Dateline: ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY September 7 -- Historic Organ Restoration Committee is pleased to announce that our Silent Film Series is returning after six years! On September 27th at 6:30 p.m., HORC will present “Speedy” in the Adrian Phillips Theater of Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. “Speedy” is a fantastic comedy with one of the kings of silent film, Harold Lloyd. Everybody in New York City "is in such a hurry that they take Saturday's bath on Friday so they can do Monday's washing on Sunday." But in one slower-paced, "old-fashioned corner of the city," Pop Dillon owns and operates the city's last horse-drawn streetcar. His granddaughter Jane Dillon is in love with Harold "Speedy" Swift. Speedy does everything he can, with hilarious effect, to save this vestige of a soon-to-be bygone era from the endless progress of a new streetcar magnate.

Accompaniment will be provided by Bernie Anderson on the W. W. Kimball Pipe Organ in the Adrian Phillips Theater of Boardwalk Hall. Bernie was a student of the late Lee Erwin, who was famous for scoring and performing many original scores of silent films with theatre pipe organ accompaniment. Since then, Bernie has scored and performed many silent film scores on organ in the tristate area over the last ten years and recorded new scores for four DVD releases through reelclassicdvd.com and Image Productions. Bernie also studied organ with famed Radio City Music Hall Organist Ashley Miller from 1991 to 1997.

Historic Organ Restoration Committee also thanks our Platinum Sponsor for this event, The Garden State Theatre Organ Society, and our Gold Sponsor, The South Jersey Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society, for making this event possible. Tickets are available for purchase at the following link https://qrco.de/beI4kk or by calling 609-402-9584 ext. 700. We look forward to welcoming all of you back to the return of silent films to Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall! Step back in time and enjoy the spectacle of live performance with film as was the standard over 100 years ago. Enjoy the sounds of the Kimball organ after even more restorative work has been completed since the last time a film graced the hall’s original ballroom.

About HORC: Historic Organ Restoration Committee is a 501c3 chartered by the state of New Jersey for the restoration and preservation of the two pipe organs of Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. In addition to the actual physical restoration of the instruments, HORC seeks to educate and increase awareness of the unique importance of these instruments as irreplaceable national treasures through programming and tours throughout the year. The large organ (main auditorium) is the world’s largest musical instrument; the smaller instrument (Adrian Phillips Theater) is one uniquely suited to the interpretation of silent film.