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!!

2009

October 2 - THE GENERAL (1926) - Bay Street Theatre · P.O. Box 810 · Sag Harbor, NY (Ben Model, accompanist) - 631-725-9500

October 3 - THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920) - Bay Street Theatre · P.O. Box 810 · Sag Harbor, NY (Ben Model, accompanist) - 631-725-9500

October 3 - SAFETY LAST (1923) - Landmark Loew's Jersey, 54 Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ (Ralph Ringstad, Jr., organist) - 201-798-6055 

October 9 - MY BEST GIRL  (1927)/THEY WOULD ELOPE (1909)/THE TRICK THAT FAILED (1909) -University of Chicago Film Studies Center, 5811 South Ellis Ave. Cobb Hall 307, Chicago, IL - 773-702-8596 (Dave Drazin, accompanist)

October 10- CITY LIGHTS (1931) - Market Arcade Film & Arts Center, Buffalo, NY (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, accompanists)

October 16 - NOSFERATU (1922) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 North State Street, Chicago, IL (Dave Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2600 - http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org

October 18 - THE BIG PARADE (1926) - Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood, CA. (Robert Israel, accompanist) - also includes an American Cinematheque-sponsored lecture by Karl Dane biographer Laura Balogh - Ms. Balogh will be doing a book signing prior to the film

October 20 - NOSFERATU (1922) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 North State Street, Chicago, IL (Dave Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2600 - http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org

October 21 - THE MANXMAN (1929) - Colorado Chautauqua Association, Community House, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO - (Hank Troy, accompanist) 303-442-3282

October 23 - SHOW PEOPLE (1928) - Fourth Annual Silent Film Festival at Old City Hall, 1313 Market Street, Redding, CA (Frederick Hodges, accompanist) - 530-241-7320

October 24 - GREED (1923) - Market Arcade Film & Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

October 24 - THE EAGLE (1925)/IT (1927)/DESTINY (1921)/THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS (1927)/CITY LIGHTS (1931) - Fourth Annual Silent Film Festival at Old City Hall, 1313 Market Street, Redding, CA (Frederick Hodges, accompanist) - 530-241-7320

October 31 - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) - Sunrise Theater, 250 NW Broad Street, Southern Pines, NC (Dave Drazin, accompanist) - 910-692-3611, http://www.sunrisetheater.com

NOVEMBER

November 1 - CHRISTINE OF THE BIG TOPS (1926) - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY (Ben Model, accompanist)

November 4 - CHRISTINE OF THE BIG TOPS (1926) - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY (Ben Model, accompanist)

November 5 - THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926) - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY (Ben Model, accompanist)

November 6 - BEHIND THE SC6EEN (1916)/COPS (1922) - Coastal Carolina Univeristy, Myrtle Beach, SC - (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, accompanists)

November 8 - HIS PEOPLE (1929) - Three Rivers Film Festival, Regent Square Theater, 1035 South Braddock Ave., Edgewood, PA (Philip Carli, accompanist)

November 8 - THE SOAP SUDS STAR (1915)/THE PROPERTY MAN (1914)/THE PLAYHOUSE (1921)/BROMO AND JULIET (1926)/DRAMA DELUXE (1927) - Arclight Theatre, at 152 West 71st Street between Broadway & Columbus Avenue, New York City, NY (Dennis James, accompanist)

November 11 - THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926) - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY ( Ben Model, accompanist)

November 13 - PETER PAN (1924) - Miller Outdoor Theater, 100 Concert Drive, Houston, TX (With live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin, Joanna Seaton, Paul Reisler, and students from McGregor Elementary School)

November 16 - THE LOST WORLD (`1925) - The Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine Street, Seattle, WA

November 17 - THE IRON HORSE (1924) - Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY - 631-423-7611 - http://www.cinemaartscentre.org (Dennis James, accompanist)

November 20 - THE HOODLUM (1917) - Walter Reade Theatre, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY - 212-875-5601 (Dennis James, accompanist)

November 20 - THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920) - Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S Allison Pky, Lakewood, Colorado

November 21 - THE BLACK PIRATE (1926)/THE MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929) - Three Rivers Film Festival, Regent Square Theater, 1035 South Braddock Ave., Edgewood, PA (Alloy Orchestra, accompanists)

November 22 - EVERETT TRUE BREAKS INTO THE MOVIES (1916)/BEHIND THE SCREEN (1916)/HEY THERE (1918)/DOGS OF WAR (1923)/THE DAREDEVIL (1923) - Arclight Theatre, at 152 West 71st Street between Broadway & Columbus Avenue, New York City, NY (Dennis James, accompanist)

DECEMBER

December 5 - SHERLOCK, JR. (1924)/THE PLAYHOUSE (1921)/CITY LIGHTS (1931) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2075 - www.siskelfilmcenter.org

December 6 - Charley Chase shorts: TOO MANY MAMMAS (1924) / HIS WOODEN WEDDING (1925) / NO FATHER TO GUIDE HIM (1925) / DOG SHY (1926) - Brooklyn Public Library, Central Branch, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn NY - 718-230-2100, www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org - (Stuart Oderman, accompanist)

December 7 - CITY LIGHTS (1931) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2075 - www.siskelfilmcenter.org

December 9 - SHERLOCK, JR. (1924)/THE PLAYHOUSE (1921) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2075 - www.siskelfilmcenter.org

December 12 - THE GENERAL (1926)/THE SCARECROW (1920)/THE FRESHMAN (1925)/NEVER WEAKEN (1921) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2075 - www.siskelfilmcenter.org

December 12 - CHANG (1927)/J'ACCUSE (1919)/SHERLOCK JR. (1924)/WEST OF ZANZIBAR (1927) - The San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2009 Winter Event, Castro TheatrE, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA (Dennis James, accompanist) - 415-777-4908 - http://www.silentfilm.org

December 16 - THE GENERAL (1926)/THE SCARECROW (1920) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2075 - www.siskelfilmcenter.org

December 17 - THE FRESHMAN (1925)/NEVER WEAKEN (1921) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2075 - www.siskelfilmcenter.org

December 19 - MODERN TIMES (1936)/COLLEGE (1927)/COPS (1922) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2075 - www.siskelfilmcenter.org

December 21 - MODERN TIMES (1936) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2075 - www.siskelfilmcenter.org

December 23 - COLLEGE (1927)/COPS (1922) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2075 - www.siskelfilmcenter.org

December 26 - STEAMBOAT BILL JR. (1928)/ONE WEEK (1920)/SAFETY LAST! (1923)/GET OUT AND GET UNDER (1920) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2075 - www.siskelfilmcenter.org

December 28 - SAFETY LAST! (1923)/GET OUT AND GET UNDER (1920) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2075 - www.siskelfilmcenter.org

December 30 - STEAMBOAT BILL JR. (1928)/ONE WEEK (1920) - Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 312-846-2075 - www.siskelfilmcenter.org

2010

January 23 - HAROLD TEEN (1928), University of Chicago Film Studies Center, 5811 South Ellis Ave. Cobb Hall 307, Chicago, IL (David Drazin, accompanist) - 773-702-8596 - http://filmstudiescenter.uchicago.edu


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.


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Eastman House

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 Film Forum

American Museum of the Moving Image

Silent Film Society of Chicago

Cinevent

Cinecon

San Francisco Silent Film Festival


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