The West Texas A&M University symphony orchestra presents its live cinema presentation of the 1929 classic The Iron Mask at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Mary Moody Northern Recital Hall on campus.
Chris Brigham of Decatur will play the horn in the performance.
The WTAMU symphony orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Mark Bartley, assistant professor of music, will provide the live musical accompaniment while the black and white silent film plays on the wide screen. The presentation will mark the orchestra's fourth live cinema production in as many years.
The Iron Mask features Douglas Fairbanks in a sequel to his 1921 film The Three Muskateers. The film was his last silent movie and his last one portraying a swashbuckler. The movie reunites the legendary brotherhood of D'Artagnan, portrayed by Fairbanks, and the Three Muskateers (Athos, Pothos and Aramis) as they are drawn into Cardinal Richelieu's plot to hide King Louis XIII's twin son to protect the Kingdom of France from possible revolution. De Rochefort and his ally Milady de Winter kidnap D'Artagnan's sweetheart, Constance, when she learns of the baby's existence. The Musketeers race to save her, but the rescue attempt yields an end to their company and a new threat to the throne.
