LOS ANGELES PREMIERE!!! Recently rediscovered in Bologna, Italy, this is the first presentation of SYNTHETIC SIN in Los Angeles in more than 82 years! A partial VITAPHONE soundtrack survives for the last few minutes of the film. Cliff Retallick will provide a live score up to that point and then let the original Vitaphone splendor … [Read more…]
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, Gloria Swanson, Felix the Cat, Will Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and more! Plus Live entertainment from the Poverty Row Revue featuring All … [Read more…]
The Docks of New York (1928) is a silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson, and Olga Baclanova. The movie was adapted by Jules Furthman from the John Monk Saunders storyThe Dock Walloper. In 1999, the film was deemed “culturally historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States … [Read more…]
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 myriad technical feats (including the illusion of Keaton “climbing” into a movie screen). Keaton reportedly broke his neck during filming while performing a dangerous stunt … [Read more…]
The Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre presents: THE SILENT TREATMENT: MOLLY O. (1921) – starring Mabel Normand. Produced by Mack Sennett. Molly falls in love with a famous bachelor, and when she and his fiancee wear a similar costume to a masked charity ball, Molly is thrust into his arms.
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.
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 of silent stars from Mary Pickford to Lon Chaney. Catch him playing at the UCLA Film and Television Archive Festival of Preservation as well as … [Read more…]
Catch All Wet! performing a set at the SLIJCC Cabaret Night at the El Cid. Doors open at 7:30, show Starts at 8pm. Tickets are going fast! Don’t be a dumb Dora! – Tickets are almost gone so don’t wait or you’ll miss Cliff Retallick the bee’s knees on the piano keys and the swellest … [Read more…]
According to Clara Bow, the Twenties’ “It” girl herself: “the best silent picture I ever made”. Proving she wasn’t just a pair of bare ankles, the then-20-year-old took it upon herself to upgrade her scripted Mantrap character Alverna from boring and drab to a flirtatious minx. Clara foregrounds a delicious love triangle amongst a charming … [Read more…]
UCLA Film & Television Archive is proud to celebrate the legacy of storied producer and director Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959). At the heart of this retrospective are restorations of 10 DeMille features performed by the Archive throughout its own history. A founding figure of American cinema, Cecil B. DeMille was one of filmdom’s most influential … [Read more…]