Silent Film -The Phantom Carriage with Accompanyist Andrew Rogers 6pm

The Phantom Carriage is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, based on the 1912 novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! (Körkarlen) by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. In the film, Sjöström plays a drunkard named David Holm who, on the night of New Year’s Eve, is compelled by the ghostly driver of Death’s carriage to reflect on his past mistakes. Alongside Sjöström, the film’s cast includes Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, and Astrid Holm. The film will be accompanied by Andrew Rogers on our ‘Mighty’ Wurlitzer theater organ. Rogers, a Detroit native, is an organist at the Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor. He also scores and performs silent films and performs concerts throughout the U.S. and Internationally.