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

June 26-28 - Niles Essanay 12th Annual Broncho Billy Anderson Silent Film Festival - Niles Edison Theater, 37417 Niles Boulevard, Fremont, CA

June 28 - COLLEGE (1927) - Wilton Town Hall Theatre, Main Street, Wilton, NH (Jeff Rapsis, accompanist)

June 28 - UNDERWORLD (1928) - Rose Theatre, 235 Taylor St., Port Townsend, WA (Alloy Orchestra, accompanists) - 360-385-1039 - http://www.rosetheatre.com

July 1 - PANDORA'S BOX A (1929) - Orpheum Theatre, 842 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA

July 5 - THE CROWD (1927) - Lynwood Theatre, Bainbridge Island, WA (Dennis James, accompanist)

July 8 - BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT (1926) - Chautauqua Community House, Colorado Chautaugua Association, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO - (Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, accompanist) 303-442-3282

July 10 - THE GAUCHO (1927) - The San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Castro Theater, 833 Market Street, Suite 812, San Francisco, CA - (Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, accompanists) 415-777-4908

July 11 - THE YANKEE CLIPPER (1927) - Heritage Square Museum 3800 Homer Street Los Angeles, CA - 323-225-2700 - http://www.heritagesquare.org

July 11 - BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT (1926)/WILD ROSE (1928)/UNDERWORLD (1927)/THE WIND (1927)/AELITA, QUEEN OF MARS (1924) - The San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Castro Theater, 833 Market Street, Suite 812, San Francisco, CA - (Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra,. Dennis James, Stephen Horne, Donald Sosin, accompanists) 415-777-4908

July 12 - OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT (1927-28)/EROTIKON (1929)/SO'S YOUR OLD MAN (1926)/THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928)/LADY OF THE PAVEMENTS (1929) - The San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Castro Theater, 833 Market Street, Suite 812, San Francisco, CA - (Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra,. Philip Carli, Stephen Horne, Donald Sosin, accompanists) 415-777-4908

July 12 - SPARROWS (1926) - Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA (Bob Mitchell, organist)

July 18 - ONE WEEK (1920)/SHERLOCK JR (1924) - Enzian Theater, 1300 South Orlando Avenue, Maitland, FL - 407-629-0054

July 18 - A MODERN MUSKETEER (1917) - Heritage Square Museum 3800 Homer Street Los Angeles, CA - 323-225-2700 - http://www.heritagesquare.org

July 18 - THE FABLE OF PRINCE FORTUNATUS WHO MOVED AWAY FROM EASY STREET AND SILAS, THE SAVER, WHO MOVED IN (1917) - McKinley Musem and Presidential Library, 800 McKinley Monument Drive, Canton, OH (Joseph Rubin, Accompanist) www.cantoncomicoperaco.com

July 20 - ONE WEEK (1920)/SHERLOCK JR (1924) - Enzian Theater, 1300 South Orlando Avenue, Maitland, FL - 407-629-0054

July 22 - One short film by each of the Clown Princes of the silent era: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd - The Strand Theatre, Rocklandstrand, 345 Main St., Rockland, ME (Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, accompanists)

July 22 - THE LAST PERFORMANCE (1929), Doc Films, University of Chicago, located in the Max Palevsky Cinema in Ida Noyes Hall at The University of Chicago, 1212 East 59th St., Chicago, IL - 773-702-8575, (Dave Drazin, accompanist) - http://docfilms.uchicago.edu/

July 24 - EASY STREET (1917)/THE IMMIGRANT (1917) - Shenandoah Music Festival, Orkney Sprints Pavilion, Orkney Springs, Va. (Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, accompaniment) - 540-459-3396

July 25 - THE GARDEN OF EDEN (1928) - Heritage Square Museum 3800 Homer Street Los Angeles, CA - 323-225-2700 - http://www.heritagesquare.org

July 27 - THE GENERAL (1926) West River Library1194 West River Rd. N., Elyria, OH. - 440-324-2270 (Joseph Rubin, Accompanist)

July 29 - TUMBLEWEEDS (1925) - Chautauqua Community House, Colorado Chautaugua Association, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO - (Hank Troy, accompanist) 303-442-3282

August 7-9 - THE SPEED SPOOK (1924)/THE NICKEL HOPPER (1926)/PARISIAN NIGHTS (1925)/THE KING OF THE KONGO (1929)/LET'S GET MARRIED (1926)/THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (1912)/THE BALLAD OF FISHER'S BOARDING HOUSE (1922)/THE BARKER (1928)/THE EAGLE'S NEST (1929)/THE WONDERUL LIES OF NINA PETROVA (1929)/THE SULTAN'S WIFE (1917)/FOOTLOOSE WIDOWS (1926)/A KICK FOR CINDERELLA (1924)/RED LIGHTS (1923) - Capitol
Theatre, 220 Dominick St., Rome, NY (accompaniment by Avery Tuningley, Dr. Philip Carli, Bernie Anderson and the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra - 315-337-6453, 315-337-6277 - http://www.romecapitol.com/Capitolfest.html#schedule

August 19 - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923) - Chautauqua Community House, Colorado Chautaugua Association, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO - (Hank Troy, accompanist) 303-442-3282

August 26 - THE LOST WORLD (1925) - Chautauqua Community House, Colorado Chautaugua Association, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO - Hank Troy, , Ed Contreras. and Rodney Sauer, accompanists) 303-442-3282

September 2 - THE CAMERAMAN (1928) - Chautauqua Community House, Colorado Chautaugua Association, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO - (Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, accompanist) 303-442-3282

September 3-7 - "Cinecon" - Films TBA - Renaissance Hotel and Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, CA. - www.cinecon.org

September 9 - ORPHANS OF THE STORM (1921) - Chautauqua Community House, Colorado Chautaugua Association, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO - (Hank Troy, accompanist) 303-442-3282

September 16 - THE FRESHMAN (1925) - Chautauqua Community House, Colorado Chautaugua Association, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO - (Hank Troy, accompanist) 303-442-3282

September 24-27 - "Fall Cinesation" - THE RAVEN (1915)/O MIMI SAN (1914)/THE DEVIL'S CLAIM (1920)/M'LISS (1918) - Lincoln Theater, Masillon, OH - http://www.cinephiles.org/The_Fall_Cinesation.html


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

Fall Cinesation

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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