The sacred space of Grace Cathedral will transform into a grand movie palace for a special Halloween screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent thriller The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog featuring an original live score performed on Grace’s famous pipe organ by renowned organist and composer Dorothy Papadakos.

A member of the GRAMMY-winning Paul Winter Consort and former Cathedral Organist of New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Papadakos has accompanied the greatest silent films in venues around the world.

Hitchcock’s first thriller and the film that firmly established him as a director of note, The Lodger is a tense, atmospheric tale of murder and suspicion based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes novel and loosely inspired by Jack the Ripper. The film stars Marie Ault, Ivor Novello, and June Tripp, and concerns a mysterious stranger at a London boarding house who may or may not be a serial killer.

This performance will take full advantage of Grace’s 7,500 pipe Aeolian-Skinner organ, a historic instrument installed in 1934 that has been played by many of the world’s great organists. Grace Cathedral has earned a place in jazz history as well, hosting the premiere of Duke Ellington’s Concert of Sacred Music in 1965 and pianist Vince Guaraldi’s Jazz Mass that same year.

Listen to a taste of Dorothy’s magic!

Tickets ($25 – $35)

Event Details 

Doors open for seating at 7:30 pm. The entrance to the cathedral is at the top of the Great Steps. The accessible entrance is via the glass doors on Taylor Street or from the cathedral garage.

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