Read a Movie at the Paramount Tonight

The Paramount Theatre's Silent Movie Mondays during February are actually concerts in disguise. Yes, yes, silent movies are great. Seattlest laments the advent of the talkie on a daily basis. Yes, yes, seeing one of Hollywood's first stars, Gloria Swanson, on the big screen is a great opportunity that shouldn't be missed. But the real reason to be at the Paramount on Monday is that Dennis James will be providing live musical accompaniment.

The film James will be playing to is Male and Female, Cecil B. Demille's classic 1919 silent movie about an aristocratic British family shipwrecked with their servants. The film was originally intended as a gentle commentary on English class strata, but is probably more successful in 2005 as an illustration of early Hollywood glamour. Demille is considered by some to be one of the fathers of Hollywood excess.

Ticketmaster is considered by Seattlest to be one of the worst perpetrators of contemporary excess. Tickets to the show at Ticketmaster.com carry a $4.50 service charge per ticket.