Spend An Evening with Laurel and Hardy Tuesday, November
10th, at the Meyer Thearer in downtown Green Bay WI, 117 S Washington St at 7pm where four of Laurel and Hardy's comedy
silent short films will be shown with a full organ score
written and performed by noted local organist Frank Rippl and presented by The Packerland Theatre Organ Society. Tickets are
available by calling Ticketstar 800-895-0071 or the Meyer Theater Box Office 920-494-3401.
The movies will feature the historic Meyer Theater Wurlitzer
Pipe Organ providing all of the music and sound effects necessary to making this silent film classic a true experience,
taking the viewer back in time to the 1920's.
Frank Rippl has been Organist/Choirmaster at all Saints’
Episcopal Church in Appleton since 1971. He is a co-founder of the Appleton Boychoir, and now serves as the Boychoir’s
Director Emeritus and organist for it’s annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, and is founder and coordinator of
the summer Lunchtime Organ Recital Series. Mr Rippl has been performing silent films for The Packerland Theatre Organ Society
for the past five years.
The Packerland Theatre Organ Society is a non profit 501(c)
3 educational organization dedicated to the preservation and presentation of the Voice of the Silent Movie ( The Theatre Organ)
and is a chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society. The Packerland Theatre Organ Society is presenting this film as part
of its 2009 silent film series.
