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Silent Film Events

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March 15 - 16, 2024

Screening:  La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) (France, 1927) starring Maria Falconetti and Eugene Silvain

Bach Festival Society of Winter Park - Winter Park, Florida

Hosted by the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park as part of their "Voices of Light" series

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March 9, 2024

Screening: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) (France, 1927) starring Maria Falconetti and Eugene Silvain

Schrott Center for the Arts, Butler University - Indianapolis, Indiana

Hosted by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra as part of their "Voices of Light" series

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December 2, 2023

Silent Film Festival: A Day of Silents

Of Mice and Men (and Cats and Clowns) (US, 1908-1928); The Wildcat (Germany, 1921);  The Eagle (US, 1925); Großstadtshmetterling (Pavement Butterfly) (Germany/UK, 1928); Safety Last (US, 1923); Forgotten Faces (US, 1928)

Castro Theatre - San Francisco, California

Live musical accompaniment by Wayne Barker and Nicholas White, Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, and the Sascha Jacobsen Ensemble

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October 29, 2023

Screening: The General (US, 1926)

La Rita Performing Arts Theatre - Dalhart, Texas

Music provided by The West Texas A&M Symphony Orchestra

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October 28, 2023

Screening: Nosferatu (Germany, 1922)

Lincoln Hall - Foxburg, Pennsylvania

Music provided by Tom Roberts

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October 26, 2023

Screening: The First Horror Movies: 1896 - 1915

San Fernando Valley Historical Society - Mission Hills, California

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October 25, 2023

Screening: The City Without Jews (Austria, 1924)

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October 24, 2023

Screening: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Germany, 1920)

Quay Arts - Ventnor, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Music provided by Chris Green

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October 1 - 31, 2023

Event: Silent Movie Month in Ithaca, New York

Multiple events held at various venues

Hosted by The Wharton Studio Museum - Ithaca, New York

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September 30, 2023

National Silent Movie Day Screening: Laurel & Hardy Year  One: The First Hundred Years (1927), Putting Pants on Philip (1927), The Battle of the Century (1927) and Call of the Cuckoos (1927)

The Texas Theatre - Dallas, Texas

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September 30, 2023

Screening: Safety Last (US, 1923) 100th Anniversary! starring Harold Lloyd

Doctor's House - 1692 Brand Park Drive, Glendale, California

Hosted by the Alex Film Society and Retroformat Silent Films

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September 29 - October 1, 2023

Silent Film Festival: Broncho Billy & Friends Silent Film Festival

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum - Fremont, California

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September 29, 2023

Screening: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (US, 1923) starring Lon Chaney and Patsy Ruth Miller

The Derry Opera House - Derry, New Hampshire

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September 29, 2023

National Silent Movie Day is a day to celebrate and enjoy silent movies. Find out more at www.silentmovieday.org and www.nationalsilentmovieday.org

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September 27, 2023

Screening: Speedy (US, 1928) starring Harold Lloyd

The Silent Film Series as hosted by The Historic Organ Restoration Committee

Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall - Atlantic City, New Jersey

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September 27, 2023

Screening: Seven Chances (US, 1925) starring Buster Keaton

Rex Theater - Manchester, New Hampshire

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September 27, 2023

Event: Behind the Scenes at the "Flying A"

Santa Barbara Historical Museum - Santa Barbara, California

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September 24 - October 1, 2023

The Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival

Held at various locations - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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September 24, 2023

Screening: Nosferatu (Germany, 1922) with live music by The Invincible Czars

Nevada Theatre - Nevada City, Nevada

Presented by the Onyx Nevada in partnership with the Nevada City Film Festival

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September 24, 2023

Presentation: Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies by Lara Gabrielle

Screening: Show People (US, 1928) Starring Marion Davies and William Haines

Sommerville Theatre - Summerville, Massachusetts

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September 24, 2023

Screening: Safety Last (US, 1923) starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis

2023 Prescott Film Festival

J&LL Performing Arts Center - Prescott, Arizona

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September 22 - 24, 2023

Silent Film Festival: The Denver Silent Film Festival

Denver Film Center - Denver, Colorado

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September 22, 2023

Screening: Piccadilly (UK, 1929) starring Gilda Gray and Anna May Wong

Bardon Mill and Henshaw Village Hall - Hexham, United Kingdom

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September 20, 2023

Screening: The Ten Commandments (US, 1923) starring Richard Dix, Leatrice Joy and Theodore Roberts

Leavitt Theatre - Ogunquit, Maine

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September 17, 2023

Silent Serial Screening: Eagle of the Night (US, 1928) one of the last silent serials by Pathé

Town Hall Theatre - Wilton, New Hampshire

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September 17, 2023

Screening: Seven Chances (US, 1925) starring Buster Keaton

Opening Night at Noe Music: Schubert's Trout Quintet and Buster Keaton

Noe Music - San Francisco, California

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September 16, 2023

Screening: The Haunted House (US, 1921) starring Buster Keaton; The Immigrant  (US, 1917) starring

Charlie Chaplin; and Get Out and Get Under (US, 1920) starring Harold Lloyd

King Opera House - Van Buren, Arkansas

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September 15 - 16, 2023

Screenings: Utah Silent Film Celebration

Megaplex Theatres Legacy Crossing - Centerville, Utah

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September 6, 2023

Silent Film Festical: Cleveland Silent Film Festival & Colloquium

Masonic Auditorium - Cleveland, Ohio

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September 6, 2023

Screening: Haldane of the Secret Service (US, 1923) starring Harry Houdini and Gladys Leslie

Leavitt Theatre - Ogunquit, Maine

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August 31 - September 4, 2023

Classic Film Festival: Cinecon 59 Presented by Hollywood Heritage

Old Town Music Hall - El Segundo, California

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August 27, 2023

Outdoor Screening: The Eagle (US, 1925) starring Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky

King Gillette Ranch National Park - Calabasas, California

Hosted by Hollywood Heritage, Inc. as their Silents Under the Stars Series

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August 27, 2023

Screening: Safety Last (US, 1923) 100th Anniversary! starring Harold Lloyd

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - Los Angeles, California

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August 27, 2023               

Screening: The Divine Lady (US, 1929) starring Corinne Griffith and Victor Varconi

Town Hall Theater - Wilton, New Hampshire

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August 27, 2023

Screening: The Racket (US, 1928) starring Thomas Meighan and Louis Wolheim

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - Los Angeles, California

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August 26-27, 2023

Silent Film Festival: The Camera Is Ours

Sierra Madre Playhouse - Sierra Madre, California

Celebrating the Influential Women of Early Hollywood

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August 26, 2023

Screening: The Lost World (US, 1925) starring Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, and Lloyd Hughes

Woman's Club of Hollywood - Hollywood, California

Hosted by Retroformat Silent Films

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August 26, 2023

Screening: It (US, 1927) starring Clara Bow and Antonio Moreno

Cinema Art Theater - Lewes, Delaware

Hosted by the Lewes Historical Society's "Sips and Silent Cinema" Series

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August 20, 2023

Screening: Beau Brummel (US, 1924) starring John Barrymore and Mary Astor

Town Hall Theater - Wilton, New Hampshire

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August 19, 2023

Screening: Beverly of Graustark (US, 1926) starring Marion Davies and Antonio Moreno

Taughannock Falls State Park - Ithaca, New York

Hosted by the Wharton Studio Museum

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August 18-20, 2023

The John and Francis Ford Film Festival and Symposium

Held at various locations - Portland and Damariscotta, Maine

Hosted by the Maine Irish Heritage Center

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August 16, 2023

Screening: The Extra Girl (US, 1924) starring Mabel Normand

Des Plaines Theatre - Des Plaines, Illinois

Hosted by The Des Plaines Theatre Silent Film Series

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August 15, 2023

Screening: Safety Last (US, 1923) starring Harold Lloyd

Alton Town Gazebo - Alton Bay, New Hampshire

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August 14, 2023

Film Festival Screening: The City Without Jews (Die Stadt ohne Juden) (Austria, 1924) starring Eugen Newfeld and Hans Moser

Duffin Theater, Lenox Memorial Middle and High School - Lenox, Massachusetts

Hosted by The Berkshire Jewish Film Festival

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August 13, 2023

Screening: Tokyo Chorus (Japan, 1931) starring Tokihiko Okada and Emiko Yagumo

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - Los Angeles, California

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August 6, 2023

Screening: Flesh and the Devil (US, 1926) starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - Los Angeles, California

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August 6, 2023

Film Festival Screening: The Circus (US, 1928) starring Charlie Chaplin

Accompanied by the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra

Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival

The Civic - Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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August 4, 2023

Festival Screening: Ask Father (US, 1919) and Sherlock Jr. (US, 1924) starring Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton, respectively

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site - Vancouver, Washington

Hosted by the Vancouver USA Arts & Musical Festival

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August 2-8, 2023

Silent Movie Week Screenings: The Adventurer (US, 1917); What Happened to Jones (US, 1926); The Lady (US, 1925); Stella Dallas (US, 1925); La Dixième Symphonie (The Tenth Symphony) (France, 1918); Three Weeks (US, 1924); The Street of Forgotten Men (US, 1925); Padlocked (US, 1926)

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - New York, New York

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August 1, 2023

Silent Film Night: Charlie Chaplin

Imagine Museum - St. Petersburg, Florida

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July 30, 2023

Screening: Silent Film Program with accompaniment on a Vintage Photoplayer

Ruby Theatre - Chelan, Washington

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July 30, 2023

Screening: The Apple Tree Girl  (US, 1917) starring Shirley Mason and Joyce Fair

Town Hall Theater - Wilton, New Hampshire

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July 30, 2023

Screening: Fanchon the Cricket (US, 1915) with Rosita (US, 1923) starring Mary Pickford

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - Los Angeles, California

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July 30, 2023

Screening: The Apple Tree Girl  (US, 1917) starring Shirley Mason and Joyce Fair

Town Hall Theater - Wilton, New Hampshire

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July 29, 2023

Screening:  The Calgary Stampede (US, 1925) starring Hoot Gibson and Virginia Brown Faire

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum - Fremont, California

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July 24-25, 2023

Maine Silent Film Festival

Alamo Theatre - Bucksport, Maine

From the Harpodeon Film Library

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July 23, 2023

Outdoor Screening: A Woman of Affairs (US, 1928) co-starring John Gilbert and Greta Garbo

King Gillette Ranch National Park - Calabasas, California

Hosted by Hollywood Heritage, Inc. as their Silents Under the Stars Series

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July 23, 2023

Screening: Zemla (Earth) (Russia, 1930) starring Stepan Shkurat and Semyon Svashenko

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - Los Angeles, California

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July 22, 2023

Screening: Sherlock Jr. (US, 1924) starring Buster Keaton

Jefferson Theatre - Beaumont, Texas

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July 22, 2023

Silent Picture Day Screening: Our Hospitality (US, 1923) and Little Old New York (US, 1923) starring Buster Keaton and Marion Davies, respectively

Strand Theatre - Moundsville, West Virginia

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July 22, 2023

Screening: Comedy Short Night

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum - Fremont, California

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July 16, 2023

Screening: The Ten Commandments (US, 1923) starring Richard Dix, Leatrice Joy and Theodore Roberts

Embassy Theatre - Fort Wayne, Indiana

Great Silent Films with the Grande Page Series

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​July 16, 2023

Screening: Seven Chances (US, 1925) starring Buster Keaton

Vilar Performing Arts Center - Vail, Colorado

Hosted by Bravo! Vail’s Chamber Music Series

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July 16, 2023

Screening: The General (US, 1925) starring Buster Keaton

Brandon Town Hall l& Community Center - Brandon, Vermont

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July 15, 2023

Screening: The Navigator (US, 1924) starring Buster Keaton

The Music House Museum - Williamsburg, Michigan

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July 15, 2023

Screening: The Last Laugh (Germany, 1924) starring Emil Jannings

The Norton Simon Museum - Pasadena, California

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July 12-16, 2023

Silent Film Festival:  26th San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Castro Theatre - San Francisco, California

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July 12, 2023

Film Festival Screening: The Bridal Party in Hardanger (Norway, 1926) starring Aase Bye and Gunhild Schytte-Jacobsen

Capitol Hall of Banatul Philharomic - Timișoara, Romania

Hosted by Ceau, Cinema! Film Festival dedicated to European Cinema

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July 8, 2023

Screening:  Old Ironsides (US, 1924) starring Charles Farrell and Esther Ralston

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum - Fremont, California

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June 25, 2023

Screening:  Our Hospitality  (US, 1923) and One Week (US, 1920) starring Buster Keaton

Embassy Theatre - Fort Wayne, Indiana

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June 24, 2023

Screening:  The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (US, 1921) starring Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry

Old State Bank - Vincennes, Indiana

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June 24, 2023

Screening:  It (US, 1927) starring Clara Bow and Antonio Moreno

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum - Fremont, California

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June 24, 2023

Screening:  Buster Keaton Comedy Shorts

The World Theatre - Kearney, Nebraska

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June 23, 2023

Screening:  Safety Last (US, 1923) starring Harold Lloyd

The World Theatre - Kearney, Nebraska

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June 18, 2023

Screening:  The Kid  (US, 1921) starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan

Town Hall Theater - Wilton, New Hampshire

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June 18, 2023

Screening:  The Flying Ace (US, 1926) starring Laurence Criner and Kathryn Boyd

Tampa Theater - Tampa, Florida

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June 18, 2023

Screening:  Father's Day All-Star Comedy Review

Road Theater - North Hollywood, California

Hosted by Retroformat Silent Films

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June 17, 2023

Screening:  Comedy Shorts Night

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum - Fremont, California

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June 16-17,  2023

Silent Film Festival:  Silent Movie Festival at the Colonial Theater

Colonial Theater - Augusta, Maine

       

June 16, 2023

Screening:  The Circle  (US, 1925) starring Eleanor Boardman and Malcolm McGregor

Town Hall Theater - Wilton, New Hampshire

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June 16, 2023

Screening:  Speedy (US, 1928) starring Harold Lloyd

Juniper Valley Park - Middle Village, New York

Hosted by Councilman Robert Holden

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June 16, 2023

Screening:  The Perfect Clown (US, 1925) with Larry Semon and Kate Price

The Silent Film Cafe at City Newsstand - Chicago, Illinois

Hosted by The Silent Film Society of Chicago

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June 15-18, 2023

Film Festival:  Library of Congress Festival of Film and Sound

AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center - Silver Spring, Maryland    

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June 11, 2023

Screening:  The Balloonatic (1923) and Safety Last (1923) starring Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, respectively

St. Marys Theater and Grand Opera House - St. Marys, Ohio

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June 10, 2023

Screening:  So This is Paris (US, 1926) starring Monte Blue and Patsy Ruth Miller

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum - Fremont, California 

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June 10, 2023

Screening:  When the Clouds Roll By (US, 1919) starring Douglas Fairbanks

Women's Club of Hollywood - Hollywood, California

Hosted by Retroformat Silent Films

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June 8-11, 2023

Film Festival:  BFI Film on Film Festival

BFI Southbank - London, United Kingdom

June 7, 2023

Screening:  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (US, 1916) starring Allen Holubar and Dan Hanlon

Flying Monkey Moviehouse and Performance Center - Plymouth, New Hampshire

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June 3-17, 2023

Classic Film Series: Last Remaining Seats

The Orpheum, the Los Angeles and the Million Dollar theatres - Downtown Los Angeles, California

Hosted by The Los Angeles Conservancy

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June 3, 2023

Screening:  The Temptress (US, 1927) starring Greta Garbo and Antonio Moreno

Brandon Town Hall and Community Center - Brandon, Vermont

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June 3, 2023

Screening: Ten Nights in a Bar Room (US, 1926) starring William Farnum

Capitol Theatre - Madison, Wisconsin

Hosted by Overture's Duck Soup Cinema silent film series

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June 3, 2023

Screening: Beau Geste (US, 1926) starring Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton and Ralph Forbes

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum - Fremont, California                                

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June 2, 2023

Screening: The Docks of New York (US, 1928) starring George Bancroft and Evelyn Brent

Epsilon Spires - Brattleboro, Vermont

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May 30, 2023

Screening:  La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) (France, 1928) starring Maria Falconetti and Eugene Silvain

Music Box Theatre -  Chicago, Illinois

Hosted by The Chicago Humanities Festival

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May 28, 2023

Screening: The Johnstown Flood (US, 1926) starring George O'Brien and Florence Gilbert

State Theatre of Johnstown - Johnstown, Pennsylvania

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May 28, 2023

Screening:  Katana, the Oath of the Sword (US, 1914) starring Tomi Mori

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - Los Angeles, California

Hosted by The Japanese American National Museum

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May 27, 2023

Screening:  The Man Who Laughs (US, 1928) starring Conrad Veidt and Mary Philbin

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum - Fremont, California                                 

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May 26-29, 2023

Silent Film Festival:  2023 Newhallywood Silent Film Festival

Old Town Newhall, California (at various venues)

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May 25-28, 2023

Classic Film Festival:  The Columbus Moving Picture Show

Renaissance Downtown - Columbus, Ohio

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May 24, 2023

Screening:  The Marriage Circle (US, 1924) starring Florence Vidor and Monte Blue

Des Plaines Theatre - Des Plaines, Illinois

Hosted by The Silent Film Society of Chicago

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May 20, 2023

Screening:  The Pilgrim (US, 1923) starring Charlie Chaplin

Brandon Town Hall and Community Center - Brandon, Vermont

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May 19-21, 2023

Silent Film Festival:  Charlie Chaplin Days 2023

Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum - Fremont, California

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