Prepare to jump into a silent film fantasy adventure as Stambaugh Auditorium presents Lost World, adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912 monster novel of the same name. Directed by Harry O. Hoyt and written by Marion Fairfax, this 1925 silent film was originally produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a major Hollywood studio during the time, starring Wallace Beery as the eccentric Professor Challenger, and Bessie Love as Paula White, the distressed daughter of lost explorer Maple White.

In search of her lost father who led a lost expedition in South America, Paula White brings her father’s journal to Professor Challenger in London. The sketches in the journal lead Challenger to believe that dinosaurs still walk the earth, and prompt him to head a mission to rescue the lost explorer. Once assembled, the group of explorers embark on a journey which lead to dangers beyond any of their imaginations…

Organist Jay Spencer has been playing the organ at the Canton Palace Theatre since the early 90s, and performing with Silent films there for thirteen years. In addition to performing on the organ, Spencer has also spent a great deal of time volunteering at the Palace Theatre, from concessions to ticket taker, he says he “loves everything about it [the theatre]”.  Spencer prepares his repertoire for silent film accompaniment by watching the film several times and then utilizing popular music from the era to compliment the themes and characters of the films. 

The E.M. Skinner Pipe Organ, Opus 582 is the only remaining Skinner organ in the area. The organ features a four manual consoles, 67 stops, and nearly four thousand pipes that vary from the smallest which is the size and weight of a #2 pencil to the largest which is 30 inches by 32 feet and weighs 750 pounds. There are 58 ranks altogether. 

Organist Jay Spencer has been playing the organ at the Canton Palace Theatre since the early 90s, and performing with Silent films there for thirteen years. In addition to performing on the organ, Spencer has also spent a great deal of time volunteering at the Palace Theatre, from concessions to ticket taker, he says he “loves everything about it [the theatre]”.  Spencer prepares his repertoire for silent film accompaniment by watching the film several times and then utilizing popular music from the era to compliment the themes and characters of the films.