200 over those attending the October event featuring Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Even more impressive is that it is the best attendance we've had since 2001.
Ron Rhode once again did a stellar job at the Wurlitzer console. His pre-film concert included such favorites as Billy Joel's Just the Way You Are, and I'm Confessingand I Love To Hear You Singing played in the Jesse Crawford style.
Don Hall of GateWay Community College served as M/C providing an informative introduction to the silent era, the film, and its star Clara Bow. Ron and Don fielded questions from the audience in the Q & A Session after the film.
We'd like to give special thanks to our friends who helped make the success of this event possible:
- GateWay Community College for their financial support and raffle prize Gift Bags
- Friends of the Orpheum for their ticket purchases and support of our programs at the Orpheum from the beginning.
- FilmBar for helping us get the word out and providing tickets to the screening of the Korla Panditdocumentary for our raffle.