Category Archives: Silent Film

Italian Silent Festival

Posted on January 27, 2011 by John Grant

I want to spend the first 10 days of October 2011 in Pordenone, Italy, to see the 30th Pordenone Silent Film Festival.  Us fans of silent film wait eagerly for the posting of the program, as I do every year … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Posted on January 18, 2011 by John Grant

In a few weeks, on Saturday, February 14, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival holds its winter event at the Castro Theater in San Francisco.  The festival shows films from the silent era as they were meant to be seen, … Continue reading →

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Film Festival

Posted on December 16, 2010 by John Grant

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s 6th Annual Winter Event takes place on Saturday, February 12, 2011 in San Francisco, California.  At it, you’ll see luminaries such as Leonard Maltin and probably Robert Osborne — plus a tremendous program of … Continue reading →

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Sound of Silents

Posted on December 7, 2010 by John Grant

I went to see the 1928 “Passion of Joan of Arc” silent film at the beautiful Paramount Theater in Oakland, California recently — complete with an orchestra, a chorus and an original and beautiful score written by Richard Einhorn (Voices … Continue reading →

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