Lupe Vélez in LADY OF THE PAVEMENTSFESTIVAL UPDATES!1. The 14th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival! 2. Become a Member/ Renew 3. The Complete Festival Schedule 4. How, When, and Where to buy tickets 5. Festival Hotel Arrangements6. Co-presentation with 3rd i 7. Other Upcoming Silent Films Dear Friend of The Silent Film Festival,The 14th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival is just a couple days away and we hope to see you there!The weekend begins and ends with the radiant Lupe Vél...
"Dear Friend of The Silent Film Festival,We are thrilled to announce the lineup for The 14th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival, taking place at the Castro Theatre on July 10-12. Tickets are on sale now for the foremost celebration of silent cinema in the Americas!In the space of a mere three days audiences will have the chance to experience the breathtaking vitality and depth of the silent era with 12 programs of classic films and rediscoveries—complete with live musical accompaniment ...
David Wark Griffith's epic melodrama of 1921, ORPHANS OF THE STORM starring Lilian and Dorothy GISH, officially launched the return of the Giornate del Cinema Muto back to the Northern Italian city of PORDENONE, after 8 years, from the enchanting mediaeval town of SACILE. Musically accompanied live by the Friuli Venezia Symphony Orchestra to the work of composer John LANCHBERY and conducted by Timothy BECK, the 2
Hello. This is my first blog entry anywhere, ever. Our musuem is holding a film competition, awards ceremony to be held Septemeber 29, 2007. It is for silent film 18 minutes or shorter --no synchronized sound. We are doing this to promote the history of film making in our area. DW Griffith, Mack Sennett, James Kirkwood, Mary Pickford, the Gish sisters and many others came here in 1909 before they ever went to Los Angeles.Edwin Thanhouser will be giving a talk about film preservation an...
Ever wonder who wrote, directed, starred in and produced the first independent film ever shot in Hollywood? Sound like a trivial pursuit question almost impossible to answer? The answer is probably a resounding “yes” for most moviegoers and filmmakers alike, but not for the organizers of the Beverly Hills Film Festival. This year’s festival will open with the first movie ever shot in Hollywood, “In Old California,” produced by the oldest movie company in America, Biograph Company....
