King of Kings

A longstanding tradition of the Festival is to hold a Silent Movie night with live, improvised organ accompaniment.  In a true throw-back to the Cinema’s of yester-year, a skilled organist interprets the drama on the screen through skill on the keyboard.  Jonathan Eyre is one of the best at creating the perfect improvised soundtrack to accompany the drama and pathos that is playing out on the screen.  

This year’s film is The King of Kings billed as ‘the Greatest Story Ever Told’ and directed by Cecille B De Mille.  It received rave reviews on its debut; The Film Daily stated: “There can be said nothing but praise for the reverence and appreciation with which the beautiful story has been developed. . . ‘The King of Kings’ is tremendous from every standpoint. It is the finest piece of screen craftsmanship ever turned out by DeMille”.  Photoplay described the film as “Cecil B. DeMille’s finest motion picture effort”