Desc: The Maltese Bulldog: Directed by Austin Kase. The Yale Symphony Orchestra's annual Halloween Show is one of Yale's most time-honored, irreverent, and popular traditions. Nearly 3,000 students and faculty members gather at midnight on Halloween night in the university's largest concert hall to watch a student-produced silent film, whose music is performed live by the YSO. The 2010 show, 'The Maltese Bulldog', featuring a celebrity cameo by James Franco, was a campus-wide sensation, considered by many to be the best ever!