Thu March 29, 2018
Film Screening at the Old U.S. Mint: The Penalty (1920) with live musical score!
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Join the California Historical Society and the Tenderloin Museum for a special night that shares the history of the Old Mint through a screening of the 1920s silent movie, The Penalty.
The Penalty is a frightening noir that draws heavily on San Francisco's historical viceland and stars Lon Chaney in his breakout role as Blizzard, a vengeful, amputee crimelord hell-bent on robbing the Old Mint. Now, nearly a century later, the California Historical Society and the Tenderloin Museum are granting this gangster his wish by screening The Penalty inside the Mint’s majestic receiving room, replete with a live musical score and a century-spanning presentation on the film’s many recognizable locales.
The live score will be performed by dueling duo ensembles featuring a few of the Bay Area's most-feted improvisors. Sarah Lockhart (percussion, electronics) and Christina Stanley (violin, electronics, voice) will play opposite Mark Clifford (vibraphone) and Crystal Pascucci (cello, voice) to conjure an evocative, haunting soundtrack for Chaney's portrayal of the ruthless Blizzard. Don Herron, acclaimed literary walking-tour guide and Dashiell Hammett expert, will host the evening, which features an exclusive virtual tour of movie’s locations by CitySleuth (aka Brian Hollins), the authority on the urban history of SF film noir.
Based on the serial novel by Gouverneur Morris, The Penalty is rife with sights of “lost” San Francisco. It is, building for building, the equivalent of the Bogart-Bacall Dark Passage (1947) or the Stewart-Novak Vertigo (1958) and makes an ideal subject to explore the link between the noir genre and the history of vice in the Barbary Coast and Tenderloin. Brian Hollins, whose dedicated and insightful reelsf.com blog maps the locations of films shot in the Bay Area, will present a slideshow after the screening that pinpoints where all of the action took place. As the mysterious CitySleuth, Hollins illuminates the connections between the SF on screen and the city as it stands today. His especially detailed work with The Penalty brings this twisted, silent thriller clearly into the present.
Discover local history in one of San Francisco’s most magical settings. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience this piece of classic cinema from inside the film’s most iconic location-shot along with a site-specific live musical score!
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The Penalty is a frightening noir that draws heavily on San Francisco's historical viceland and stars Lon Chaney in his breakout role as Blizzard, a vengeful, amputee crimelord hell-bent on robbing the Old Mint. Now, nearly a century later, the California Historical Society and the Tenderloin Museum are granting this gangster his wish by screening The Penalty inside the Mint’s majestic receiving room, replete with a live musical score and a century-spanning presentation on the film’s many recognizable locales.
The live score will be performed by dueling duo ensembles featuring a few of the Bay Area's most-feted improvisors. Sarah Lockhart (percussion, electronics) and Christina Stanley (violin, electronics, voice) will play opposite Mark Clifford (vibraphone) and Crystal Pascucci (cello, voice) to conjure an evocative, haunting soundtrack for Chaney's portrayal of the ruthless Blizzard. Don Herron, acclaimed literary walking-tour guide and Dashiell Hammett expert, will host the evening, which features an exclusive virtual tour of movie’s locations by CitySleuth (aka Brian Hollins), the authority on the urban history of SF film noir.
Based on the serial novel by Gouverneur Morris, The Penalty is rife with sights of “lost” San Francisco. It is, building for building, the equivalent of the Bogart-Bacall Dark Passage (1947) or the Stewart-Novak Vertigo (1958) and makes an ideal subject to explore the link between the noir genre and the history of vice in the Barbary Coast and Tenderloin. Brian Hollins, whose dedicated and insightful reelsf.com blog maps the locations of films shot in the Bay Area, will present a slideshow after the screening that pinpoints where all of the action took place. As the mysterious CitySleuth, Hollins illuminates the connections between the SF on screen and the city as it stands today. His especially detailed work with The Penalty brings this twisted, silent thriller clearly into the present.
Discover local history in one of San Francisco’s most magical settings. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience this piece of classic cinema from inside the film’s most iconic location-shot along with a site-specific live musical score!
Join the California Historical Society and the Tenderloin Museum for a special night that shares the history of the Old Mint through a screening of the 1920s silent movie, The Penalty.
The Penalty is a frightening noir that draws heavily on San Francisco's historical viceland and stars Lon Chaney in his breakout role as Blizzard, a vengeful, amputee crimelord hell-bent on robbing the Old Mint. Now, nearly a century later, the California Historical Society and the Tenderloin Museum are granting this gangster his wish by screening The Penalty inside the Mint’s majestic receiving room, replete with a live musical score and a century-spanning presentation on the film’s many recognizable locales.
The live score will be performed by dueling duo ensembles featuring a few of the Bay Area's most-feted improvisors. Sarah Lockhart (percussion, electronics) and Christina Stanley (violin, electronics, voice) will play opposite Mark Clifford (vibraphone) and Crystal Pascucci (cello, voice) to conjure an evocative, haunting soundtrack for Chaney's portrayal of the ruthless Blizzard. Don Herron, acclaimed literary walking-tour guide and Dashiell Hammett expert, will host the evening, which features an exclusive virtual tour of movie’s locations by CitySleuth (aka Brian Hollins), the authority on the urban history of SF film noir.
Based on the serial novel by Gouverneur Morris, The Penalty is rife with sights of “lost” San Francisco. It is, building for building, the equivalent of the Bogart-Bacall Dark Passage (1947) or the Stewart-Novak Vertigo (1958) and makes an ideal subject to explore the link between the noir genre and the history of vice in the Barbary Coast and Tenderloin. Brian Hollins, whose dedicated and insightful reelsf.com blog maps the locations of films shot in the Bay Area, will present a slideshow after the screening that pinpoints where all of the action took place. As the mysterious CitySleuth, Hollins illuminates the connections between the SF on screen and the city as it stands today. His especially detailed work with The Penalty brings this twisted, silent thriller clearly into the present.
Discover local history in one of San Francisco’s most magical settings. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience this piece of classic cinema from inside the film’s most iconic location-shot along with a site-specific live musical score!
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The Penalty is a frightening noir that draws heavily on San Francisco's historical viceland and stars Lon Chaney in his breakout role as Blizzard, a vengeful, amputee crimelord hell-bent on robbing the Old Mint. Now, nearly a century later, the California Historical Society and the Tenderloin Museum are granting this gangster his wish by screening The Penalty inside the Mint’s majestic receiving room, replete with a live musical score and a century-spanning presentation on the film’s many recognizable locales.
The live score will be performed by dueling duo ensembles featuring a few of the Bay Area's most-feted improvisors. Sarah Lockhart (percussion, electronics) and Christina Stanley (violin, electronics, voice) will play opposite Mark Clifford (vibraphone) and Crystal Pascucci (cello, voice) to conjure an evocative, haunting soundtrack for Chaney's portrayal of the ruthless Blizzard. Don Herron, acclaimed literary walking-tour guide and Dashiell Hammett expert, will host the evening, which features an exclusive virtual tour of movie’s locations by CitySleuth (aka Brian Hollins), the authority on the urban history of SF film noir.
Based on the serial novel by Gouverneur Morris, The Penalty is rife with sights of “lost” San Francisco. It is, building for building, the equivalent of the Bogart-Bacall Dark Passage (1947) or the Stewart-Novak Vertigo (1958) and makes an ideal subject to explore the link between the noir genre and the history of vice in the Barbary Coast and Tenderloin. Brian Hollins, whose dedicated and insightful reelsf.com blog maps the locations of films shot in the Bay Area, will present a slideshow after the screening that pinpoints where all of the action took place. As the mysterious CitySleuth, Hollins illuminates the connections between the SF on screen and the city as it stands today. His especially detailed work with The Penalty brings this twisted, silent thriller clearly into the present.
Discover local history in one of San Francisco’s most magical settings. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience this piece of classic cinema from inside the film’s most iconic location-shot along with a site-specific live musical score!
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