Screenings and Performances
During March 1998


This schedule last updated February 18, 1998
Schedules subject to change!
(* additions/changes)

*Mar 4
LA BOHEME (1926), Dir. by King Vidor, with Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renee Adoree, Edward Everett Horton, Karl Dane, Ray D'Arcy; Gillian Anderson will conduct a 10 piece orchestra in a "reconstructed version" at 8PM & premiere of Elmer Bernstein's new violin-and-piano score to accompany "a visually stunning, hand-painted Dutch gem from the earliest days of the cinema: THE 400 TRICKS OF THE DEVIL (THE ADVENTURES OF A PROFESSOR)" short fantasy film; to be shown in Library of Congress' newly-restored Coolidge Auditorium, Wash., DC; tickets avail. from Ticketmaster; for info: (202) 707-5502
*Mar 5-8
"Cinefest 17": presented by the Syracuse Cinephiles Society. Rare silents and early sound films, mostly in 16MM, but with a half-day outing to a larger venue, in 1998 Syracuse's Landmark Theatre (formerly Thomas Lamb's beautiful Loew's State movie palace), to see selected new 35MM archival prints. In 1998 Cinefest will again be able to show both 35MM and 16MM films at variable speeds. In 1998 the headquarters hotel will again be the Sheraton Four Points Syracuse (special Cinefest room rates: $63 for single, double or triple --you must reserve early --the hotel fills up months ahead of time, so you may have to settle on another nearby hotel --call the Four Points: (315) 457-1122, being sure to mention Cinefest 18). Free parking, large screening and collectibles dealer rooms. Free popcorn! Accompanists: Philip C. Carlii, Jon Mirsalis, Gabriel Thibaudeau; announced guests: David Shepard, Bryony Dickson of the BFI, Karen Everson, Alex Gordon, Leonard Maltin, Scott MacQueen, Paolo Cherchi Usai, Chris Horak, Herb Graff, David Francis, Ed Strattman, Bruce Goldstein, Jim Cozart. The program starts promptly at 10AM Thursday. For registration info, call or write Phil Serling, 215 Dawley Rd., Fayetteville, NY 13066-2546, or call (315) 637-8984 eves or weekends; registration after Feb 2 is $55 for 4-days, or $15 daily; $18 extra for 35MM screenings incl transportation; highlights of this year's silents in 35MM are: THE LOST WORLD (1928), newly restored by George Eastman House to 102 mins.; Charley Chase in WHAT PRICE GOOFY; and additional 35MM films to be confirmed; 16MM silent highlights this year include: THE SHAKEDOWN (1928), William Wyler's lost film; HEART O'THE HILLS (1919), with John Gilbert and Mary Pickford; THUNDERING HOOFS (1924); SO'S YOUR OLD MAN (1926), with W.C. Fields; WELCOME DANGER (1929), with Harold Lloyd; VICTORINE (1915), with Dorothy Gish; FROZEN HEARTS (1923), Stan Laurel; THE STUDENT OF PRAGUE (1926), with Conrad Veidt; THE GIRL ON THE BARGE (1929), with Jean Hersholt; "Biograph Tonight Pt 2", presented by Robert Birchard; "Parade of Technicolor" --John McElwee's view; and there will be more silents and early sound films.
Mar 7
INTOLERANCE (1916), Dir. by D.W. Griffith, with Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Bessie Love, Constance Talmadge; 35MM color-tinted MOMA restoration; new solo theatre organ score by Dennis James, 3/21 Wurlitzer; incorporating transcribed elements of the original orchestral score composed and arranged by Joseph Carl Breil; Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto, (650) 324-3700 $6-4 (seniors 65 and older) 7:30PM

*Mar 8
"Silent Clowns Series": Films TBA; live piano accomp. by Ben Model; 78th St. Theater Lab, 236 W 78th St. (next to Stand-Up New York); $10 3PM For last minute news: http://www.interport.net/~manaben/silent.html
Mar 10
GO WEST (1925), Dir. by and starring Buster Keaton, with ''Brown Eyes": Rick Parks, 3/18 Wurlitzer; Elsinore Theatre, Salem, OR 7PM
Mar 10
THE GOLD RUSH (1925), Dir. by and starring Charlie Chaplin, with Mack Swain, Georgia Hale, Tom Murray; restored 35MM print; re-arrangement of Chaplin's 1940's reissue score to fit the 1925 film; 22 FPS; orchestra, conductor and venue TBA; Tel Aviv, Israel
*Mar 11
THE LAST LAUGH (1924, Germany), Dir. by F. W. Murnau, with a screenplay by Carl Mayer and photography by Karl Freund and starring Emil Jannings in one of his finest roles: an aging doorman at the cosmopolitan Atlantic Hotel; film is noted for telling its story without use of intertitles; composer Dean Drummond conducts Newband, juxtaposing conventional instruments with unique Harry Partch inventions like the cloud chamber bowls and the chromelodeon, in his new score for the film; Library of Congress' Coolidge Auditorium, Wash., DC; tickets from Ticketmaster; for info call (202) 707-5502 8 PPM
Mar 14
FAUST (1926, Germany), Dir. by F.W. Murnau, with Emil Jannings; print is 35MM newly restored version from Filmoteca Espanola, Spain; new score by "The Wireless Duo" Dennis James (3/21 Wurlitzer and Theremin) and Mark Goldstein (lightning) as premiered at S.F.'s Castro Jan 12; Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto, (650) 324-3700, $6-4 (seniors) Note: Film will be shown at 18 FPS 7:30
*Mar 16
WAY DOWN EAST (1920), Dir. by D.W. Griffith, with Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess & shorts THE DANGER GIRL (1916), with Gloria Swanson and YUKON JAKE (1924), with Ben Turpin; all films accomp. live on piano by Rick Friend; Toronto Film Society/Silent Mondays, Art Gallery of Ont. Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas St West, Toronto Ont, Canada, call Caren Feldman, 416 636-6767 7:30PM
Mar 20-21
GREED (1925), Dir. by Erich von Stroheim, with Zasu Pitts, Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt; score by Carl Davis; orchestra, conductor and venue TBA; Luxembourg
*Mar 26
THE GRUB-STAKE: A TALE OF THE KLONDIKE (1923), Dir. by Bert Van Tuyle and Nell Shipman, with Shipman; "Canadian born Nell Shipman was a pioneer in her life and filmmaking; her association with writer James Curwood led her from the studios into independent production" -from recent Nat'l Film Theatre Notes, London; music TBA; filming locations incl: Minnehaha Studio, Spokane, WA, and nearby vicinity; Priest Lake, ID; 90 mins.(24 FPS); presented by Prof. Tom Trusky and Boise State University at Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA 7PM
*Mar 28
A DOG'S LIFE (1918), Charlie Chaplin; shown as part of Eureka's Annual Jazz Festival; live musical accomp. by 9-piece Humboldt Ragtime Band; to be performed 3 times in a venue TBA; 30 mins.; Eureka's Old Town, Eureka, CA
*Mar 29
POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (1917), Dir. by Maurice Tourneur, with Mary Pickford & Charlie Chaplin in THE PROPERTY MAN; Bob Vaughn, 3/14 Wurlitzer; Towne Theatre, San Jose, CA 5PM (concert by another organist at 4:30PM)
Mar 29-31
THE FRESHMAN (1925), Dir. by Sam Taylor and Fred New meyer, with Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston; new Carl Davis score; orchestra and conductor TBA; Hollland tour, with cities and venues TBA later in the year; Holland

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