SHADOWLAND's Spring Classic Film Series continues on Sunday, April 10th at 2:00pm, with the first public performance of a new reconstruction of the silent film classic THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Starring Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin and Norman Kerry, the film is based on Gaston Leroux’ 1910 novel. The film was originally released in 1925 and was rereleased in both silent and adapted-sound versions in 1930. The SHADOWLAND presentation is the first reconstruction of the original 1925 version using the best surviving elements from both releases, including the Bal Masque sequence originally photographed in 2-strip Technicolor. The musical score prepared especially for this reconstruction features music originally composed by Frank Skinner and Hans J. Salter for Universal’s classic horror films, as well as music from Gounoud’s Faust. SHADOWLAND board member Ray Faiola, who has assembled the Shadowland Studio Cinema series and produced the PHANTOM reconstruction, will be on hand for a Q&A period after the feature.

On Sunday, April 24th at 2:00pm the SHADOWLAND will present H.G. Wells’ science fiction classic THINGS TO COME. Produced by Alexander Korda in 1936 and directed by William Cameron Menzies, THINGS TO COME stars Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson and Cedric Hardwicke in a century-spanning epic about the fall and rise of civilization in the face of seemingly endless wars, famine and ultimately the quest to conquer space. In addition to the technical marvels achieved only a few years after the dawn of talking pictures, THINGS TO COME features a stirring musical score by Arthur Bliss.