[NewMusicEvents] Club Foot Orchestra @ the Castro, Saturday 4/12/08

[Robair, Gino]

THE CLUB FOOT ORCHESTRA
San Francisco Jazz -- Silent Film Festival
Saturday, April 12th
Castro Theatre
429 Castro St., San Francisco, CA 94114

3pm: Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr.

7pm: Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

9pm: F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu

3pm: Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr.
$5 Children/Seniors $10 Adults
Silent-movie icon Buster Keaton stars in one of Time Magazine’s
“All-Time 100 Best Films”‹the hilarious tale of a hapless projectionist
who daydreams his ways into the movies.

7pm: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
In the first of two German Expressionist classics in the film fest, the mad
mesmerist of the title and his faithful servant, Cesare, are at the heart of
a series of mysterious murders when the carnival comes to town.
Or are they? Wait for the famous twist endingŠ
$10 SFJAZZ Members $20 General Public
$30 Double Feature with Nosferatu

9pm: Nosferatu
The granddaddy of all vampire films, F.W. Murnau’s loose (and
unauthorized) adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula stars Max Schreck as the
perennially chilling prince of the undead, Count Orlock.
$10 SFJAZZ Members $20 General Public
$30 Double Feature with Cabinet of Dr. Caligari CLUB FOOT ORCHESTRA
SF Jazz  Silent Film Festival

Three of the greatest silent films of all time come alive with a
21st-century beat at SF's grandest movie palace. All screenings feature
live performances of original scores by renowned silent-film accompanists
and Bay Area legends the Club Foot Orchestra: Richard Marriott, Beth
Custer, Steve Kirk, Myles Boisen, Gino Robair, Catherine Clune, Sheldon
Brown, and special guest Cornelius Boots. Conducted by Deirdre McClure.

Club Foot Orchestra was founded in 1983 by Richard Marriott at the then
burgeoning punk club the Club Foot on Third Street in San Francisco. In
1987, CFO began composing scores for classic silent films having performed
at such prestigious venues as New Music America  Walter Reade Theatre in
Lincoln Center, NYC; Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC; and the Nuart
Cinema in LA. CFO has contiued to create innovative scores for classic
silent films and are now considered to be the originators of this popular
trend. These SFJazz Society/Castro Theatre performances will mark Club Foot
Orchestra's 21-year anniverary. Don't miss this historic event!