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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
“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…]
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…]
RED HEROINE (1929) October 12, 2013 – 7:30 pm Billy Wilder Theater Directed by Wen Yimin The only surviving section of the 13-part serial Red Knight Errant, this barn-burner of an … [Read more…]
SO’S YOUR OLD MAN (1926) and RUNNING WILD (1927) November 17, 2013 – 7:00 pm Billy Wilder Theater Note: Live musical accompaniment provided by Cliff Retallick. PART OF: Our Man … [Read more…]
Retro Format 2013 Live Musical Accompaniment! October 19Th THE COWARD Presented by Retro Format Films on 8mm Plus, a selection of great Thomas H. Ince and D.W. Griffith short films! … [Read more…]