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…]
WORLDS BUILT TO ORDER: ART DIRECTORS GUILD FILM SOCIETY SERIES 2014 Panel Discussion On Production Design! Live Musical Accompaniment! THE GAUCHO (1927) Presented by the American Cinematheque and the Art … [Read more…]
Retroformat is proud to continue our chronological series of the legendary D.W. Griffith Biograph shorts. This evening’s program includes eight films from 1910, including “The Smoker,” “A Romance of the … [Read more…]
Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding provided by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The Bright Shawl (1923) Directed by John S. Robertson. Praised in its day for capturing … [Read more…]
One of the ULTIMATE FLAPPER FILMS! Dir. Jack Conway, 1929, 35mm, 76min. “Heiress Billie Brown (Crawford), is engaged to marry her longtime sweetheart, budding diplomat Gil Jordan (Fairbanks). When Billie … [Read more…]
We take a break from our ongoing D.W. Griffith retrospective to present a night of all-star silent comedy shorts, featuring Harry Langdon, Larry Semon, Gloria Swanson, Bobby Vernon and many more, including episodes from THE WOMAN IN GREY (1919) and an ultra-rare screening of Mickey Rooney in “Mickey’s Movies” from 1926!
The Valley of the Giants is a 1927 silent film adventure directed by Charles Brabin and starring Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon who were real-life man and wife. It was based on a novel by Peter B. Kyne. First National produced and distributed the … [Read more…]
Presented by Retro Format Films on 8mm We continue our chronological series of Griffith shorts with a night of films from 1909. Titles include “Lines of White on a Sullen … [Read more…]
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC 1928, 82 min, France, Dir: Carl Theodor DreyerLA PASSION DE JEANNE D’ARC No mere biopic or conventional period piece, director Carl Theodor Dreyer’s … [Read more…]
March is going to be a busy month! Check out all the different shows all over Los Angeles on my Upcoming Gigs Calendar. The Silent Treatment’s move to Saturday Afternoons … [Read more…]