Beggars of Life, starring Louise Brooks, will be shown at Green Park Station in Bath, England on October 20 as part of the FilmBath Festival 2024. This screening will feature a live musical accompaniment. More information about this event, including ticket availability, can be found HERE.
The promoter of the event is FilmBath. Here is what they say about the film: "Silent film & live music: Sonic Silents is a trio of masters of Bluegrass & American old-time country string-music, playing live, original, specially-composed scores to bring new life to legendary Hollywood silent movies of a long-gone era.
Presented by renowned musicians Kate Lissauer (Buffalo Gals band lead), Jason Titley and Leon Hunt, these three remarkable talents have joined together to reveal a thrilling, fresh, moving and often humorous approach to the legendary black and white Hollywood movie 'Beggars of Life', starring iconic actress Louise Brooks.
In an absorbing, poignant glimpse of a bygone time, this trio’s evocative playing and inventive percussive highlights reawaken the 1928 work of revered filmmaker William Wellman as they delight in joining the FilmBath Festival 2024
Bath Pizza Company and Bath Music Workshop Cafe will be open during the evening selling food and drinks.
This event is part of BFI's Art of Action Season."
The
first ever book on the film, Beggars of Life: A Companion to the 1928 Film, was published by the Louise Brooks Society in 2017.
The book is authored by LBS Director Thomas Gladysz, and features
a foreword by author and actor William Wellman Jr. -- the son of the film's Academy Award winning Director. (Purchase on amazon.)
More about Beggars of Life can be found on the newly revamped Louise Brooks Society website on its Beggars of Life (filmography page). THE LEGAL STUFF: The Louise Brooks Society™ blog is authored by Thomas Gladysz, Director of the Louise Brooks Society (www.pandorasbox.com). Original contents copyright © 2024. Further unauthorized use prohibited. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
