Attendees are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite
silent movie star.
We learn that six months earlier, he stumbled upon the home of forgotten
silent movie star Norma Desmond -- played by Gloria Swanson, herself a
silent movie star -- and was soon seduced into the life of a tragically kept man, a soul-selling script doctor mercenarily feeding his benefactor's illusions of a dramatic comeback.
Based on an earlier film by Billy Wilder, Andrew Lloyd Webber's award-winning production takes place at the end of the 1940s and follows the story of Norma, a former
silent movie star, as she meets and entraps a young screen writer, Joe, to work on a comeback script.
By GRAHAM YOUNG Feature Writer graham.young@trinitymirror.com @grahamyoung THE UK's oldest working cinema has gone into production with Britain's first full-length
silent movie for 86 years.
Youngsters from Y Dyfodol supported living scheme managed by Clwyd Alyn Housing Association in Rhyl, took part in 12 sessions at with TAPE to create their own sound-tracks to a
silent movie. Eleven of the sessions took place at the Rhyl scheme with a final record and edit session at the TAPE studios in Berthes Road, Old Colwyn.
DRAMA There's a buzz in the store as it becomes the set for a
silent movie, Double Trouble.
"Everybody's been running a
silent movie of prehistory for so long," he says.
The main stand is devoid of noise, so it's like watching a
silent movie. Races take an average of 60 seconds, so there is only 15 minutes of action for the whole meeting.
With Dennis Lawson, Oona Chaplin (the granddaughter of
silent movie god Charlie), and Kayvan Fonejacker Novak.
Peter Wyngarde narrates, as this programme charts the evolution of Sherlock on screen, from the
silent movie era to the latest film and TV version.
silent movie - a movie without a soundtrack