Music Hall's Silent Movies Made Musical to Feature Two 'Baby Peggy' Comedies

Cincinnati’s Music Hall is bringing a musical twist to classic silent movies at a special film screening this April.

Friends of Music Hall’s popular silent film concert series, Silent Movies Made Musical, will present two films starring one of the Hollywood silent films era’s biggest child stars, Diana Serra Cary, known as Baby Peggy during her career. With the help of the historic Mighty Wurlitzer Organ, you’ll be able to watch the films accompanied by music from pianist and Hammond and theatre organist Tedde Gibson, who will be making his Music Hall debut.

Between 1921 and 1924, Baby Peggy starred in over 150 short comedy films. Silent Movies Made Musical will screen two of those: Carmen Jr. (1923), a spoof on the opera Carmen, and Captain January (1924), a story based on an 1890 children’s book about a lighthouse keeper and his adopted daughter. Shirley Temple starred in a remake of the film in 1936.

The event is being held in Music Hall’s ballroom beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, April 12. Tickets are $34 per person. You can buy those here.

Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. More information: cincinnatiarts.org.