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Art Deco Society Of Los Angeles Historic Lecture Series 2015 “The Elegance of Erté” Presentation / LA BOHEME Co-presented by the American Cinematheque with the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles From the aristocratic world of Imperial Russia to the opera houses of Europe and the lights of Broadway, the designer Erté created costumes, theater sets and extraordinarily detailed paintings that are today treasured by private collectors and museums alike. Nicknamed “the father of Art Deco,” he designed for the…

Maldone  (France, 1928)  One of director Jean Grémillon's earliest successes, Maldone sets up an internalized class conflict in the person of Olivier Maldone, who prefers a working-class existence to the comforts of his wealthy family.  Summoned home at the death of his brother to assume control of the family estate, he dutifully returns, but cannot forget his life outside, or the "gypsy" Zita, whom he left behind. 35mm, b/w, silent with French and English intertitles, 102 min.  Production: La Société…

Don't miss your chance to see this spooky classic with special live accompaniment featuring the Theremin.

Clouds of dust, the clattering of hooves, hundreds of covered wagons huddled together, and BOOM! The cannon is fired. Settlers are released, clamoring for their first slice of the American West, in a flurry of chaos and anticipation. It’s 1893 on the Kansas-Oklahoma border, the site of the Cherokee Strip Land Run, and Don—William S. Hart in his final role—a cowhand and self-described tumbleweed, torn by love and ideology, embroiled in legal troubles, is plagued by the twin temptations of…

A day-long series of discussions and screenings.  Coffee and refreshments will be available beginning at 9:30 a.m. and throughout the day. Complete Schedule Download a PDF of the symposium schedule  > Symposium Pass The symposium is open to the public with a special $15 pass granting access to all discussions and screenings on both Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14.  Passes can be purchase online, or at the Billy Wilder Theater box office beginning at 6:30 p.m. on November…

Booster dreams and noirish visions comingle in tonight’s program covering almost 60 years of Los Angeles history as seen through a selection of travelogues, industrial films and amateur movies.  Between the Ford Motor Company’s silent-era portrait of a booming young metropolis and the DWP’s early 1970s promotion of an imminent, water-drenched Pacific Rim economic explosion, street-level views of Depression-era Downtown and the end of the Pacific Electric railway capture the ever-shifting landscapes and fortunes of the city. Live musical accompaniment…

Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with the British Film Institute and in consultation with Bo Berglund with funding provided by The Film Foundation, UK Film Council, and Saving the Silents, a Save America's Treasures project organized by the National Film Preservation Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Parks Service, Department of the Interior. Tillie's Punctured Romance  (1914)  For this first feature-length comedy film ever, Marie Dressler, a triumph in the stage version…

Tess of the Storm Country is a 1914 silent drama, based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Grace Miller White. It starred Mary Pickford, in a role she would reprise eight years later for the 1922 adaptation by John S. Robertson. In 2006, the film was named to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress, for its "cultural, aesthetic, or historical significance". Dir. Edwin S. Porter, 1914, HD Digital Presentation, 80 min.