OBITUARY: Bob Mitchell Silent-Movie Organist Was House Musician for Dodgers

Bob Mitchell improvised soundtracks for silent movies, starting when he was 12 years old at Strand Theater in Pasadena. The longtime director of the Robert Mitchell Boys Choir played at the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles. Bob Mitchell, an organist who was the first such house musician at Dodger Stadium and the last surviving working accompanist from the silent-film era, has died. He was 96...

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