Vancouver Civic Theatres caps this season’s Silent Movie Mondays series with The Lodger, May 25
Koos van Nieuwkoop plays the historic Wurlitzer organ live to Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 thriller
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Ivor Novello in The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog.
Escape to the 1920s silent-movie era at the historic Orpheum theatre as Vancouver Civic Theatres presents Silent Movie Mondays. This immersive experience screens popular silent films accompanied by dramatic music played live on the historic Wurlitzer organ—the last theatre organ in Canada still performing in its original home.
For the final show of the 2025–26 season on May 25, audiences get to watch the silent thriller Alfred Hitchcock considered his true directorial debut, 1927’s The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog. The featured organist is Koos van Nieuwkoop.
Ticketholders are invited to enjoy a pre-show performance by the Gatsby Strutters Jazz Band in the West Coast Lounge. Following the screening, Keith Blackmore of the Vancouver Film School will host a lively discussion about this movie’s important place in film history; and special guest Katharine Montagu will join in on the conversation.
Silent Movie Mondays at the Orpheum.
Montagu is a writer, producer, script analyst, story editor, and teacher. She has won multiple awards and development funding grants. Previously, she wrote for the television series Alienated, and is currently a writing partner on a TV-series adaptation of a time-travel novel alongside Sara Cooper. Montagu is the head of film production and head of department writing for film, TV, and games at Vancouver Film School. She is also the senior story editor for Crazy 8s short filmmaking competition.
The Lodger tells the haunting tale of a mysterious young man who takes up residence in a London boarding house just as a killer known as The Avenger descends upon the city, preying on young blonde women. Beloved composer and movie star Ivor Novello appears as the nameless “lodger”, whose suspicious behaviour and uncanny resemblance to the notorious serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of his new landlords, The Buntings. Their golden-haired daughter Daisy is at risk of becoming The Avenger’s next victim, but she falls head over heels for the lodger, believing his innocence when he becomes the police’s top suspect for the killings.
Doors open at 6:30 pm, and the screening starts at 7:30 pm. For tickets and more details, visit Vancouver Civic Theatres.
Post sponsored by Vancouver Civic Theatres.
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