Silent Sundays

with Swanson

Sunday, August 11th, 2:00 PM

SILENT MOVIE WESTERN!
Come enjoy a Sunday afternoon with silent film classics accompanied live by professional
pianist Adam Swanson!

For the summer show in August, we will screen a rarely-seen feature-length silent western entitled The Round Up (1920). An unusual movie starring comedian Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, it has been beautifully restored to like-new condition for the bigscreen. All films will be accompanied with original period music LIVE on the DAC’s beautiful
9-foot grand piano. These events will be family friendly, so bring your kids and enjoy this fun and unique opportunity.

The Round Up (Paramount-Artcraft, 1920)
Starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
Silent screen legend Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, master of short subject comedies, made his
debut as the star of feature length films in George Melford’s production of The Round Up. In
this action-packed drama, Arbuckle portrays Sheriff Slim Hoover, a “legitimate” role which not
only offers a perfect vehicle for Arbuckle’s clever brand of humor, but also reveals him to be a
dramatic actor of the first order! This first class western has everything, including silent film
mega-star Buster Keaton in an uncredited cameo as an Apache Indian!

Adam Swanson is one of the world’s foremost performers of vintage American popular music, including ragtime, early jazz, the Great American Songbook, and more. He holds a bachelor’s in classical piano and a master’s in musicology from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. Adam has been a featured performer and lecturer at ragtime and jazz festivals across the United States and abroad, and he is the only four-time winner of the World Championship
Old-Time Piano Playing Contest. He made his New York debut in Carnegie Hall at the age of nineteen, where he performed with Michael Feinstein. Adam has performed at the Cinecon Classic Film Festival in Hollywood and the Kennedy Center, as well as in Hungary, Switzerland, and Australia. He has worked with such musicians as Toronto’s John Arpin, former rock star Ian Whitcomb, and legendary 1950s recording artist Johnny Maddox, who was one of Adam’s greatest influences. He lives in Durango, Colorado, where he frequently performs in the Diamond Belle Saloon at the Historic Strater Hotel.

Visit Adam online: www.adamgswanson.com.