Event: Silent Sundays

Travel back in time with your family and experience movie going as it was in the golden age of silent movies in Phoenix's only remaining movie palace, the beautiful Orpheum Theatre. Each Silent Sundays program features a family enjoyable silent film classic with live accompaniment provided by a world-famous organist on the Orpheum's Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ. Sunrise (1927) starring Janet Gaynor Silent Sundays on February 9th features F.W. Murnau’s romantic drama Sunrise. Sunrise is a story of infidelity, betrayal, and reawakened love that will move you with its beautiful cinematography and storytelling. Winner of Academy Awards for Best Unique & Artistic Picture, Best Cinematography, and Best Actress, critics have called Sunrise “The Greatest Film of the Silent Era.” Organist Brett Valliant returns to Silent Sundays and the Orpheum's Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ to accompany the film live.