Press Release
October 17, 2024
Contact: Steve Hawkins
Oklahoma History Center Museum, Oklahoma Historical Society
Office: 405-522-0754
steve.hawkins@history.ok.gov
www.okhistory.org/kilgen
Kilgen Theatre Organ Performance at Oklahoma History Center to Feature Silent Film “Speedy”
OKLAHOMA CITY—On Monday, November 18, from 7-8:30 p.m., a Kilgen Theatre Organ performance will be held in the Devon Great Hall at the Oklahoma History Center. Organist Dennis Scott will accompany the silent film “Speedy” starring Harold Lloyd.
Dennis Scott is an award-winning and internationally known silent film organist. He is currently the house organist at Chicago’s historic Music Box Theatre. Scott’s style is compared to that of his legendary mentor, John Muri. Suzanne Lloyd, granddaughter of the comic genius Harold Lloyd, dubbed Scott the “master of magic notes.” Among other prestigious appointments, he has been the official organist for the International Buster Keaton Society and accompanies silent Keaton films for their annual convention in Michigan.
This Kilgen Theatre Organ performance will feature “Speedy,” a 1928 American silent film directed by Ted Wilde, featuring Harold Lloyd as a scatterbrained New Yorker who has trouble keeping a job. The fast-paced film includes a wild chase through New York City. The film is considered by some to be an invaluable historical record of the city in the 1920s. It includes footage from the Plaza Hotel, the Brooklyn Bridge, Wall Street, Times Square and Yankee Stadium, plus an extended cameo by Babe Ruth.
Tickets are $10 for Oklahoma Historical Society members and $20 for the general public. They can be purchased online or by calling 405-522-0765.
The Oklahoma History Center is located at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr. in Oklahoma City. It is open to the public Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Oklahoma History Center is a division of the Oklahoma Historical Society and is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, National Archives and is an accredited member of the American Alliance of Museums. The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society is to collect, preserve and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people. Founded in 1893 by members of the Territorial Press Association, the OHS maintains museums, historic sites and affiliates across the state. Through its research archives, exhibits, educational programs and publications the OHS chronicles the rich history of Oklahoma. For more information about the OHS, please visit www.okhistory.org.
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