Kilgen Theatre Organ performance featuring Dennis Day Scott and the silent film Speedy (1928) starring Harold Lloyd
November 18, 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
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On Monday, November 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., a Kilgen Theatre Organ performance will be held in the Devon Great Hall at the Oklahoma History Center (OHC) featuring organist Dennis Day Scott accompanying the Harold Lloyd silent film Speedy (1924).
Dennis Day 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, the late 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 and 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 at the Plaza Hotel, the Brooklyn Bridge, Wall Street, Times Square, Yankee Stadium, and an extended cameo by Babe Ruth.
Tickets are $10 for Oklahoma Historical Society members and $20 for the general public and are available by calling 405-522-0765.
