classic films
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 is considered by fans and critics to be Keaton still in top form, and it was added to the National Film Registry in 2005 as being deemed … [Read more…]
Safety Last
Directed by Fred Newmeyer, Sam Taylor Attempting to impress the girl he hopes to marry, a department store clerk ends up in the middle of a wild publicity stunt to scale the side of a tall building. Comic gags and edge-of-your-seat thrills—including the unforgettable image of Harold Lloyd dangling precariously from a clock—follow in rapid succession … [Read more…]
Retro Format Fan Appreciation Show – Mark of Zorro
At Retro Format we love our fans so we’re having a free fan appreciation show for old and new fans! If you’ve never seen a silent film before this is a great one to start with! The show is free but seats are limited to a 1st come 1st serve basis unless you reserve a … [Read more…]
March is Full of Shows
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 was a sucess with Three Women Staring Marie Provost. Shows are running the gamut from sword fighting action at a FREE Retro Format West Show … [Read more…]
The Silent Treatment – Three Women
The Silent Treatment has moved to the First Saturday of the month ! Don’t miss this Silent Gem starring May McAvoy, Pauline Frederick, and Marie Prevost, directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Silent Romance – Sunrise at the Aero Theatre
Treat your sweetie so something special this Valentine’s Day weekend with this classic silent romance still hailed as one the best romance films of all time! SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS 1927, 20th Century Fox, 95 min, USA, Dir: F.W. Murnau Director F.W. Murnau’s first American film stars George O’Brien and Janet Gaynor as … [Read more…]
Alfred Hitchcock’s Easy Virtue
Screening as a Double Feature with ROPE EASY VIRTUE is presented with live musical accompaniment by Cliff Retallick. Restored! Live Musical Accompaniment EASY VIRTUE 1927, British Film Institute, 69 min, UK, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock This adaptation of Noel Coward’s play skewers high-society hypocrisy with a couple of familiar faces from the director’s DOWNHILL, Isabel Jeans … [Read more…]
Hitchcock Double Feature – CHAMPAGNE & THE FARMER’S WIFE
Both films presented with live musical accompaniment by Cliff Retallick. Restored! CHAMPAGNE 1928, Rialto, 105 min, UK, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock In this effervescent romantic comedy, British star Betty Balfour plays a spoiled rich girl whose free-spending ways inspire her father (Gordon Harker) to play a trick that will teach her a little frugality – and … [Read more…]