Alfred Hitchcock’s The Pleasure Garden
Playing a double feature with Stage Fright The BFI drew from several extant prints for this meticulous restoration of THE PLEASURE GARDEN, which features the film’s original color tints and … [Read more…]
classic movies
THE SILENT TREATMENT: The Patent Leather Kid (1927)
“If you aren’t a fight fan, you will be when you have seen it.” — Screenland Epic in scope, this deeply human character study showcasing the formidable acting talents of megastar … [Read more…]
The Silent Treatment: F.W. Murnau’s “The Last Laugh”
After shocking audiences worldwide with Nosferatu, but before emigrating to Hollywood for Sunrise, F.W. Murnau revolutionized filmmaking with this most silent of silent films — one rare for its lack of intertitles, … [Read more…]
I Love Dogs ! A Dog’s Life and Where North Begins
Co-sponsored by Palos Verdes Art Center and Palos Verdes Library District, this special film screening combines silent movies starring dogs and live piano accompaniment. First up, Charlie Chaplin and Scraps … [Read more…]
90th Anniversary Screening of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 1923
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 1923 Co-presented by the American Cinematheque and Hollywood Heritage with the support of the DeMille Foundation to celebrate the Centennial of the partnership of Jesse Lasky and … [Read more…]
True Heart Suzie
Presented by Retro Format Films on 8mm! Program also includes D.W. Griffith’s short films “An Unseen Enemy” (1912, 17 min.), which introduced Gish and her sister Dorothy, “The Musketeers of … [Read more…]
SO’S YOUR OLD MAN (1926) and RUNNING WILD (1927)
Note: Live musical accompaniment provided by Cliff Retallick. PART OF: Our Man Gregory La Cava So’s Your Old Man (1926) Directed by Gregory La Cava In one of W.C. Fields’ best silent outings, … [Read more…]
Nosferatu on Halloween !
Enjoy some spine tingling, bone chilling Halloween Fun ! Presented by the American Cinematheque and Amity Live piano accompaniment by Cliff Retallick. NOSFERATU NOSFERATU, EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS 1922, … [Read more…]
The Silent Treatment – Paths to Paradise
“Raymond Griffith seems to me to occupy a handsome fifth place — after Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, and Langdon — in the silent comedy pantheon, a place that is his … [Read more…]
Nosferatu on Halloween at the Aero Theatre 7:30pm
JUST ANNOUNCED ! Enjoy some spine tingling, bone chilling Halloween Fun ! Presented by the American Cinematheque and Amity Live piano accompaniment by Cliff Retallick. NOSFERATU NOSFERATU, EINE SYMPHONIE DES … [Read more…]