Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
THE KID BROTHER (1927) | NR
Hollywood Fools: Celebrating silent film legend Harold Lloyd. Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra returns to the Longmont Museum for back-to-back evenings dedicated to silent film legend, Harold Lloyd, one of Hollywood’s most hallowed fools.
The Kid Brother (1927 | NRConsidered by many to be one of his finest performances, Harold Lloyd plays a feeble boy in an otherwise brawny family, who is known for being clever—and for getting into trouble. In this slapstick tale of mystery, he must think fast in order to clear his family name, even if it means facing the strongman Sandoni.
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About Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra is a five-piece chamber ensemble that revives the repertoire of silent film orchestras. Using historic libraries of music, and selecting and fitting a piece of music for each scene in the film, Mont Alto compiles vibrant and emotional scores using the original techniques of silent film orchestras. “The results are often breathtakingly beautiful and always in the strict service of the film on the screen.” — The New York TimesMont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra was formed in Colorado in 1989, and has scored over 125 silent films, recording over 40 film scores for releases on DVD, Blu-Ray, and for showings on Turner Classic Movies. The Mont Alto Orchestra appears regularly at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival, the TCM Classic Film Festival, the Denver Silent Film Festival, the Chautauqua Auditorium film series, and the Kansas Silent Film Festival. They have toured the country from Films at Lincoln Center in New York to Grauman’s Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. Their most recent release is “Entreaty,” a CD of silent film compositions for romantic scenes.
Other Museum Events and Performances
The Longmont Museum offers variety for all audiences, including exhibits, concerts, performances, films, talks and classes.
- See other Longmont Museum Presents performances, and Climate Action Sundays.
- View our current exhibit, Duality: Contemporary Works by Indigenous Artists
- Come to Thursday Nights at the Museum – we’re open until 9pm, with a 7 PM talk, film or performance
- Take an Art & Sip class for adults, on Thursday Night at 6:30 PM,
- or attend a Friday Afternoon Concert at 2:30 PM on the second Friday of each month.
