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SLAM Cinema: The Last Laugh
The Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra will provide live musical accompaniment to The Last Laugh, a silent film from 1924 directed by German filmmaker F. W. Murnau. Emil Jannings stars as a nameless hotel door man who faces ridicule from his friends and family after losing his job. Founded in 2003 and based in St. Louis, Rats & People is an orchestral ensemble of emerging composers and musicians that composes and performs new scores to accompany films of the Silent Era and composes and records soundtracks for contemporary films.
Not rated, 90 minutes.
Melissa Venator, SLAM’s Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator of Modern Art, will make brief remarks about the film at 5:30 pm.
Ticket information
Tickets for this free program may be reserved in person at the Museum’s Information Centers or through MetroTix. All tickets reserved through MetroTix incur a service charge; the service charge is waived for tickets reserved at the Museum.
Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
