Venue: Orpheum

VCT Presents Silent Movie Mondays

It (1927) Starring Clara Bow

Clara Bow's role as the plucky shop girl in this box office smash brought her global fame and made her the first-ever “It Girl.” Bow is magnetic as Betty, who is enamored with the wealthy owner of the department store where she works and determined to catch his attention.

Escape to the 1920s silent movie era at the historic Orpheum theatre! Vancouver Civic Theatres is thrilled to present Silent Movie Mondays, an immersive experience that screens popular silent films accompanied by dramatic music played live on the historic Wurlitzer organ – the last theatre organ in Canada still performing in its original home.

Join us in the West Coast Lounge for a pre-show performance by the Gatsby Strutters Jazz Band. With Vancouver Civic Organist Michael Dirk on the Wurlitzer organ.

Stick around after the show for a fascinating post-show talk featuring Vancouver Film School's Keith Blackmore and local legend/fashion historian Ivan Sayers. Get ready for a mini-fashion show featuring some of Ivan's favourite flapper-era garments!

ABOUT IVAN SAYERS

Ivan Sayers is a fashion historian who specializes in the study of women’s, men’s, and children’s fashions from 1700 to the present. He has collected period costumes for over 50 years and now has one of the largest and most comprehensive private collections of historical clothing in Canada.

Ivan worked at the Museum of Vancouver from 1970 to 1990 and left his position as Curator of History to become a Museum Consultant and Lecturer. He is currently the Honorary Curator of the Society for the Museum of Original Costume whose mandate it is to establish a museum of clothing and textiles in the lower mainland.

Ivan has received awards from the Western Canadian Designers and Fashion Association, the Vancouver Historical Society and was given a distinguished service award by the British Columbia Museum Association in October 2010. In May of 2015, Ivan was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by Kwantlen Polytechnic University. In September 2016, Ivan was honoured by the Museum of Vancouver with the distinction of Curator Emeritus.