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Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant

Explore the world of short films with Thomas Ospital, an organist who specializes in accompanying silent films.

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Explore the world of short films with Thomas Ospital, an organist who specializes in accompanying silent films.  Set out on an adventure with Chaplin’s Tramp character, the eternal vagabond, in The Immigrant, a gem of the genre! This cinematic concert also features the pictorial world of Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren with the experimental film Neighbours, and Spook Sport, an animated short film modelled on the music of Saint-Saëns’ Danse macabre.

Artists

Concert without orchestra

Thomas Ospital, organist

The Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique was generously offered to the OSM by Mrs. Jacqueline Desmarais.

Programme

FilmThe Immigrant (1917), by Charlie Chaplin (25 min.)

FilmNeighbours (1952), by Norman McLaren (8 min.) 

FilmSpook Sport (1940), by Norman McLaren (8 min.) 

Finalist film from the Kino Montreal Competition

Without intermission

The two short films by Norman McLaren may be viewed with their original soundtracks by visiting nfb.ca.

Watch Spook Sport

Watch Neighbours