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The Valley of the Giants is a 1927 silent film adventure directed by Charles Brabin and starring Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon who were real-life man and wife. It was based on a novel by Peter B. Kyne. First National produced and distributed the film having gained the screen rights to the story from Famous Players-Lasky and Paramount. Paramount had made a version of the novel in 1919 with Wallace Reid. A copy of this film survives at UCLA Film & Television  

We take a break from our ongoing D.W. Griffith retrospective to present a night of all-star silent comedy shorts, featuring Harry Langdon, Larry Semon, Gloria Swanson, Bobby Vernon and many more, including episodes from THE WOMAN IN GREY (1919) and an ultra-rare screening of Mickey Rooney in “Mickey's Movies” from 1926!

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 goes to see senior diplomat Glenn Abbott (La Rocque) about ensuring that Gil get a favorable assignment, Billie and Glenn are undeniably attracted to one another. Gil is likewise attracted to Kentucky Strafford, (Page), Billie's houseguest, who becomes pregnant by Gil. Gil finds that he loves Kentucky, but marries Billie…

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 Western Hills,” “The Unchanging Sea” and “The House With Closed Shutters.” Featuring Mary Pickford, Arthur Johnson, Henry Walthall and many more stars. With sterling live musical accompaniment by Cliff Retallick! Films include: The Smoker A Romance of the Western Hills  The Unchanging Sea  In the Border States  Mugsy’s First Sweetheart …

Don't Miss the chance to see Cliff Retallick play a beautiful organ to some of your favorite comedy Silents Starring Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and others.  This fundraiser held by the Zion Lutheran church will help fun the Anaheim Halloween Parade

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 Directors Guild Film Society. Sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter. Douglas Fairbanks’ remarkable swashbuckling adventure fantasy THE GAUCHO (1927) screens with a spotlight on the production design by Carl Oscar Borg. “THE GAUCHO is unique among Fairbanks' swashbuckler films in both tone and look - it is a darker fantasy, tragic…

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 restored. Don't miss your chance to see this rare print with a live original score by Cliff Retallick [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vwUlF4HFJQ]