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…]
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 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…]
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…]
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…]
Both films presented with live musical accompaniment by Cliff Retallick.Restored! THE RING (1927) 1927, Rialto, 108 min, UK, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Director Alfred Hitchcock was a boxing aficionado, and his first original screenplay is set in the ring. “One Round” Jack Sander (Carl Brisson) takes on all comers at the circus until he gets decked … [Read more…]
Time Out Los Angeles says: See a whole new side of Alfred Hitchcock at this double feature, part of the Aero’s “The Hitchcock 9, Plus 8” series—both 1928 films are silent romantic comedies. Champagne opens with a shot of the bubbly and tells the story of a prodigal socialite’s father, who pretends he’s lost his fortune in … [Read more…]
Playing a double feature with Stage Fright The BFI drew from several extant prints for this meticulous restoration of THE PLEASURE GARDEN, which features the film’s original color tints and tones. THE PLEASURE GARDEN is presented with live musical accompaniment by Cliff Retallick. Restored! Live Musical Accompaniment! THE PLEASURE GARDEN 1926, British Film Institute, 90 … [Read more…]
“If you aren’t a fight fan, you will be when you have seen it.” — Screenland Epic in scope, this deeply human character study showcasing the formidable acting talents of megastar Richard Barthelmess (Broken Blossoms, Way Down East, Tol’able David) stands alongside The Big Parade one of the silent era’s most empathetic WWI epics. Beginning on New York’s … [Read more…]
After shocking audiences worldwide with Nosferatu, but before emigrating to Hollywood for Sunrise, F.W. Murnau revolutionized filmmaking with this most silent of silent films — one rare for its lack of intertitles, and timeless for its artful social commentary. Using daring camera angles, expressionist framing and groundbreaking P.O.V. effects to convey a subjective psychological state, The Last … [Read more…]