Under the baton of Director Kimberly Souther, the Clemson University Symphony and String Orchestras will present their third annual Silent Film Concert on February 1, 2026, at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. Shifting to Clemson’s campus after previous years at Walhalla High School, the event offers audiences a unique and immersive experience.
The concert combines Clemson’s own orchestras with high school musicians in Anderson, Greenville, Pickens and Oconee counties to perform the live score to a classic silent film. This year, the orchestra will present the silent film “The Freshman” (1925), starring the iconic actor Harold Lloyd, and featuring the world premiere of a newly commissioned film score.
“Harold Lloyd is my favorite silent film actor, and this film is very relatable. The old-style equipment, rules, and style of play make it fascinating and fun to watch,” Souther said. Continue reading “Clemson Musicians to bring silent film “The Freshman” to life with new score”
Harold Lloyd Clocks In Again, 100 Years Later: Academy Museum Celebrates ‘Safety Last’ Centennial With Live-Orchestra Screening
Suzanne Lloyd talks about why her grandfather’s legacy of comedy and thrills is enduring, and what will make Sunday’s Academy screening especially sentimental
The classic Harold Lloyd comedy “Safety Last” is turning 100 years old this year. But with its heavy dollops of action and a superstar’s real-life derring-do, it doesn’t seem a day over 10, even if it does date back to the silent era. The film screens this Sunday as the climax of the Academy Museum’s “Silent Sundays” series, with a live score from a 24-piece orchestra helping heighten the suspense in the ultimate fear-of-heights movie.
Lloyd’s granddaughter, Suzanne Lloyd, will be on hand for the anniversary screening. As the keeper of her granddad’s flame for decades, she has perspective on how “Safety Last” resonates with contemporary audiences, especially an extended final act that has the ‘20s star climbing a skyscraper in downtown L.A. and finally hanging from a wayward clockface, in one of the most iconographic images in all of movie history.
SlapstickFest’s celebration of @TheHaroldLloyd’s thrilling comedy masterpiece Safety Last is less than a week away! Tickets are limited & going quickly! Don’t miss out on your chance to experience this film on the big screen w/live music accompaniment!
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