for all Members. Please RSVP to Kelly Prata at kelly@tampatheatre.org or 813-274-5507 by Thursday, October 8 so we can send you a personal access code.
On Friday, Oct. 9, the majestic movie palace welcomes back nationally renowned theater organist Steven Ball, who last played Lon Chaney’s masked masterpiece at Tampa Theatre in 2015 to a sold-out crowd, and most recently joined us in May for our first-ever live-streamed silent film.
Known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces," Lon Chaney was famous was famous for doing his own elaborate makeup. Likewise, Steven Ball will bring Chaney’s character back to cinematic life with a musical score of his own composition, performed LIVE with an intermission, just as it would have been when the film first opened. Patrons will be treated to a unique view of the organ, courtesy of an over-the-shoulder camera capturing all of Ball’s wizardry on the Might Wurlitzer during the streaming feature.
And to make the experience feel just a little bit more like “being there,” the Theatre will host a Popcorn Pickup under the historic marquee at 711 N. Franklin Street from 4-7pm. Orders can be placed online for popcorn, fountain sodas, and other cinematic snacks through the Theatre’s new concessions app Noble.
TAMPA THEATRE MEMBERS: Admission for this screening is FREE for all Members. Please RSVP to Kelly Prata at kelly@tampatheatre.org or 813-274-5507 by Thursday, October 8 so we can send you a personal access code.
On Friday, Oct. 9, the majestic movie palace welcomes back nationally renowned theater organist Steven Ball, who last played Lon Chaney’s masked masterpiece at Tampa Theatre in 2015 to a sold-out crowd, and most recently joined us in May for our first-ever live-streamed silent film.
Known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces," Lon Chaney was famous was famous for doing his own elaborate makeup. Likewise, Steven Ball will bring Chaney’s character back to cinematic life with a musical score of his own composition, performed LIVE with an intermission, just as it would have been when the film first opened. Patrons will be treated to a unique view of the organ, courtesy of an over-the-shoulder camera capturing all of Ball’s wizardry on the Might Wurlitzer during the streaming feature.
And to make the experience feel just a little bit more like “being there,” the Theatre will host a Popcorn Pickup under the historic marquee at 711 N. Franklin Street from 4-7pm. Orders can be placed online for popcorn, fountain sodas, and other cinematic snacks through the Theatre’s new concessions app Noble.