Silent Films with Live Organ: The Haunted House and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Tickets: $20, $16 for GRPM members

We’re kicking off the 2025 Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ Concert Series by welcoming organist Andrew Rogers from Fenton, MI. This year’s October concerts will feature two silent films. The evening will open up with Buster Keaton’s Haunted House, followed by The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, accompanied by the sounds of the Mighty Wurlitzer.

Haunted House tells the story of a bank cashier, wrongly accused of being an accomplice in a hold-up, who flees to an abandoned house where an opera company is performing Faust. It is also the headquarters of the bank-robbing gang, trying to make the house seem haunted.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an iconic German Expressionist film, takes place at a carnival in Germany. Francis and his friend Alan encounter the crazed Dr. Caligari. The men see Caligari showing off his somnambulist, Cesare, a hypnotized man who the doctor claims can see into the future. Shockingly, Cesare then predicts Alan’s death, and by morning, his chilling prophecy has come true, making Cesare the prime suspect.

You may also like the following events from Grand Rapids Public Museum:

• This month, 24th October, 07:00 pm, Silent Films with Live Organ: The Haunted House and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in Grand Rapids
• Next month, 12th November, 06:00 pm, The 17th Annual Jay & Betty Van Andel Legacy Awards Gala: A Prehistoric Party in Grand Rapids

Also check out other Entertainment events in Grand Rapids.