Movies & Music on the Lawn continues on Saturday, October 18th, with an Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lodger (1927) presented with an original score from Baton Rouge’s Favorite Friend.
Thanks to the support of our sponsors, Movies & Music on the Lawn events are open to everyone at absolutely no cost. And did we mention free, bottomless popcorn??
Since 1998, the series has been a cultural staple in Baton Rouge, bringing contemporary Louisiana-based musicians to compose and perform original scores for silent films while they’re projected on a towering inflatable screen inside BREC’s City-Brooks Community Park.
About The Lodger (1927):
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen, and Ivor Novello. Hitchcock's third feature film was released on 14 February 1927 in London and on 10 June 1928 in New York City. The film is based on the 1913 novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes and the play Who Is He? co-written by Belloc Lowndes. Its plot concerns the hunt for a Jack the Ripper-like serial killer in London.
The film was Hitchcock's first thriller and established his reputation as a director. Upon its release, the trade journal Bioscope wrote: "It is possible that this film is the finest British production ever made". In a strategy for self-publicity, The Lodger saw him make his first cameo appearance in a film, where he sat in a newsroom.
About Favorite Friend:
Favorite Friend is an avant-garde progressive band based in Louisiana known for their eclectic sound and boundary-pushing fusion of classical, jazz, and rock influences. With an energy that’s as vibrant as it is unique, the band weaves complex musical textures that are as unpredictable as they are captivating.
