Tol'able David to screen with live music in Wilton on March 29!

Below is the latest press release from Jeff Rapsis, who wrote & performed the music for our 2005 feature Dangerous Crosswinds. This is a terrific and very unusual silent film that I still remember seeing in my "Silent Film Studies" course back when I attended UNH. Definitely try to catch this one if you can:

CALENDAR LISTING / FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

'Tol'able David' (1921) in Wilton, N.H. on Sunday, March 29

Classic silent film to be shown with live music; rural drama filmed on location in Virginia

WILTON, N.H. — See a moving rural drama made nearly a century in backwoods Virginia when the silent film 'Tol'able David,' one of the biggest movie hits of 1921, is revived for one screening only on Sunday, March 29 at 4:30 p.m. at the Wilton Town Hall Theatre. Richard Barthelmess plays the title role, an adolescent eager for a chance to prove to the community that he's a man; he gets it when three escapees from jail set up shop in town and menance the local residents. When push comes to shove, who will come out on top? Famous for intense story and scenes of long-vanished country life in rural Virignia. 'Tol'able David' will be shown on Sunday, March 29 at 4:30 p.m.; screening includes comedy short subjects and live music by local musician and composer Jeff Rapsis. Free admission; donations encouraged to help defray expenses. For more info, visit www.wiltontownhalltheatre.com or call (603) 654-3456.

The Wilton Town Hall Theatre runs silent film programs with live music the last Sunday of every month. See for yourself the films that made audiences first fall in love with the movies!

Review of 'Tol'able David': "Beautifully crafted...the finale is a rip-roaring piece of movie story-telling." --Leonard Maltin

In 2007, 'Tol'able David' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

CAPTION: Gladys Hulette, Richard Barthelmess, and Marion Abbott star in 'Tol'able David' (1921), to be screened with live music on Sunday, March 29 at 4:30 p.m. at the Wilton Town Hall Theatre in Wilton, N.H. Admission free, donations accepted.

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For more info, contact:
Jeff Rapsis • (603) 236-9237 • jrapsis@gmail.com
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