Duck Soup Cinema featuring
Faust
starring Gösta Ekman Written by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Gerhart Hauptmann, Hans Kayser Directed by F.W. Murnau CAST (1926) Gösta Ekman....................................................................................................................... Faust Emil Jannings.................................................................................................................Mephisto Camilla Horn................................................................................................................. Gretchen Frieda Richard................................................................................................. Gretchen’s Mother William Dieterle................................................................................Valentin, Gretchen’s Brother Yvette Guilbert.................................................................Marthe Schwerdtlein, Gretchen’s Aunt Eric Barclay.......................................................................... Herzog von Parma (Duke of Parma) Hanna Ralph.................................................................Herzogin von Parma (Duchess of Parma) Werner Fuetterer........................................................................................ Erzengel (Archangel)
GRAND BARTON ORGAN
Dennis James
OTHER MUSIC
Mark Goldstein
SAT, MAR 16, 2013, 8PM | Capitol Theater Funding provided by Madison Stagehands and Projectionists Union, I.A.T.S.E Local 251, and contributions to Overture Center for the Arts. Learn how you can support Duck Soup by becoming a member at overturecenter.com/contribute.
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GÖSTA EKMAN Generally spoken of as Swedish theater’s most legendary stage actor, Gösta Ekman enjoyed a prolific stage career during his short life, becoming the first real star of Swedish theater. His boyish good looks attracted both sexes, helping
to create a massive cult following and elevating him to the status of a living legend. Combined with a beautiful voice and a powerful stage presence, Ekman was able to captivate his audiences. (from IMDB)
GRAND BARTON ORGAN Like all grand movie theaters built during the Silent Film Era, the Capitol Theater had a pipe organ that allowed a single musician to fill the theater with music while movies were being shown. Overture Center’s organ is a Barton, manufactured by the Bartola Musical Instrument Company in Oshkosh. It is believed to be the oldest Barton in Wisconsin, and the only one in the state remaining in its original location and condition. The instrument is such a rare gem that in 1990 it was honored by the Organ Historical Society as “an instrument of exceptional merit,” the first time a theater organ had been so recognized by the society, which typically reserves such honors for the grand pipe organs found in churches. Hollywood had premiered the first “talkie” the year before the Capitol Theater opened, but it took a while for sound films to catch on, and the Barton got a lot of use in the early years of the Capitol Theater. As sound films became popular, the organ was used for sing-alongs and pre-feature entertainment, but as film showings lost their pageantry, this role diminished. The gold and red horseshoe-shaped console is the most visible part of the instrument, but the organ’s sound comes from 1,034 pipes hidden in chambers on either side of the stage. The large
illuminated console and its 141 stop keys and three manuals is usually located at house right. At one time, it was on its own elevator in the orchestra pit. It was moved to make space for the many large-scale productions staged in the theater. A seven and one half horsepower blower in the basement of the theater powers the organ and the massive electrical switching system is sealed in a special room high in the building. This electrical relay is so large that it was put in place before the theater was finished in 1928 and could only be removed with considerable demolition of the building. The smallest pipes, which produce the high notes, are the size of a soda straw, and the largest are 16 feet tall and 18 inches in diameter. The pipes that produce the deepest notes are eight feet high and about 24 inches square, made of thick, knotless pine slabs. Like any wind instrument, the sound comes from air passing through the pipes, but the wind is supplied by a seven-horsepower air pump, rather than a musician’s breath. The pipes are divided into fourteen ranks, or sets, that mimic the instruments of an orchestra. In addition, a “toy counter” offers special sounds like a chirping bird, auto horn, sleigh bells and percussive effects. An important part of keeping the organ in top condition is regular use. Overture Center continues to use the organ as part of the center’s Duck Soup Cinema series.
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DENNIS JAMES For well over 25 years, Dennis James has played a pivotal role in the international revival of silent films with live music. Beginning as a pianist for campus screenings at Indiana University during the late 1960s, James now tours worldwide under the auspices of his own Silent Film Concerts production company presenting feature silent film programs with solo theatre organ, chamber ensemble and full symphony orchestra accompaniments. Performing silent films regularly with symphony orchestras throughout the United States and Canada since 1978, James offers the most comprehensive repertoire in the field. James is a featured soloist on the international film festival circuit, including regular appearances for the San Francisco, Toronto, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia as well as the annual Pordenone and Rome (Italy) Festivals Cinema Muto. He performs frequently at the Walker Film Center in Minneapolis, the Cleveland Cinematheque and for the Chicago Art Institute’s film series and at the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Palazzo Delle Espisozioni in Rome, and the National Film Theatre in London. He regularly performs under the auspices of the American Film Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, the Pacific Film Archive, the George Eastman House, the American Federation of the Arts,
and for the U.C.L.A. Film and Television Archive and the British Film Institute. His silent film presentations have been seen throughout Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy and England. Dennis James is also dedicated to furthering public interest in the pipe organ and to the continuation of the theatrical traditions of organ performance. His has served as house organist for the Lansdowne and Brookline Theatres in Philadelphia and later at the Paramount and Rivoli Theatres in Indiana. From 1975 to 1989 James was the final appointed house organist for the restored Ohio Theatre in Columbus. Since 1991 he appears frequently at the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, California, between his international touring engagements. In a career made up of diverse engagements, he has performed with such popular film personalities as Vincent Price, Ray Bolger, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Myrna Loy, Olivia De Havilland, Ginger Rogers and Fay Wray. He was selected by composer/conductor Carmine Coppola as the organist for the ongoing world tour presentations of Napoleon, the 1927 epic silent film by Abel Gance. He has also toured extensively with silent film stars Charles “Buddy” Rogers and the late Lillian Gish and providing musical accompaniment at national revivals of their motion pictures.
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SAT, APR 13, 2 & 7 pm $7 Adults, Kids 12 & under $3 Capitol Theater Organist: Clark Wilson Sponsored by
Duck Soup Cinema Harold Lloyd’s Girl Shy, 1924
Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop. Despite his bashfulness, he takes it upon himself to write a guidebook for other bashful young men, “The Secret of Making Love,” chapters from which are portrayed as fantasy sequences
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Are you a silent film aficionado? Does the sound of the Capitol Theater’s Barton Organ signal the beginning of a fabulous evening of Duck Soup Cinema for you? Then join Overture’s Duck Soup Cinema Club, and help keep this community program healthy and affordable for all! Learn about the benefits of membership and make your donation online at overturecenter.com/contribute. You’ll have even more fun with Duck Soup and take pride knowing that your generosity is part of how it all happens.
2012/13 Duck Soup Club Member List Current as of December 10, 2012
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John & Nancy Hilliard Bill & Marcia Holman Andrew Hunn Rita Jackson Richard Judy Larry Kneeland Pricilla Laufenberg Rudy Lienau Mike & June McCowan Robert A. & Susan Miller Robert Miller & Pam Hoffman Janet Monk Stanford & Bev Ninedorf Lynn & Sally Phelps Evan & Jane Pizer
M. Diane Pollock In Memory of C. Fred Pollock Ami Orlin Rodland Jenny Rowland & John Sears Don & Barb Sanford Diane & David Silbaugh Joe & Jeanne Silverberg Tanner Spaude Brenda Spychalla Robert & Marsha Steffen Ellen Twing James Welsch Alan West Eileen Zeiger
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