Her Wild Oat: Long-Lost Silent Comedy with Theatre Organ Accompaniment
Orpheum Theatre (842 South Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90014)
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The last date listed for Her Wild Oat was Friday January 14, 2011 / 8:00pm.
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Goldstar Member on What to Wear
Casual, but not sloppy
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Goldstar Member on What to Wear
Dress up for once. Heck, I dressed in a vintage suit. It's the historic Orpheum!
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38 Goldstar Member Reviews
Uber-Culture
A fantastic evening! We loved everything...the Orpheum, the passion of the restoration, the great views of the Hotel Del, and of course, Colleen Moore...I wish she could've been there to see the enthusiasm of the crowd. I know she tried to rescue her films, and it was great to see this one come to life. A wonderful event.Written on Jan 18 2011
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j8535
Fantastic. Wonderful film. Splendid musical performance. The interviews were a bit less than desired but I appreciated the effort of all involved. Looking forward to more events like this one.Written on Jan 17 2011
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Susan F.
Well - I am still floating from this fabulous evening! Where to start! First, I had toured the beautifully restored Orpheum theater about 4 years ago (the LA Conservancy gives tours) and had wanted to attend an event there since then. This was the perfect event - a vintage silent film in a perfect Art Deco theater. I have seen Colleen Moore's Doll House in the museum in Chicago and here she was on the silver screen in a hilarious comedy! And then there was the mighty Wurlitzer, played for all it's worth by Bob Salisbury of the LA Theater Organ Society! We sat in the balcony of course, and were transported to another time when life was fun, free and pretty uncluttered. It just doesn't get any better!Written on Jan 17 2011
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Dijou
Fantastic event! The talk before the movie really helped our appreciation of it as well as being able to talk with the organist afterwards (who came up with all the music himself!). The film itself was a total hoot! I'll be looking for more with Colleen Moore as we just loved her - what a shame that someone once so famous and so entertaining has fallen off the radar.Written on Jan 17 2011
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More Information About Her Wild Oat
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Quotes & Highlights
- According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Colleen Moore was the top box-office star of 1927.
Description
At the Orpheum Theatre, Bob Salisbury accompanies the 1927 silent film comedy Her Wild Oat starring Colleen Moore. Bob will accompany the film on the Orpheum’s 3-manual/14-rank Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ. This long-thought-lost comedy has been recently restored by the Academy Film Archive, from a print found at the Czech National Film Archive.
In this Marshall Neilan comedy Her Wild Oat, the 1920s prototypical flapper, Colleen Moore, plays the owner of a small lunch wagon who falls for a duke's son (Larry Kent), who pretends to be his own chauffeur. With her savings, she pursues him to a resort hotel, where she's mistaken for a duchess. It is claimed that Colleen Moore was the top box-office star of 1927, and well known that Moore was indeed a superstar at the end of the silent era.
Bob Salisbury accompanied the film at the Avalon Theatre to a limited audience and received wonderful reviews for his performance. This will be the first time that the film is accompanied on a theatre pipe organ in Los Angeles since its restoration, and will be your opportunity to have an unforgettable experience viewing the film just as you would have when it was first released in 1927!
About the Ticket Supplier: Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society
Fifty years ago, on February 8, 1955, American Theatre Organ Enthusiasts was formed in the living room of Richard C. Simonton's home in Toluca Lake area of North Hollywood, California. At that meeting Richard Simonton was elected ATOE President with Judd Walton Vice-President and Paul Pease Secretary-Treasurer. Volume 1, Number 1 of “The Tibia†(which became “Theatre Organ†in 1959) was published in the Fall of 1955.The magazine appeared quarterly. Tom B'hend was the Editor and undoubtedly part of the original group.
The Simontons had a 4/36 Wurlitzer installed in their basement theatre, the Bijou. The organ was originally a Style 260 from Paramount Pictures Hollywood Studio. Mr. Simonton enlarged the Organ to 36 ranks and had his cabinetmaker build a four manual console from drawings that he personally made of the second console at Radio Music Hall in New York. The home also had a large classical organ in the living room on the main floor assembled from a Welte console and a variety of pipework. A small exposed Aeolian-Skinner Positiv division sat above the doorway into the living room.