Family Favorites: The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) at Tampa Theatre
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The story of a handsome prince in the Arabian Nights tradition who rides a flying horse to faraway fantasy lands and embarks on magical adventures (befriending a witch, battling demons and falling in love — you know, the usual), The Adventures of Prince Achmed was created by painstaking silhouette animation invented by writer-director Lotte Reiniger in which cutouts of cardstock and thin lead sheets are moved underneath a fixed camera, shooting frame by frame. The result is inverse chiaroscuro in motion, a striking masterpiece of cinema which can still thrill and enchant audiences more than 95 years after its creation.
The inclusion of Prince Achmed marks the first time a silent film has been included in the Family Favorites series. Considered to be the oldest surviving feature-length animated film, it will be accompanied by an original musical score, written and performed by Tampa Theatre’s organist-in-residence, Steven Ball, on the movie palace’s original Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ.
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