LSC Event Descriptions

January 26, 2006
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An Evening of Silent Film
January 26, 2006 at 8:00pm in Killian Hall.

MIT's Martin Marks and MIT alum Dawn Perlner will provide live musical accompaniment to an evening of classic silent films, beginning with the Charlie Chaplin film The Immigrant and two other short films about immigrants in America, and accompanied by Martin Marks on the piano and Dawn Perlner on the violin. Dawn will also present four popular vocal works from the era, including one audience sing-a-long. Following an intermission, Martin Marks will provide the piano score accompaniment to the classic Soviet science fiction film Aelita Queen of Mars.

Admission is free

unrated
20 minutes
The Immigrant (1917)

This 1917 silent classic is directed by as starring comedic genius and film star Charlie Chaplin. Two poor immigrants on the boat to America meet and fall in love. Once there they struggle through the hardships that being new to the" land of opportunity" can bring. [rottentomatoes.com]

Silent film, with live musical accompaniment provided by Martin Marks and Dawn Perlner.

Additional short films:
Making an American Citizen (1912) 15 minutes
The Making of an American (1920) 15 minutes

unrated
100 minutes
Aelita Queen of Mars (1924)

A Moscow engineer designs a spaceship and travels to Mars to meet the woman who haunts his dreams. He succeeds, but finds himself embroiled in a Martian proletarian uprising. [rottentomatoes.com]

Silent film, with live musical accompaniment provided by Martin Marks.

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