Venue: Orpheum

VCT Presents Silent Movie Mondays

The Black Pirate  Starring Douglas Fairbanks

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. The featured organist will be Edward Norman.

Following the show, Keith Blackmore of the Vancouver Film School will host a lively discussion about silent movie-era special effects with Special Guest Jeff White, VFX Supervisor and Creative Director of Industrial Light & Magic’s Vancouver studio (Andor, Severance, Sinners, Jurassic World Rebirth). After arriving at ILM, White worked as a Creature Technical Director on a variety of films including: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events, War of the Worlds, and Star Wars: Episode III "Revenge of the Sith". 

The Black Pirate (1926)

Declared "glorious" by the New York Times upon its release, this silent action adventure film, shot entirely in two-colour Technicolor, marked a landmark achievement in the advancement of cinema as an art form. Douglas Fairbanks portrays a nobleman posing as the “Black Pirate” to seek justice for his father’s death and rescue a kidnapped princess. 

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