THE CALL OF CTHULHU 20th Anniversary Screening w/live accompaniment
See... and HEAR! The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society's The Call of Cthulhu as you've never heard it before! This special 20th Anniversary screening will feature LIVE accompaniment on the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ by Dean Lemire of the Columbia River Theatre Organ Society.
The Call of Cthulhu
The famed story is brought richly to life in the style of a classic 1920s silent movie, with a haunting original symphonic score. Using the "Mythoscope" process — a mix of modern and vintage techniques, the HPLHS has worked to create the most authentic and faithful screen adaptation of a Lovecraft story yet attempted.
Dean Lemire is a native of Portland, Oregon. He started playing the piano at the age of five. His training in classical piano was with the late Mary Dunlap, Music Department Chair, at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. He later studied theatre pipe organ with the late Don Simmons and Jerry Gregorius.
Dean started performing at Oaks Park Roller Rink in Portland at age 17, where he still still occasionally performs on the 4/18 Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ. In addition to Oaks Park Rink, Dean was an organist at Imperial Roller Rink in Portland. He played at Organ Grinder pizza restaurant in Portland and a staff organist at Uncle Milt’s Pipe Organ Pizza in Vancouver, WA for over twenty years. Dean was a featured concert artist at the national convention of the American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS) in 1988 and 2010. For many years, he was the team organist for the Portland Trailblazers at the Memorial Coliseum, as well as team organist for the Portland Beavers baseball team at Civic Stadium/PGE Park. As an accomplished jazz pianist, Dean has traveled extensively as a keyboard artist with various USO military tour groups. He has performed with such names as Bob Hope and Glen Campbell among others… entertaining US troops worldwide on four continents…from military bases and hospitals.…to the carrier deck of the USS Enterprise.
Currently, Dean is resident organist and Program Director at Portland’s historic Hollywood Theatre for the “Pipe Organ Pictures” silent film series - where he regularly performs his original scores live on the Hollywood’s Mighty Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ. He is an active Lifetime member and Past President of the Columbia River Theatre Organ Society, a non-profit Oregon based organization which promotes and preserves this most uniquely American instrument….the theatre pipe organ.
Andrew Leman is one of the founding members of the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, and has produced a number of literary, film, theatrical, music, prop and gaming projects there over the decades with his longtime friend and collaborator Sean Branney. He has written and produced more than 20 live-action Lovecraftian role-playing games. He wrote and directed the first HPLHS film, "The Testimony of Randolph Carter", directed "The Call of Cthulhu", and co-wrote and co-produced The Whisperer in Darkness. He co-wrote, produced, and appears in the "Dark Adventure Radio Theatre" series of Lovecraft adaptations. Leman earned his MFA in acting from the University of Illinois, and has been seen on professional stages in Chicago and Los Angeles. He greatly enjoys reading for The H. P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast and being an occasional guest host. When not pursuing any of these many other occupations, Leman is a graphic and type designer, and his typographical work has been seen in books and on movie screens, Trader Joe’s products, and billboards nationwide.
Sean is a producer, actor, director and writer with the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society which he runs with his nefarious colleague, Andrew Leman. He was intimately involved in the creation of the motion pictures The Call of Cthulhu and The Whisperer in Darkness, nineteen episodes of Dark Adventure Radio Theatre, and many other Lovecraftian projects. With his work at the HPLHS, he's created many other Lovecraftian entertainments. Sean also produces and directs live theatre in Los Angeles. He plays ice hockey and has four chinchillas.