By then he was an experienced theater organist, having started his career as a high school student in Huntsville.

Wallace had been the first theatre organist in a Seattle motion picture house.

With the end of the silent film era, work for theatre organists in movie houses dried up.

And after all, what theater organists were trying to do in the first place was to imitate the orchestra.

He was well known in the 1920s as a theater organist for silent films and as a popular recording artist.

He also met Lee Erwin, a theater organist who had begun playing in the 1920's.

Between 1935 and 1948 he was a theatre organist and dance band arranger.

Today's theatre organists present the art form to the public in a variety of ways, through concert appearances, silent film accompaniment, and commercial recordings.

Pearl White was a respected silent-era theatre organist and piano player who worked in the Chicago area.

However, it includes many more gadgets, such as percussion and special effects, to provide a more complete array of options to the theatre organist.