Screenings and Performances
During December 1997
This schedule last updated February 12, 1998
Schedules subject to change!
(* additions/changes)
- *Dec 1
- A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS (1918), Dir. by Walter Edwards, with Constance Talmadge, Harrison Ford; Rick Friend, piano & Robert Youngson compilation 30 YEARS OF FUN (1963); Toronto Film Society/Silent Mondays, Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas St. West, Toronto, Ont, Canada, call Caren Feldman, (416) 636-6767, 7:30
- *Dec 3
- "Silent Clowns Series": Chaplin program TBA; hosted by Ben Model (who also provides live piano accompaniment) and Bruce Lawton; 78th Street Theatre Lab, 236 West 78th St., New York $10
- *Dec 5-19
- "Ernst Lubitsch Retrospective": Cinematheque Quebecoise continues (see Nov 4-30 for first part of series):
- .Dec 5 LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (1925, US), Ronald Colman, May McAvoy, Irene Rich; Gabriel Thibaudeau piano
- .Dec 6 PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (1930, US), Movietone sound review with lots of directors, stars, including Maurice Chevalier; some color faded; some sound missing; rarely shown outside UCLA Archive 7PM
- .Dec 12 SO THIS IS PARIS (1926, US), Patsy Ruth Miller; Sylvia Moscovitz, piano 7PM
- .Dec 19 THE STUDENT PRINCE IN OLD HEIDELBERG (1927, US), Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer; G.Thibaudeau,piano Cinematheque Quebecoise, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- *Dec 5-21
- "Silent Showings at London's NFT Museum Cinema":
- .Dec 5 THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF MR. WEST IN THE LAND OF THE BOLSHEVIKS (1924 USSR) Lev Kuleshov
- .Dec 6 GREED (1924), Dir. by Erich Von Stroheim; 133 m
- .Dec 12 METROPOLIS (1927, Germany) Fritz Lang; 131 m
- .Dec 13 FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1926) Clarence Brown; 103 m
- .Dec 14 THE LODGER: A STORY OF THE LONDON FOG (1926, UK) Dir. by Alfred Hitchcock with Ivor Novello, 98 m
- .Dec 19 SUNRISE (1927), Dir. by F.W. Murnau, 95 m
- .Dec 21 EXIT SMILING (1926) Dir. Sam Taylor w/Bea Lillie
- .Dec 21 THE ITALIAN STRAW HAT (1927, France), Rene Clair
- *Dec 6-7
- WAY DOWN EAST (1920), Dir. by D.W. Griffith with Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess; Lance Luce, 2/7 Wurlitzer; Baldwin Theatre, Royal Oak, MI; 8PM on 6th, 2PM on 7th
- Dec 7
- "An Old Fashioned Christmas": live vaudeville acts and a silent movie TBA; organist will provide live accomp. on 3/1S pipe organ inaugurated earlier this year; Lincoln
Theatre, 103 East Main St., Belleville, IL, 62220,
(618) 233-0123 (20 mins. from downtown St. Louis, MO)
- *Dec 8
- WINGS (1927), Dir. by William Wellman with Buddy Rogers, Richard Arlen, Clara Bow, Jobyna Ralston and, in a very early role, Gary Cooper; first Oscar winner for Best Picture; 35mm; live accomp. by Chad Weirick, 7,000 pipe Silber Symphonic organ; Boston University Silent Film Society; Geo. Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA 7PM
- Dec 9
- GRANDMA'S BOY (1922), Dir. by Fred Newmeyer, with Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis; live accomp. by Rick Parks, 3/18 Wurlitzer; Elsinore Theatre, Salem, OR, 7PM
- *Dec 10
- "Special Homecoming Program celebrating the re-opening of the Hollywood Heritage (Studio) Museum": 2 Early C.B. DeMille features: THE CALL OF THE NORTH (1914) & ROSE OF THE RANCHO (1915), as well as the only surviving reel of the 1918 version of THE SQUAW MAN; musical accomp. by Michael Mortilla; the Museum is at 2100 N. Highland, across from the Hollywood Bowl, in the historic "Barn"; free parking at the Barn; enter from Odin St., Hollywood, CA $6-5 7:30PM
- *Dec 10
- MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY (1953, France), written by, dir. by and starring Jacques Tati; one of our favorite "silent style" films, with very little dialog, lots of comic bits by Tati, and a wonderful music score; Dryden Theatre, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, 8PM
- Dec 12
- "Silence of the Clowns": Langdon, Keaton, Arbuckle, Chaplin shorts TBA; the Silent Society of Atlanta, Goethe Institut Atlanta, 1197 Peachtree St. NE (Colony Square, Plaza level); doors open 7:30PM, show at 8PM; call (404) 885-1787 or (404) 892-0943 x292
- *Dec 12
- "The Animated Marvels of Emile Cohl": 8 films from the Gaumont Cinematheque (Paris), from 1908-1912, incl his first film FANTASMAGORIE (1908); introduced by Prof. Rae Beth Gordon (Univ. of Conn.); live piano accomp. by Yakov Gubanov; Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, 8PM
- *Dec 12-18
- National Film Registry Tour: Brookline (Boston), MA: the 24th stop, which is also the 24th state, will be held at the Coolidge Corner Theatre; 27 of the available films, incl the 6 silents below, will be shown:
- .Dec 12 SUNRISE (1927), Dir. by F.W. Murnau 8PM
- .Dec 13 SAFETY LAST (1923), with Harold Lloyd & BIG BUSINESS (1929), with Laurel and Hardy at noon
- .Dec 14 repeat of SAFETY LAST and BIG BUSINESS at 1PM
- .Dec 18 THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1903) & GERTIE THE DINOSAUR (1914) & THE CHEAT (1915) 8PM
- Dec 16-17
- CITY LIGHTS (1931) & KID AUTO RACES IN VENICE (1914); Charlie Chaplin; Crafton Beck will conduct the Carl Davis orchestration of Chaplin's original score for
LIGHTS, as well as a Davis score for the short film in which Chaplin first appeared on screen in his "tramp" outfit; Florida Atlantic University Ctr., Boca Raton FL
- *Dec 19
- SUNRISE (1927), Dir. by F.W. Murnau, with George O'Brien Janet Gaynor & BIG MOMENTS FROM LITTLE PICTURES (1924) with Will Rogers; both films live organ accomp. by Ray Brubacher; AFI Theatre, JFK Center, Washington, DC 6:30
- *Dec 21
- "3rd Annual Holiday Comedy Marathon": Laurel and Hardy in LIBERTY, Charlie Chaplin in A BUSY DAY, Mack Swain and Ben Turpin in THE DARE DEVIL, Buster Keaton in ONE WEEK, Charlie Chase in HIS WOODEN WEDDING, Our Gang in SUNDOWN LIMITED and Harold Lloyd in GET OUT AND GET UNDER; Bob Vaughn, 3/14 Wurlitzer; Towne Theatre, San Jose, CA 5PM (concert by another organist at 4:30PM)
- *Dec 21
- THE CAMERAMAN (1928), Dir. by Edward Sedgwick, with Buster Keaton, Marceline Day; live musical accomp. by Rodney Sauer and the Mont Alto Theatre Orchestra; Paramount Theatre, Denver, CO
- *Dec 21-22
- SHADOWS AND LIGHTS: 100 YEARS OF SPANISH CINEMA (1996, Spain), Dir. by Antonio Gimenez-Rico; 100 mins.; a rich survey from 1886 to the present; Film Society of Lincoln Ctr., Walter Reade Theatre; 4PM on 21st; 2, 6:15 on 22nd
- *Dec 26 - Jan 15
- "Chaplin Retrospective": To celebrate Interama Films' selection by the Chaplin Estate to re-launch most of Chaplin's post-1917 films in U.S. distribution, New York's Film Forum 2 and Bruce Goldstein have put together the most comprehensive Chaplin series ever seen for their debut of the films; almost all prints are new or like new, and in 35MM; after Film Forum's showings, many of the films will be taken to Houston, Los Angeles (with issuance of a new U.S. postage stamp), San Francisco, Sarasota and Maitland FL, etc.:
- .Dec 26-30 CITY LIGHTS (1931) at 2PM, 5:20PM, 8:40PM; MODERN TIMES (1936) at 3:40PM, 7PM, 10:20PM
- .Dec 31 "Chaplin at Mutual -Pt. 1" at 2:10, 5:20, 8:10 THE IMMIGRANT, THE ADVENTURER, THE CURE, EASY STREET; "Chaplin at Mutual -Pt. 2" at 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 ONE A.M., THE FLOORWALKER, THE RINK, THE PAWNSHOP
- Rest of Chaplin series listed under Jan 1-15 below
- Dec 31
- "Pipe in the New Year!": live vaudeville acts and a silent movie TBA organist will provide live accomp. on 3/15 pipe organ; Lincoln Theatre, Belleville, IL
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