The Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society
in partnership with
The Broadway Initiative of the Los Angeles
Conservancy
present two great comedians at their finest
Guest appearance by Jim Spohn accompanying
BUSTER KEATON in ONE WEEK
The Great Stoneface, Buster Keaton, plays a hapless newlywed who is given a house as a wedding present. But the house is in the form of a build-it-yourself kit. Needless to say things don't go together according to the plans as Buster and his bride put together their home in One Week. Today this film remains a comedic tour de force with a staggering number of laughs packed into 19 minutes.
PLUS
HAROLD LLOYD
in
THE
KID BROTHER
The most important family in Hickoryville is (naturally enough) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and his tough manly sons Leo and Olin. The timid youngest son, Harold, doesn't have the muscles to match up to them, so he has to use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and also the love of beautiful Mary Powers (Jobyna Ralston).
Today The Kid
Brother is considered by critics and fans to be one of Lloyd's
best films and it was his personal favorite. Experience real comedy
magic in the incomparable
splendor of the recently restored Orpheum Theatre with state of the art
projection. Thrill to musical accompaniment by Bob
Salisbury,
former house organist at the Avalon Theatre in the Casino on Santa
Catalina Island, the mighty Orpheum's orginal 1927 Wurlitzer theatre
organ. This silent movie classic has been
meticulously restored to allow you to enjoy the film as it was meant to
be seen.
Accompaniment by
Bob Salisbury
on
the Mighty
Wurlitzer pipe organ
SPECIAL GUEST: SUZANNE LLOYD
Harold Lloyd's, granddaughter
The Magnificent Los Angeles Orpheum Theatre
with its original Wurlitzer pipe organ
842 S. Broadway, Los Angeles8:00 pm Friday, January 16, 2009
call Toll-Free 1.888.LATOS.22 (1.888.528.6722)
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BOB SALISBURY
Bob started piano lessons at a very early age and by the time he was 13, Bob had taken theatre organ lessons from Gaylord Carter. He moved with his family to Catalina Island when he was 15. When he showed up at the door of the casino to ask to play the Avalon Theatre's organ, the casino manager was kind enough to give Bob his first chance at playing the 4/16 Page. That began a life-long love of the instrument.
A year later, he was hired to play the organ in the Jade Pagoda Restaurant. The Alcoholic Beverage Control became upset that a 16 year old was playing in a bar, so the restaurant owner solved the problem by knocking a hole in the wall and moving the organ bench into the dining room. Bob was in the dining room on the bench and the organ was in the bar! With additional study, Bob began playing-for three churches on the island. They scheduled their services so that a cab could pick Bob up as he finished at one church and take him to the next.
In 1964, Bob left the island for the mainland where he played the organ at the 488 Keys nightclub in Redondo Beach. In 1971, after a nine-year gig at the nightclub, he traveled to Europe where he was able to play many of the major cathedral organs for fun and the experience. In 1973, Bob went to work for Princess Cruise Lines playing piano, traveling throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand. In 1979, he returned to Catalina where he worked for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department and resumed playing the Page and continued to play for the weekend movies and special events.
Bob and his wife Mary retired in 2001 and moved to Running Springs, California. Retirement doesn't mean slowing down. He spends as mach time as allows in his dream music room in his home rehearsing on his Rodgers organ and Roland Atelier. Bob is associated with Robert Tall and Associates as Product Manager, teaching new users of Rodgers and Roland instruments. Bob's wife is also associated with Robert Tall and associates as a Special Events Coordinator.