Screenings and Performances
During February 1998


This schedule last updated February 17, 1998
Schedules subject to change!
(* additions/changes)

*Feb 1
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925), Dir. by Rupert Julian, with Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry; organ accomp. on the Model 317 Allen Organ will by provided by Stan Kann; presented by the L.A. Opera League, a non-profit organization; all proceeds will go to support of L.A. Opera's upcoming revival of Mozart's The Magic Flute; admission: $15, tix may be purchased at the Alex Theatre's box office or by telecharge at (800) 233-3123; for more info: (213) 972-7220; The Alex Theatre, 216 N Brand Ave., Glendale, CA 4PM
*Feb 1
"William Haines Series": WEST POINT (1927), Dir. by Edward Sedgwick, with Haines, Joan Crawford, William Bakewell; Steve Sterner, piano at 8PM & JUST A GIGOLO (1931), Dir. by Jack Conway, with Haines; Film Forum 2 209 West Houston St., New York, (212) 727-8110
*Feb 1
MALE AND FEMALE (1919), Dir. by C.B. DeMille; (see Jan 20) Museum of Modern Art, NY, 2PM
*Feb 1
BORDERLINE (1931), Dir. by Knneth McPherson, with Paul Robeson; a late silent/early experimental sound film & SANDERS OF THE RIVER (1935), Dir. by Zoltan Korda, with Robeson, Leslie Banks; films shown as part of Robeson centennial; Nat'l Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 4PM
*Feb 1
HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS (1916) & DOWN TO EARTH (1917) Douglas Fairbanks (see Jan 22) Museum of Modern Art 5PM
*Feb 1-22
"Sergei Eisenstein: 100 Years" cont'd from Jan 22-25 Pacific Film Archive presents 35MM prints with Russian intertitles and live English trans. for the silents:
.Feb 1 OCTOBER (1927, USSR) Bruce Loeb, piano 5:30PM
.Feb 8 THE GENERAL LINE (1929, USSR) Loeb, piano 5:30PM
.Feb 8 ALEXANDER NEVSKY (1938, USSR) sound 8:30PM
.Feb 15 IVAN THE TERRIBLE PT-1 (1943-46, USSR) sd 5:30PM
.Feb 15 IVAN THE TERRIBLE (1946, USSR) sound and a rarely shown 5 mins.sequence from Pt-3 at 7:45PM
.Feb 22 QUE VIVA MEXICO! (1931-1979), edited by Eisenstein collaborator Grigori Alexandrov into a 90 mins. feature & Upton Sinclair: Prologue to THUNDER OVER MEXICO & an educational short made from the orig. footage entitled THE SPANIARD AND THE INDIAN & BEZHIN MEADOW (1935, USSR) a photo/film clip montage of about 35 mins. from the surviving and planned footage of Eisenstein's film of Turgenev's short story (music by Prokofiev, photographed by Edouard Tisse) 5:30PM
.MISERY AND FORTUNE OF WOMEN (1929, Switzerland), Dir. by Eisenstein and Tisse; 35MM; 59 mins.; in German with English subtitles & short ROMANCE SENTIMENTALE (1930, France); "an experimental tone-poem" --PFA Notes 20 mins.; 16MM at 8:20PM
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, U.C. Berkeley
*Feb 1-25
London's National Film Theatre in association with Photoplay Productions presents "Rudolph Valentino: The Greatest Lover":
.Feb 1 THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1921), Dir. by Rex Ingram, with Valentino, Alice Terry; Channel 4 Silents tribute to David Gill; 35MM print with hi-fi tape of Carl Davis' score; 3:30 NFT-1
.Feb 3 VIRTUOUS SINNERS (1919) & A MARRIED VIRGIN (1918) in a small uncredited role in the first; 6PM NFT-2
.Feb 4 THE DELICIOUS LITTLE DEVIL (1919) with Mae Murray & A ROGUE'S ROMANCE (1919) 7:30 Museum Cinema
.Feb 5 THE CONQUERING POWER (1921), Dir. by Rex Ingram, with Valentino, Alice Terry; 6:15 NFT-2
.Feb 6 CAMILLE (1921), with Valentino, Nazimova & ISLE OF LOVE (1918-22), Valentino in a small role; film reissued after his success, using out-takes to give him more prominence; Virginia Rappe in cast; 6:15 NFT-2
.Feb 10 THE SHEIK (1922), with Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Adolphe Menjou & the Valentino episode from the Thames series HOLLYWOOD (1980) 6:20 NFT-1
.Feb 12 MORAN OF THE LADY LETTY (1922), based on Frank Norris novel aboard ship in S.F.Bay and along waterfront; restored by Royal Belgian Film Archives (1 reel lost) & trailer for Valentino's YOUNG RAJAH 8:30 NFT-2
.Feb 13 BLOOD AND SAND (1922), Dir. Fred Niblo, with Valentino, Lila Lee, Nita Naldi & scenes of Valentino imitators; extracts from BIG MOMENTS IN LITTLE PICTURES (1924), Will Rogers & MUD AND SAND (1923), Stan Laurel; 6:20 NFT-1
.Feb 18 COBRA (1925), Valentino, Nita Naldi; 8:30 NFT-2
.Feb 20 MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE (1924), Dir. Sidney Alcott, with Valentino, Bebe Daniels, Lois Wilson; 6:30 NFT-1
.Feb 22 THE EAGLE (1925), Dir. Clarence Brown, with Valentino, Vilma Banky, Louise Dresser; new Photoplay/NFTVA restoration from orig. camera negative; accomp. by Carl Davis' recorded score; performance will be preceded by an illustrated talk on film's background, along with other rare Valentino footage; 3:30 NFT-1
.Feb 25 THE SON OF THE SHEIK (1926), Valentino, Vilma Banky, Agnes Ayres; "Valentino's best-remembered film" & newsreel coverage of Valentino's funeral; 7:30 NFT-1
All of these films will be shown at the National Film Theatres -1,-2 or Museum Cinema, South Bank, Waterloo, London (many thanks to Rob Ewen for getting the above and other NFT and London Film Fest info to Live Cinema Calendar on a timely basis)
*Feb 2
STELLA MARIS (1918) & THE TOLL OF THE SEA (1922) (see Jan 25) Museum of Modern Art, NY, 2:30PM
*Feb 2
TOO WISE WIVES (1921), Dir. by Lois Weber, story by Weber and Marion Orth; Stuart Oderman, piano; The Museum of Modern Art, New York 6PM
*Feb 3
NEW YORK HAT (1912), JOANNA ENLISTS (1918), ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1917) (see Jan 19) Museum of Modern Art 5PM
*Feb 3
THE MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA (1929, USSR), Dir. by Dziga Vertov; live piano accomp. by Yakov Gubanov; Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center for the Arts, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 6:30PM
*Feb 3
"Cameras That Shot the Silent Movies: First Tuesday Lecture": An illustrated talk about the Sarosh Collection of cine cameras on display at the Museum of the Moving Image, and the people who designed, made and used them; lecturer: Stephen Herbert, consultant in pre-cinema and early film;
*Feb 5
THE CHEAT (1915), Dir. by C.B. DeMille, scenario by Hector Turnbull and Jeanie Macpherson, with Sessue Hayakawa, Fannie Ward & TILLIE WAKES UP (1917), Dir. by Harry Davenport, scenario by Frances Marion, with Marie Dressler, Johnny Hines; Stuart Oderman, piano; Museum of Modern Art, New York 6PM
*Feb 6
BACK PAY (1922) & THE FLAPPER (1920) (see Jan 19) The Museum of Modern Art, New York 6PM
*Feb 6
WILD AND WOOLLY (1917) & AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY (1916) (see Jan 24), The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. 8:15PM
*Feb 6,7,8
LA PASSION DE JEANNE D'ARC (1928, France), Dir. by Carl Th. Dreyer, with Renee (Maria) Falconetti; composer Richard Einhorn has set the film to music in the form of an opera/cantata, "Voices of Light"; Marin Alsop will lead the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, with chorus and soloists; Boetticher Concert Hall, Denver Perf. Arts Complex; Denver, CO, 1031 13th St., Denver, CO 80202; (303) 986-8742 at 7:30 on 6th-7th, at 2:30 on 8th
*Feb 6-10
"The Charlie Chaplin Collection: Between Laughter and Tears": New or like new 35 MM prints; all films except THE GOLD RUSH (orig. 1925 silent) will be sound films with Chaplin's own scores, or synchronized music scores (such as for the films reissued in the 1960's):
.Feb 6 THE GOLD RUSH (1925), Bob Vaughn, 4/21 Wurlitzer at 7:30PM & CITY LIGHTS (1931) orig. synch score, 9PM
.Feb 7 THE CHAPLIN REVUE (A DOG'S LIFE/SHOULDER ARMS/THE PILGRIM) at 1:30PM
.Feb 7 THE CIRCUS/A DAY'S PLEASURE at 3:50, 7:30
.Feb 7 THE KID/THE IDLE CLASS at 5:40, 9:20
.Feb 8 MODERN TIMES (1936) at 2:40, 7:10
.Feb 8 LIMELIGHT (1952) at 4:30, 9PM
.Feb 9 A KING IN NEW YORK at 7PM & MONSIEUR VERDOUX at 9
.Feb 10 A WOMAN OF PARIS at 7:10 & GREAT DICTATOR at 9PM Castro Theatre, San Francisco, CA (415) 621-6120
*Feb 7
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1923), Dir. by C.B. DeMille (see Jan 27), The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. 2PM
*Feb 7
WHEN A MAN LOVES (1927) Dir. Alan Crosland, with John Barrymore (see Jan 29), Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. 5PM
*Feb 7
BODY AND SOUL (1924), Dir. by Oscar Micheaux, with Paul Robeson; music? & SONG OF FREEDOM (1936), Dir. by J. Edgar Wills, with Paul Robeson; part of Robeson centennial; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 2PM
*Feb 8
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925), Dir. by Rupert Julian, with Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry; Rodney Sauer and the Mont Alto Orchestra will accompany live with their own music for the film; Mont Alto will be joined by the Longmont Symphony; Longmont, CO
*Feb 8
A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS (1929), Dir. Clarence Brown, with Greta Garbo (see Jan 30), Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. 2PM
*Feb 8
THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1921), Dir. by Rex Ingram, adapt. by June Mathis, with Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry, Alan Hale, Josef Swickard, Wallace Beery; Stuart Oderman, piano; Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. 5PM
*Feb 9
LAZYBONES (1925), Dir. by Frank Borzage, with ZaSu Pitts (see Jan 31), The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. 6PM
*Feb 9
"William Haines Series": SPEEDWAY (1929), Dir. by Harry Beaumont, with Haines, Anita Page; synch. music and sound effects & SLIDE, KELLY, SLIDE (1927), Dir. by Edward Sedgwick, with Haines, Junior Coghlan, Sally O'Neil; Steve Sterner, piano, at 8PM; Film Forum 2, NY
*Feb 10
BLOOD AND SAND (1922), Dir. Fred Niblo, script by June Mathis, with Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee, Nita Naldi; Stuart Oderman, piano; Museum of Modern Art N.Y. 6PM
Feb 10
THE SON OF THE SHEIK (1926), Dir. by George Fitzmaurice, with Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Banky; Rick Parks, 3/18 Wurlitzer; Elsinore Theatre, Salem, OR, 7PM
*Feb 11
"British Film Studios: A Technical History of Elstree": John Huntley takes a comprehensive look at the technical innovations at Elstree Studios, from 1914 animation to '70s special effects; included will be WW1 reconstructions: the Schufftan process (SHOOTING STARS, 1928); early sound (Blattner, British Photophone, RCA); Hitchcock and the model stage (NUMBER SEVENTEEN, 1932); early colour (Prizma, Dufaycolor); location playback and the Elstree Musicals; and a 360-degree double-zip pan with the Newman Sinclair camera (OVER SHE GOES, 1937); the Museum of the Moving Image, Museum Cinema, South Bank, Waterloo, London 7:30
*Feb 12
METROPOLIS (1926, Germany), Dir. by Fritz Lang, with Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustave Frohlich, Rudolph Klein-Rogge; new 35MM print, made from a Munich Filmmuseum restoration; c. 150 mins.; German intertitles with live English translation; live piano accomp. by Jon Mirsalis; Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, U.C. Berkeley, CA 7PM
*Feb 12, 14
THE SINGLE STANDARD (1929), Dir. by John S. Robertson, based on the novel by Adela Rogers St. John, with Greta Garbo, Nils Asther, John Mack Brown; synch. music track; Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.; 2:30 on 12th, 2PM on 14th
*Feb 13
L'INHUMAINE (1923, France), Dir. by Marcel L'Herbier, set design by Alberto Cavalcanti, Fernand Leger, Claude Autant-Lara, Robert Mallet-Stevens; French intertitles; Stuart Oderman, piano; 132 mins.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 7PM
*Feb 13
7TH HEAVEN (1927), Dir. by Frank Borzage, with Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell; live piano accompaniment by Donald Sosin (resident pianist at AMMI in Astoria, N.Y., frequent guest at film festivals in the U.S. and Pordenone; venue TBA; Salisbury CT 7:00PM
*Feb 14
REGENERATION (1915), Dir. Raoul Walsh, with Rockcliffe Fellows, Anna Q. Nilsson; Stuart Oderman, piano & MANHATTA (1921), 9 mins. short recently added to Nat'l Film Registry, Dir. by and photographed by Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler; shown as part of New York City 100; The Museum of Modern Art, New York 2:30PM
*Feb 14
BROKEN BLOSSOMS (1919), Dir. by D.W. Griffith, with Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp; "restored Killiam print"; live organ score performed by Ralph Ringstad; Darress Theatre, 615 Main St. Boonton NJ
*Feb 15
SAFETY LAST (1923), Dir. by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor with Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis; Andy Crow, 3/25 Mighty Wurlitzer; 2d Silent Movie Series; Washington Ctr. for the Perf. Arts, 512 Washington St. SE, Olympia, WA 2PM
*Feb 15
SAFETY LAST (1923), Dir. by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor with Harold Lloyd & a Charley Chase short TBA; Ben Model, piano; part of "Silent Clowns Series," which effective this date moves to Sunday Afternoons at 3PM 78th Street Theater Lab, 236 W 78th St. (next to Stand-Up New York); $10
*Feb 16
"The State of Love: An Evening of Live Music, Comedy and Dance," with special guest star Stan Kann, who, at the Mighty 2/13 Wurlitzer, will accompany Charlie Chaplin's EASY STREET (1917); State Theatre, 417 Alvarado Street, Downtown Monterey, CA; tix for members of the State Theatre Preservation Group $16-12, non-members $20-15 (available at Bay Books, 316 Alvarado) 8PM (STPG members must mail in ticket orders and checks to STPG, 395 Del Monte Ctr., Suite 140, Monterey, CA 93940 by Feb 6); for inquiries call Jim Toy at (650) 373-0137
*Feb 16
THE GIRL SAID NO (1930), Dir. by Sam Wood, with Haines, Marie Dressler, Polly Moran & THE SMART SET (1928), Dir. by Jack Conway, with Haines, Jack Holt, Alice White; Steve Sterner, piano, 8PM; Film Forum 2, N. Y.
Feb 16-21
CITY LIGHTS (1931), Charlie Chaplin; Carl Davis will conduct his orchestration of Chaplin's original score; Belgian Tour, with details on specific cities and venues TBA later this year; Belgium
*Feb 15
DON JUAN (1926), Dir. by Alan Crosland with John Barrymore (see Jan 30), Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. 6PM
*Feb 17
"Eisenstein Centenary": POTEMKIN (1925, USSR), Dir. by Eisenstein; music?; Russian intertitles with live English voice-over; 65 mins.; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; shown twice at 3PM and 6PM
*Feb 20-21
"The Transparent Quartet performs with 7 Shorts by Georges Melies": led by composer Phillip Johnston, the Quartet will accompany 7 of Melies 498 films, incl TRIP TO THE MOON (1902), IMPOSSIBLE VOYAGE (1905), MERRY FROLICS OF SATAN (1906), THE MERMAID (1904) & 3 others; Demarest School Auditorium, located at 4th and Garden St Hoboken, NJ, Admission: $10 in advance, $12 at door, Seniors and under 12: $5 8PM on 20th, 7 & 9 on 21st (for information and advanced tickets: (201) 420-2207
*Feb 20-26
"The Charlie Chaplin Collection": Films TBA; Sarasota Film Society, Sarasota, FL
*Feb 21
THE CIRCUS (1928), Dir. by and starring Charles Chaplin; using the original 1928 score restored by Gillian Anderson, for performing at 20 FPS; Uri Barnea will conduct the Billings Symphony Orchestra; Alberta Bair Theatre for the Performing Arts (formerly, the 1418 seat Fox movie palace), Billings, Montana; tickets: $28-10, (406) 256-6057, 8PM
*Feb 22
"Charlie Chaplin Meets Laurel and Hardy": L&H's PUTTING PANTS ON PHILIP, WRONG AGAIN and FINISHING TOUCH vs. Charlie's CAUGHT IN A CABARET, ONE AM and BURLESQUE ON CARMEN; Bob Vaughn, 3/14 Wurlitzer; Towne Theatre, San Jose, CA 5PM (concert by another organist at 4:30PM)
*Feb 23
TRAFFIC IN SOULS (1915), Dir. by George Loane Tucker, with Jane Gail, Ethel Grandin, William Turner & NOMADS OF THE NORTH (1920), Dir. by David M. Hartford, with Lon Chaney, Betty Blythe, Lewis S. Stone; live piano accomp. by Rick Friend; 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
*Feb 23
MEMORY LANE (1926), Dir. by John M. Stahl, with Haines, Eleanor Boardman, Conrad Nagel; Steve Sterner, piano, at 7:50PM & A TAILOR-MADE MAN (1931), Dir. Sam Wood, with Haines, Hedda Hopper, Dorothy Jordan & REMOTE CONTROL (1930), Dir. by Mal St. Clair and Nicke Grinde, with Haines, Charles King, Polly Moran; Film Forum 2 NY
*Feb 24
TELL IT TO THE MARINES (1926), Dir. by George Hill, with Lon Chaney, William Haines; live musical accomp. by Michael Mortilla & WAY OUT WEST (1930), Dir. by Fred Niblo, with William Haines, Polly Moran, Cliff Edwards, Francis X. Bushman, Jr.; William Mann, who has written a new biography of Haines will be present to sign copies of his new book; 2d screening of Silent Society at UCLA Film Archive; James Bridges (Melnitz) Theatre, L.A. 7:30
*Feb 25
"Take Your Girlie to the Movies (If You Can't Make Love at Home)": A look at the film audience during the first 50 years of the movies; Nick Hiley, from the British Universities Film and Video Council, introduces films, slides, recordings and readings to celebrate the experiences of ordinary filmgoers, from the 1890s to 1940s; the Museum of the Moving Image; Museum Cinema, South Bank, Waterloo, London 7:30
Feb 26
WAY DOWN EAST (1920), Dir by D.W. Griffith, with Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess; live accomp. on 3/14 Barton by R. Cameron Monschein; part of 1997-98 "Sounds of Sil ents"; Oscar Mayer Theatre, Civic Center, Madison WI 3PM
*Feb 27-28
FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1926), Dir. by Clarence Brown, with Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lars Hanson; 35MM print; Carl Davis' score to be conducted live by Adrian Bryttan with 95 member New Jersey Youth Symphony; John Harms Center for the Arts, 30 N. Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631; Tix: $15, $12, $9 (students & seniors), call (201) 567-3600 or (908) 771-5544 both eves at 8PM
*Feb 27 - Mar 5
"The Charlie Chaplin Collection": Films TBA; Enzian Theatre, Maitland, FL
*Feb 28
ORPHANS OF THE STORM (1922), Dir. by D.W. Griffith, with Lillian and Dorothy Gish; newly-restored 35MM color-tinted print from The Museum of Modern Art; new solo organ score by Dennis James, Mighty 3/21 Wurlitzer; original music and arrangement by L.F. Gottschalk and Wm. Frederick Peters; Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto, (650)-324-3700 $6-4 (seniors) 7:30PM
*Feb dates TBA
"The Charlie Chaplin Collection": Films TBA; Fine Arts Theatre, Kansas City

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