(Un)Silent Film presents Safety Last! - an American silent romantic-comedy film from 1923 starring Harold Lloyd, and produced by Hal Roach, and Kid Auto Races at Venice, also known as The Pest, a 1914 American film starring Charlie Chaplin. 

Performed Live to Film by the Mannes Orchestra, conducted by David Fulmer, featuring the brilliant scores of Carl Davis.

Come join us to see the iconic shot of Lloyd hanging from the clock (Safety Last!), and the pivotal moment in cinema where the camera breaks the fourth wall as Chaplin plays spectator at a "pushcar" race in Venice (Kid Auto Races at Venice)! Mannes' UnSilent orchestra brings these scores to life in live performances as the audience can marvel at both film and music in real-time. With extra attention being paid to phrase structure, articulation, and temporal coordination, the music leaps off the page in ecstatic delight as it meets the exuberance and humor of the film screen. The scores are exquisitely composed by Carl Davis, a dear long-time friend of The New School. Conducted by David Fulmer.

The (Un)Silent Film series has been critical in advancing the resurgence of film screenings with live music and has been hosted by Matthew Broderick, Bill Irwin, Rob Bartlett, Ed Rothstein, and Michael Bacon.

(Un)Silent Film nights have presented the world premieres of works composed for The Birds and The Immigrant (by Nathan Kamal and Alexis Cuadrado respectively), a New York premiere of a score by Hollywood composer Craig Marks for the film Sherlock, Jr., and Charlie Chaplin's original scores for Gold Rush and other Chaplin classics. The most recent (Un)Silent presented the world premiere of a new score to the iconic film, METROPOLIS, composed by Mannes student, Amir Sanjari.

Free with registration. Oh - and free Popcorn!