THE VOYAGER INSTITUTE: AN INTERVIEW ABOUT SILENT FILM SCORING AND MUCH MORE! 9/30
I am honored to be a participant in the first of what I am certain will be many events put on by the amazing new VOYAGER INSTITUTE here in Los … [Read more…]
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Retroformat – Peck’s Bad Boy starring Jackie Cogan
Please join us this Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. for a special presentation of Peck’s Bad Boy, starring the greatest child star of the silent era, Jackie Coogan, with live … [Read more…]
Retroformat: Buster Keaton in The General
1926, Douris Corp., 80 min, USA, Dir: Buster Keaton During the Civil War, train engineer Johnny Grey (Keaton, at his most fearless and funny) has his beloved locomotive stolen by … [Read more…]
Roaring 20’s Party at the Egyptian Theatre
Don’t miss this jam packed evening presented by Retro Format and the American Cinematheque! Retro Format will be showing clips and shorts featuring your favorite silent stars like Rudolph Valentino, … [Read more…]
March is in like a lion
March is full of Silent Film Gems from Charlie Chaplin’s 1st feature to Mary Pickford’s last Silent. The spring is shaping up to be very busy for Cliff with tons … [Read more…]
Sherlock Jr & The Cameraman – Buster Keaton Double Feature
Sherlock Jr.,” 1924, Cohen Media, 45 min. Buster Keaton’s sublime comedy about reality and illusion, in which projectionist Buster literally dreams himself into the detective movie he’s screening! A film with … [Read more…]
Seven Chances & The Navigator – Buster Keaton Double Feature
90th Anniversary! SEVEN CHANCES, 1925, Cohen Media, 56 min. Buster Keaton directs and stars as James “Jimmie” Shannon, a man confronted with a proposition both very lucky and very unlucky: He can inherit a massive fortune if he marries. The catch? The marriage must occur by 7:00 PM that day. With live musical accompaniment by Cliff Retallick.
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…]
Silent Movie Night – Fundraiser in Anaheim
Don’t Miss the chance to see Cliff Retallick play a beautiful organ to some of your favorite comedy Silents Starring Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and others. This fundraiser held by … [Read more…]
The Cameraman
Don’t miss this amazing silent comedy staring Buster Keaton The Cameraman is a 1928 American silent comedy directed by Edward Sedgwick . The picture stars Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, and others. The Cameraman was Keaton’s first film with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It … [Read more…]