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Below is a listing of selected silent movie screenings around the country.

If you have a silent movie screening coming up that you'd like to have listed, e-mail us here.

When submitting screenings for listing on this page, PLEASE provide date, name of film and year of release, name of venue, street address, city, state, phone and accompanist.

Check this page regularly! Screenings are sometimes posted only days before the performance date!


**NOTE: Please call or check ahead of time before attending any of these screenings. Schedules change and errors in listings are possible!!

The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
37417 Niles Boulevard, Fremont, CA. (510-494-1411)
shows silent films every Saturday with many special screenings at other times.
Check their current schedule at http://www.nilesfilmmuseum.org/movies.htm

2012

February 5 - "Comedy Shorts" - EASY STREET (1917)/FROM HAND TO MOUTH (1919)/THE GOAT (1921) - The Bruno Walter Auditorium is located at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, between West 63rd and West 64th Streets, at the back of Lincoln Center, New York, NY (Ben Model, accompanist) - http://www.silentclowns.com/nowshowing.html

February 10 - MOYA BABISHKA"(MY GRANDMOTHER) (1929) - University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Cobb Hall, 5811 South Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall 306, Chicago, Illinois - 773.702.8596. http://filmstudiescenter/uchicago.edu (Live piano by David Drazin)

February 10 - NOSFERATU (1922) - The Bijou Cinema, 57482 Onaga Trail in Yucca Valley, CA (2 members of the Photoplay Orchestra, accompanist) - 760-365-0475 - www.meetup.com/DESERT-CLASSIC-FILM-SOCIETY

February 22 - THE PAWN SHOP (1916)/HIGH AND DIZZY (1920)/THE GOAT (1921)/DOG SHY (1926)/YOU'RE DARN TOOTIN' (1928) - The Alden, 1234 Ingleside Ave. McLean, VA - 703-790-0123 - http://www.mcleancenter.org/alden/filmseries.asp

February 27 - FAUST (1926) - Royal Festival Hall, London - accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra - 0844-875-0073 - http://ticheting.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/classical/tickets/philharmonia-orchestra-62859

March 3 - THE GENERAL (1927) - The History Place, 1008 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557. Contact Carteret Arts Forum, PO Box 462, Morehead City, NC 28557 , www.carteretartsforum.com E-MAIL: info@carteretartsforum.com (with live accompaniment by David Drazin)

March 5 - HIGH AND DIZZY (1920)/"NUMBER, PLEASE?" (1920)/THE PAWNSHOP (1916)/THE HIGH SIGN (1921) - The Bruno Walter Auditorium is located at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, between West 63rd and West 64th Streets, at the back of Lincoln Center, New York, NY (Ben Model, accompanist) - http://www.silentclowns.com/nowshowing.html

March 16- THE EAGLE (1925) - The Bijou Cinema, 57482 Onaga Trail in Yucca Valley, CA (Richard Severa, accompanist) - 760-365-0475 - www.meetup.com/DESERT-CLASSIC-FILM-SOCIETY

March 17 - THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1919) Detroit Film Theatre of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward, Detroit, MI - 313-833-7900 - www.dia.org - (David Drazin will play live piano accompaniment)

March 21 - ORPHANS OF THE STORM (1921) - The Alden, 1234 Ingleside Ave. McLean, VA - 703-790-0123 - http://www.mcleancenter.org/alden/filmseries.asp

March 24, 25, 31, April 1 - NAPOLEON (1927 - Kevin Brownlow's restoration with Carl Davis score performed by the Oakland East Bay Symphony) - Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA.

April 2 - COPS (1922)/THE PALEFACE (1922)/THE ADVENTURER (1917)/GET OUT AND GET UNDER (1920) - The Bruno Walter Auditorium is located at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, between West 63rd and West 64th Streets, at the back of Lincoln Center, New York, NY (Ben Model, accompanist) - http://www.silentclowns.com/nowshowing.html

April 11 - THE EAGLE (1925) - The Alden, 1234 Ingleside Ave. McLean, VA - 703-790-0123 - http://www.mcleancenter.org/alden/filmseries.asp

May 16 - THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924) - The Alden, 1234 Ingleside Ave. McLean, VA - 703-790-0123 - http://www.mcleancenter.org/alden/filmseries.asp

May 25-29 - CINEVENT (including THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN (1922)/THE SHOCK PUNCH (1925)/THE NIGHT CRY (1926)/KING OF THE RODEO (1929) and more!) - Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, 4900 Sinclair Road, Columbus, OH. - http://www.cinevent.com

July 23 - NELL GWYN" (1926) - The Bruno Walter Auditorium is located at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, between West 63rd and West 64th Streets, at the back of Lincoln Center, New York, NY (Ben Model, accompanist) - http://www.silentclowns.com/nowshowing.html

July 30 - "THE EAGLE" (1925) - The Bruno Walter Auditorium is located at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, between West 63rd and West 64th Streets, at the back of Lincoln Center, New York, NY (Ben Model, accompanist) - http://www.silentclowns.com/nowshowing.html

August 6 - "DON JUAN" (1926) - The Bruno Walter Auditorium is located at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, between West 63rd and West 64th Streets, at the back of Lincoln Center, New York, NY (Ben Model, accompanist) - http://www.silentclowns.com/nowshowing.html

August 13 - "THE THREE MUSKETEERS" (1921) - The Bruno Walter Auditorium is located at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, between West 63rd and West 64th Streets, at the back of Lincoln Center, New York, NY (Ben Model, accompanist) - http://www.silentclowns.com/nowshowing.htm


Be sure and check out the Silent Clowns Film Series website. They provide silent comedy shorts on a regular basis for New York area residents that may not be listed here.


Related Links

 Buster Keaton Celebration - Iola, KS.

Museum of Modern Art

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Cinefest

Eastman House

Mont Alto Orchestra

 Film Forum

American Museum of the Moving Image

Silent Film Society of Chicago

Cinevent

Cinecon

San Francisco Silent Film Festival


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