Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s “Back to the Movies” Series Presents “Blackmail” (1929)

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s first Back to the Movies performance of the 2024-2025 season is a screening of the 1929 Alfred Hitchcock movie “Blackmail,” played with live accompaniment by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra chamber ensemble. The film follows the story of a young London woman who murders a man in an act of self-defense. In the days that follow, she is subjected to blackmail by a bystander of the event. Cited as the first British sound feature film, “Blackmail” became the first successful ‘talkie’ in Europe. Admission is $25. Buy tickets at kigginstheatre.com/movie/vso-presents-blackmail. Student tickets are $10 at the door.