(Above: Edgard Varèse, photograph: Katherine Young/Getty)
San Francisco Symphony (who under Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas recently gave a gorgeous performance of Berlioz and Ravel in Milan as part of their 2010 European Tour) is getting in the Halloween spirit. On the evening of October 31st, they're screening the 1920 silent horror movie Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring John Barrymore (with an uncredited cameo by Edgard Varèse as a London policeman -- photo above!). Live accompaniment -- freaky organ and spine-tingling percussion -- will provide the creepy soundtrack.