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Home of Pipe Organ Pictures. Dedicated to theatre organ preservation. We sponsor silent films, music workshops, and organ restoration projects in Oregon and Southern Washington.

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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
Columbia River Theatre Organ Society – Home of Pipe Organ Pictures
www.crtos.org
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…
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.
www.crtos.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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,…
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.
www.crtos.org
April 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Reposted by Columbia River Theatre Organ Society
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 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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…
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.
www.crtos.org
February 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Enjoy some holiday tunes recorded in 1983 at the Organ Grinder!

youtu.be/Fg-63VPa5HY?...
The Organ Grinder Christmas Special V2 - Ad-Free w/Improved Audio - Feat. Jonas Nordwall
YouTube video by Pipe Dreams and Pizza Crusts
youtu.be
December 24, 2024 at 8:54 AM
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...
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...
hollywoodtheatre.org
November 24, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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...
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...
hollywoodtheatre.org
November 18, 2024 at 7:06 AM
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.
youtu.be/FeKNqZj8_yA?...
Signature Series: Pipe Organ Pictures
YouTube video by HollywoodPDXTheatre
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November 18, 2024 at 6:58 AM
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
Columbia River Theatre Organ Society – Home of Pipe Organ Pictures
www.crtos.org
November 18, 2024 at 6:44 AM