The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra returns to provide musical accompaniment for a special Halloween screening of the silent film version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s spine-chilling masterpiece. Dr. Jekyll (John Barrymore) faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a concoction that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde. 

 

$18 General Admission / $15 Museum Members

 

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 Times

 

Mont 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.

 

About the “Mont Alto” Name

The Colorado and Northwestern, a narrow-gauge railroad that led from Boulder to the mountain communities of Ward and Eldora, was running into difficulty as the gold mines began to play out. Retooling itself as a tourist route, and calling itself “The Switzerland Trail of America,” the small railroad built a dance pavilion at Mont Alto park in 1898. On the day it opened, the city of Boulder closed for business so that all of the citizens could picnic, gather flowers, and dance the night away. In the spirit of adapting life to suit dancing, the Mont Alto Ragtime and Tango Orchestra was named in 1990.

 

$18 General Admission / $15 Museum Members

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Thursday Nights @ the Museum

The Longmont Museum is open until 9 pm on Thursday evenings. Come early to visit our new exhibit  “Build: Design & Create with LEGO!” or take an Adult Art & Sip class.

 

In our Stewart Auditorium, every Thursday evening we offer a film, performance, or talk.

View upcoming Thursday Nights at the Museum.