THE GARDEN OF EDEN (1928) accompanied by the Club Foot Quintet

The Garden of Eden (1928) - Directed by Lewis Milestone

Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is actually a baroness incognito. Toni falls in love with the handsome Richard, but as they prepare to marry, she comes to believe he is only after the wealth accompanying her new noble status. But truth, like true love, will not be kept secret long.

Live musical accompaniment by the Club Foot Quintet.

The Club Foot Orchestra (from which the quintet was born) is a multi-faceted musical ensemble whose live performances of modern scores for silent film sparked a revival in the genre that continues today. Their innovative style creates a musical atmosphere that brings silent film into the modern era, synthesizing sounds of Eastern European music, Impressionism, and Jazz Fusion. The New Yorker said, "This is music that bubbles up from the intersection of aesthetics and the id," They have performed at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, The Smithsonian, World Financial Center, SF Jazz, and their home at the Castro Theater in San Francisco, among many other venues in the US, Mexico, and Canada.

- Paired with short Weak But Willing, directed by William Watson (1929), United States

$20 for SFFP members, $25 for non-members.

Presented by Re:Vision Film Festival