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…]
classic films
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…]
The Gaucho at the Egyptian
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…]
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…]
Retro Format : D W Griffith Retrospective Part 4
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…]
The Bright Shawl & The Fighting Blade
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…]
Retro Format – Silent Comedy Revue
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 Silent Treatment – Valley of the Giants (1927)
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…]
A Retrospective of D.W. Griffith’s Biograph Films, Part 3
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
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…]