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SFSFF 2015 Programs

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AMAZING TALES FROM THE ARCHIVES
Live music by Donald Sosin

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
(d. Lewis Milestone, United States, 1930)
Live music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

THE AMAZING CHARLEY BOWERS
Live music by Serge Bromberg

AVANT-GARDE PARIS
Live music by Earplay and Stephen Horne

BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST
(d. Fred Niblo, United States, 1925)
Presented with pre-recorded score by composer Carl Davis

BERT WILLIAMS: LIME KILN CLUB FIELD DAY
(d. Edwin Middleton, T. Hayes Hunter, and Sam Corker Jr., United States, 1913)
Live music by Donald Sosin

THE CAVE OF THE SPIDERWOMEN
(d. Dan Duyu, China, 1927)
Live music by Donald Sosin and Frank Bockius

THE DEADLIER SEX
(d. Robert Thornby, United States, 1920)
Live music by Guenter Buchwald

THE DONOVAN AFFAIR
(d. Frank Capra, United States, 1929)
Live performance by the Gower Gulch Players

FLESH AND THE DEVIL
(d. Clarence Brown, United States, 1926)
Live music by Matti Bye Ensemble

THE GHOST TRAIN
(d. Géza von Bolváry, Germany, 1927)
Live music by Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius
Narration by Paul McGann

THE LAST LAUGH
(d. F.W. Murnau, Germany, 1924)
Live music by Berklee Silent Film Orchestra

NORRTULLSLIGAN
(d. Per Lindberg, Sweden, 1923)
Live music by Matti Bye Ensemble

PAN
(d. Harald Schwenzen, Norway, 1922)
Live music by Guenter Buchwald

SHERLOCK HOLMES
(d. Arthur Berthelet, United States, 1916)
Live music by Donald Sosin Ensemble

SPEEDY
(d. Ted Wilde, United States, 1928)
Live music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

THE SWALLOW AND THE TITMOUSE
(d. André Antoine, France, 1920)
Live music by Stephen Horne and Diana Rowan

VISAGES D’ENFANTS
(d. Jacques Feyder, Switzerland, 1925)
Live music by Stephen Horne

WHEN THE EARTH TREMBLED
(d. Barry O’Neil, United states, 1913)
Live music by Stephen Horne

WHY BE GOOD?
(d. William A. Seiter, United States, 1929)
Live music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

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