LAST WARNING, THE (1928)
Special Features: Silent with live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson
After their huge success with 1927's THE CAT AND THE CANARY, German émigré director Paul Leni (THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, WAXWORKS) and star Laura La Plante reteamed on 1928's THE LAST WARNING. Five years after the lead actor of "The Snare" was murdered on stage, a Broadway producer revives the same play in the same theater, which had been closed since the tragedy occurred, with all of the surviving cast returning around a new lead. During rehearsals, strange occurrences haunt the cast. Has the murderer returned? Or could it be a vengeful ghost? DIR Paul Leni; SCR Tom Reed, Alfred A. Cohn, from the play by Thomas F. Fallon and story "House of Fear" by Wadsworth Camp; PROD Carl Laemmle Jr. U.S., 1928, b&w, 89 min. Silent with English intertitles. NOT RATED
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About Andrew Simpson
Andrew Earle Simpson is an acclaimed composer of opera, silent film, orchestral, chamber, choral, dance, and vocal music based in Washington, DC. His musical works make multi-faceted, intimate connections with literature, visual art, and film, reflecting his own interest in linking music with the wider world, an approach which he calls "humanistic music." One of America’s foremost silent film musicians, he has performed across the United States, Europe, and South America. In addition to composing and performing, Simpson is a professor and head of the division of Theory and Composition at the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music of The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. andrewesimpson.com
Run Time: 89 Minutes
Opening Date: Thursday, November 04, 2021
Genre: Mystery
