Columbia River Theatre Organ Society

February 28th, 2026 – 2:00pm The General (1926) Saturday, February 28th, 2026 - 2:00pm The Hollywood Theatre4122 North East Sandy Portland, OR 97212 Hollywood organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ. ****Special 100TH Anniversary Screening of THE GENERAL**** One of the finest and most revered comedies of the silent era….Buster Keaton’s favorite film...the iconic masterpiece of the “Great Stoneface.”

February 28th, 2026 – 2:00pm

The General (1926) Saturday, February 28th, 2026 - 2:00pm The Hollywood Theatre4122 North East Sandy Portland, OR 97212 Hollywood organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ. ****Special 100TH Anniversary Screening of…

November 22nd, 2025 – 7:00pm Metropolis (1927) Saturday, November 22nd, 2025 - 7:00 pm The Hollywood Theatre4122 North East Sandy Portland, OR 97212 Hollywood organist Dean Lemire performs his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ. Fritz Lang's 1927 iconic science-fiction masterpiece…. fuses the frenetic storytelling of twenties pulp fiction with Lang's personal fascination with the darker side of human nature. Written by Fritz Lang and his wife, Thea von Harbou, and starring Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge.

November 22nd, 2025 – 7:00pm

Metropolis (1927) Saturday, November 22nd, 2025 - 7:00 pm The Hollywood Theatre4122 North East Sandy Portland, OR 97212 Hollywood organist Dean Lemire performs his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ. Fritz Lang's 1927 iconic science-fiction…

October 25th – 2:00pm The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Saturday, October 25th, 2025 - 2:00 pm The Hollywood Theatre4122 North East Sandy Portland, OR 97212 Come join us for the 100th Anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera (1925-2025). This is the original masterpiece of horror... that shocked cinema for decades! (Many critics say it is still the best version.) Starring Lon Chaney “The Man of a 1000 Faces" in his most famous role!

Come celebrate 100 years of The Phantom of the Opera!

September 13th – 2:00pm Flesh and the Devil (1926) Saturday September 13th, 2025 - 2:00 pmThe Hollywood Theatre4122 North East SandyPortland, OR 97212 Hollywood organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ. Pipe Organ Pictures is proud to present the great Greta Garbo in FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1926). This is the signature film that launched the alluring Garbo into Hollywood legend!

Help us kick off our 2025-2026 Pipe Organ Pictures season with Greta Garbo in Flesh and the Devil.
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April 19th, 2025 – 2:00pm The Circus (1928) Saturday April 19th, 2025 - 2:00 pmThe Hollywood Theatre4122 North East SandyPortland, OR 97212 Hollywood organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ. In the last film he made during the silent era, Charlie Chaplin revels in the art of “The Circus”, paying tribute to the acrobats and pantomimists who inspired his virtuoso pratfalls.

April 19th, 2025 – 2:00pm

The Circus (1928) Saturday April 19th, 2025 - 2:00 pmThe Hollywood Theatre4122 North East SandyPortland, OR 97212 Hollywood organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ. In the last film he made during the silent era,…

March 22nd, 2025 – 2:00 pm Broken Blossoms (1919) Saturday March 22nd, 2025 - 2:00 pmThe Hollywood Theatre4122 North East SandyPortland, OR 97212 Hollywood organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ. Starring legendary actress Lillian Gish, who lights up the screen in one of her most famous and critically acclaimed roles. Directed by D.W. Griffith, BROKEN BLOSSOMS is considered his most tragic, serious, poetic, intricate and melodramatic film...yet with a soft-focus, and unique ethereal quality.

Order tickets online as these events tend to sell out early!
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Pipe Organ Pictures returns on Saturday, February 22nd with a screening of THE GENERAL! Organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer live to accompany one of the most revered comedies of the silent era: https://hollywoodtheatre.org/show/the-general/

February 22nd, 2025 – 2:00 pm The General (1926) Saturday February 22nd, 2025 - 2:00 pmThe Hollywood Theatre4122 North East SandyPortland, OR 97212 Hollywood organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ. One of the finest and most revered comedies of the silent era….Buster Keaton’s favorite film..the iconic masterpiece of the “Great Stoneface”. Shot on location in Cottage Grove, Oregon in the summer of 1926, The General contains the most expensive stunt ever filmed in the silent era: The iconic shot of a real locomotive crashing off a collapsing bridge and into the ravine below.

February 22nd, 2025 – 2:00 pm

The General (1926) Saturday February 22nd, 2025 - 2:00 pmThe Hollywood Theatre4122 North East SandyPortland, OR 97212 Hollywood organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ. One of the finest and most revered comedies…

YouTube video by Pipe Dreams and Pizza Crusts The Organ Grinder Christmas Special V2 - Ad-Free w/Improved Audio - Feat. Jonas Nordwall

Enjoy some holiday tunes recorded in 1983 at the Organ Grinder!

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NOSFERATU (1922) - Hollywood Theatre Hollywood organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score on our mighty Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ. Back by popular demand…. F.W Murnau’s classic 1922 gothic masterpiece, NOSFERATU: A SYM...

Nosferatu trivia: All known prints and negatives were destroyed under the terms of settlement of a lawsuit by Bram Stoker's widow. The film would subsequently resurface through second-generation reels in other countries.
hollywoodtheatre.org/show/nosfera...

Like I said, I will mention the requests at our next planning meeting.

No. It costs money for us to put them on. Our movies at the Hollywood Theatre are handled through their box office.

Generally they are set in advance. I can deliver a request to our next planning meeting though. Requests can be tricky though, securing film rights as well as making sure there will be enough draw always come in to play.

NOSFERATU (1922) - Hollywood Theatre Hollywood organist Dean Lemire will be performing his original score on our mighty Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ. Back by popular demand…. F.W Murnau’s classic 1922 gothic masterpiece, NOSFERATU: A SYM...

Our next film is Saturday, November 30th, 2024. It appears it is now a sold out show! We will break for the holidays and be back in February with another silent movie!

hollywoodtheatre.org/show/nosfera...

YouTube video by HollywoodPDXTheatre Signature Series: Pipe Organ Pictures

This is a promo video we did of our instrument in the Hollywood Theatre PDX. We present silent films regularly there with live organ accompaniment.
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Hello Bluesky. We are a Portland Oregon based 501c3 covering northwest Oregon and southwest Washington dedicated to the preservation of the theatre pipe organ. You can find out more about us on our website at www.crtos.org