Events
Live Organ & A Movie: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
351 Railroad Ave.,
Pittsburg
Join us for our Live Organ & A Movie series. Hosted by Matias
Bombal and music played by Dave Moreno. This series combines live
organ music, raffles, and a classic movie all rolled into
one.
We begin with Dave Moreno playing the theater’s historic Robert
Morton Organ with a selection of themed musical pieces. This 1954
Disney version of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
represented the studio’s costliest and most elaborate
American-filmed effort to date. Kirk Douglas plays a
trouble-shooting 19th-century seaman, trying to discover why so
many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with
scientist Paul Lukas and diver Peter Lorre, Douglas sets sail to
investigate–and is promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain
Nemo (James Mason), who skippers a lavish, scientifically
advanced submarine. This film won 2 Academy Awards for Best Film
Direction and Best Special Effects.