“Garbo’s acting, across near a century of time, can still put a tingle in your gut. Garbo makes you suspend disbelief.” — Chris Edwards, Silent Volume Ahhhh, that kiss! That … [Read more…]
Don’t miss these amazing rare films highlighting Native Americans with live musical accompaniment by Cliff Retallick West Coast Premiere! The Daughter of Dawn (1920) Directed by Norbert Myles. Recently rediscovered, director … [Read more…]
This month The Silent Treatment honors Charley Chase and Raymond Griffith with the presentation of DOG SHY (1926) and YOU’D BE SURPRISED (1926). Live Musical Accompaniment on Piano and Organ … [Read more…]
Don’t miss the best episodes of the famous silent serial The Perils of Pauline in one night! The Perils of Pauline, starring Pearl White, Crane Wilbur, Paul Panzer. Retroformat … [Read more…]
Screening of rare early cinema clips followed by Oscar Micheaux’s full length film, The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920), with silent film musician Cliff Retallick on the Baldwin organ, supplemented with … [Read more…]
Gear up for Halloween with an evening of gore and spooks in Downtown Newhall at GORE SLAM – a special October edition of Art Slam. Retro Format will be showing a … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
One of the ULTIMATE FLAPPER FILMS! Dir. Jack Conway, 1929, 35mm, 76min. “Heiress Billie Brown (Crawford), is engaged to marry her longtime sweetheart, budding diplomat Gil Jordan (Fairbanks). When Billie … [Read more…]