Silent Sundays with Swanson
Sunday, February 16th , 2:00 PM
Come enjoy a Sunday afternoon with silent film classics accompanied live by professional pianist Adam Swanson! For the first show of the year, Adam will be screening a feature-length Buster Keaton masterpiece that has never been shown in Durango. From 1928, The Cameraman is a fascinating glimpse into the early days of Hollywood amidst the incredible slapstick comedy of Keaton. All films will be accompanied with original period music LIVE on the DAC’s beautiful 9-foot grand piano. These events will be family friendly, so bring your kids and enjoy this fun and unique opportunity.
The Cameraman (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1928)
Starring Buster Keaton
The Cameraman was Keaton’s last major feature movie of the silent era. Hopelessly in love with a woman working at MGM Studios, a clumsy man attempts to become a motion-picture cameraman to be close to the object of his desire. How does this result in Keaton accidentally skinny dipping? A gang war? An impromptu solo baseball game? Come to Silent Sundays to see The Cameraman on the big screen and find out!
Adam Swanson is one of the world’s foremost performers of vintage American popular music, including ragtime, early jazz, the Great American Songbook, and more. He holds a bachelor’s in classical piano and a master’s in musicology from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. Adam has been a featured performer and lecturer at ragtime and jazz festivals across the United States and abroad, and he is the only four-time winner of the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest. He made his New York debut in Carnegie Hall at the age of nineteen, where he performed with Michael Feinstein. Adam has performed at the Cinecon Classic Film Festival in Hollywood and the Kennedy Center, as well as in Hungary, Switzerland, and Australia. He has worked with such musicians as Toronto’s John Arpin, former rock star Ian Whitcomb, and legendary 1950s recording artist Johnny Maddox, who was one of Adam’s greatest influences. He lives in Durango, Colorado, where he frequently performs in the Diamond Belle Saloon at the Historic Strater Hotel. Visit Adam online:
www.adamgswanson.com.
