The Mark of Zorro November 15, 2009

Lakewood Cultural Center
presents

The Mark of Zorro

Starring Douglas Fairbanks
accompanied live by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

Lakewood Cultural Center presents The Mark of Zorro starring Douglas Fairbanks accompanied live by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 15. Tickets are $14 for adults and are available by calling 303-987-7845, online at www.Lakewood.org/CulturalCenter or at the Lakewood Cultural Center Box Office, 470 S. Allison Parkway (Wadsworth and Alameda). Senior, student and group discounts available. Free parking on-site.

Released in 1920, this is a great Fairbanks film, full of excitement, comedy, and just the right amount of drama. Douglas Fairbanks pioneered the double role of Zorro and the foppish Don Diego, combining action and comedy in a delightful romp that established the tradition of the masked superhero. The success of this film, directed Fred Niblo, changed Fairbanks from a successful light comedian to America’s top action star. This silent film, newly transferred from a fine-grain safety print of the original negative, is accompanied by the five-piece Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra using historic “photoplay music” to create an authentic, exciting, and compelling score of the kind heard in movie theaters in the 1920s.

The Mont Alto Orchestra is a five to seven piece chamber ensemble that recreates the small local orchestras that were popular in America from 1890 through 1930. These orchestras provided music for dancing, for listening and for accompanying movies in the days before talkies. Mont Alto revives this tradition in recordings and live performances. As the five-piece "Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra," the group plays for silent films.

Mont Alto was formed in Colorado in 1989 and has toured around Colorado as well as to Kansas, New York, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, and California to perform music at venues ranging from elementary schools to Grauman's Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Boulevard.

The Lakewood Cultural Center 2009 - 2010 Performing Arts Season is generously supported by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) – with appreciation to the citizens of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District – Aura Spa and Wellness Center at the Sheraton Denver West and The Denver Post.