Maldone
Maldone (France, 1928) One of director Jean Grémillon’s earliest successes, Maldone sets up an internalized class conflict in the person of Olivier Maldone, who prefers a working-class existence to the … [Read more…]
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Humoresque & The Nth Commandment
Humoresque (1920) Director Frank Borzage scored his first major hit with this Frances Marion adaptation of a story by Fannie Hurst about an impoverished Jewish violin prodigy whose success allows … [Read more…]
The Docks of New York – Directed by Josef von Sternberg
The Docks of New York (1928) is a silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson, and Olga Baclanova. The movie was adapted by … [Read more…]
Beggars of Life – Starring Louis Brooks, With William Wellman Jr
In-person: William Wellman Jr. He will sign copies of his book, “Wild Bill Wellman: Hollywood Rebel” beginning at 6 p.m. Live musical accompaniment provided by Cliff Retallick. For a director … [Read more…]
Wings – Starring Clara Bow, Gary Cooper and Buddy Rodgers
This pioneering aviation picture put William A. Wellman’s career in high gear after directing silents for various studios. It drew heavily on his own World War I experience as an … [Read more…]
The Silent Treatment – Flesh and the Devil : Starring Greta Garbo
“Garbo’s acting, across near a century of time, can still put a tingle in your gut. Garbo makes you suspend disbelief.” — Chris Edwards, Silent Volume Ahhhh, that kiss! That … [Read more…]
The Silent Treatment: The Unknown & West of Zanzibar Staring Lon Chaney
Don’t miss this Lon Chaney / Todd Browning Double Feature West of Zanzibar Dir. Tod Browning, 1928, 35mm, 65 min. The Unknown Dir. Tod Browning, 1927, 35mm, 50 min. –
The Hoodlum Staring Mary Pickford
Film School Screening of The Hoodlum Staring Mary Pickford Spoiled Amy Burke (Mary Pickford) lives with her doting grandfather, ruthless business magnate Alexander Guthrie (Ralph Lewis), in his Fifth Avenue, New York … [Read more…]
Awesome Fall Festival Fundraiser in Anaheim
Last Saturday Cliff had the privilege of playing at the Silent Movie Night Fundraiser held in Anaheim to raise money for the Fall Festival and Halloween Parade. It was a … [Read more…]
Rudolph Valentino in Beyond the Rocks
Don’t miss Valentino and Gloria Swanson in this rare Silent Romance. Beyond the Rocks was long considered lost but a nitrate print of the film was discovered in the Netherlands in 2003. The film was then … [Read more…]