"It" by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg (1927)

“It” by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg (1927)

Shopgirl Betty Lou has designs on Cyrus Waltham, the handsome owner of the department store where she works. Waltham, though, doesn’t even know Betty Lou is around. In hopes of attracting Waltham’s attention, she accepts a date with his best friend, Monty, under the condition that they dine at the Ritz, where Waltham also has a dinner date that evening. Her plan works and in no time at all she and Waltham are contemplating marriage. The romance cools when a newspaper reporter mistakenly writes a story depicting Betty Lou as an unwed mother.

Original music: Panayotis Theodosiou

Stathis Kiosoglou (clarinette), Alexandros Makris (piano), Giorgos Arnis (bass), Vassilis Panagiotopoulos (drums)
Direction: Clarence G. Badger, Josef von Sternberg

Screenplay: Elinor Glyn, Hope Loring

Starring: Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin

Composer’s CV

Panagiotis Theodossiou was born in Athens in 1964. At an early age he studied piano with Efi Agrafioti and went on to study Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue and Composition with Michalis Travlos, Michel Merlet and Theodoros Antoniou; Jazz piano and Improvisation with John Terezakis. He has also studied Theology at the Kapodistriakon University of Athens.

He has been teaching Piano, Musical Theory, Harmony and Counterpoint at musical schools in Athens for many years. Other activities include his contribution as a co-founder and article-writer in the Greek musical magazine “Ta Moussika” and in the web magazine “TAR” (www.tar.gr) while he is also a producer on the Greek radio.

He has been in charge of the Music Department of “Geitonas School” of Athens for many years and still teaches and conducts the choir and orchestra of the institution. Panagiotis Theodossiou is a member of the Greek Composers Union. His composing activities includes many works for piano, chamber, choral and orchestral music and music for the big screen as well. His love for and interest in orchestration and jazz arrangement led him to write many symphonic transcriptions on classical and contemporary piano works and found small ensembles in which he participates as a pianist.

His works have been performed all over the world (Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Hague, Athen, Patmos, Konstantinople) by distinguished artists, from Greece and abroad.

He has recorded many of his works on CD, and participated on CD recordings of works by Greek Composers.

personal website: www.ptheodosiou.gr

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The Michael Cacoyannis Foundation is organizing the 7th Silent Film Festival, entitled Love and Eroticism in Silent Film from Wednesday 22 June until Friday 1st July 2016, at 21:30, with the artistic direction of Alexandros Mouzas.

Alexandros Mouzas says about the 7th Silent Film Festival: The eroticism of silent film is subconscious, allusive, disguised, and is supported by the irresistible charm of the leading ladies or the enchanting gaze of the men. There is a constant battle between that which is proper and acceptable and that which is not, between censorship and social acceptance. This years festival attempts to map the erotic element as it was evident in these great films by great creators, in different genres, from comedy to drama to adventure and exotic tales. Accompanied by original musical compositions which will be performed live during the screenings, another dimension and stimulus is offered to the audience in order to enhance the atmosphere of the times.

In cooperation with the STUDIO Parallilo Kykloma and Christos Papadimitriou.

^Information:

^{Wednesday 22nd June until Friday 1st July 2016, at 21:30}

^{7th Silent Film Festival, 2016}

^{LOVE & EROTISM}

^{Love and Eroticism in Silent Film}

^{With live music accompaniment}

^{Artistic Direction: Alexandros Mouzas}

^{Michael Cacoyannis Foundation}

^{Hall: Cinema}

^{Free Entrance}

^{Seats must be reserved: Tel: 210 34.18.579, Mon-Fri 11.00-14.00}