January 11, 2012
Rodney Sauer and his daughter Molly will perform live Thursday at Library Hall at Bud Werner Memorial Library, providing the live score of four silent film comedies as a part of the Silent Nights at the Library film series.
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Steamboat library to host silent film series
Before movies had soundtracks, there were silent films. But movie theaters were far from silent places because in each theater, a live orchestra would play along with the movie, expressing in music the exaggerated emotions playing out on the screen.
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