FILM FESTIVAL EVENTS ARCHIVES
THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920 SILENT) One of the best silent films ever made, and proof that at 100 years old, true art is ageless. Fairbanks plays Zorro, a Robin Hood protecting the poor against the rapacious governor of Old California. He is equally…
Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd are the three comic geniuses of film's silent era. Chaplin's Little Tramp was the wistful, romantic, melancholic yearner. Keaton was the "great stone face," stoically tumbling his way through a chaotic,…
The Stanford Theatre Foundation presents:Silent Cinema at the California TheatreFriday, March 11th at 7pmNosferatu, a Symphony of Horror(Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens)With Dennis James at the California's Wurlitzer organ.(1922)Quite possibly…
STARRING LILLIAN GISH
With Dennis James At The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ
The Wind is a masterpiece of American silent cinema. Lillian Gish plays a sensitive young woman who moves out west to live with her cousin and his family. When she is forced…
The Stanford Theatre Foundation presents: SILENT FILMS AT THE CALIFORNIA THEATRETwo films that provoked Hollywood; one breathtaking theatre, and the Mighty Wurlitzer organ to transform your film experience.The Birth of a NationFriday, February 27th…
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 29 at 7:00pm: I WAS BORN, BUT? (UMARETE WA MITA KEREDO) (silent, 1932) Japan Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Written by Akira Fushimi, after an original story by ?James Maki? (Ozu). Photographed by Hideo Shigehara. With Tatsuo Saito,…
INTOLERANCEFRIDAY, MARCH 6 at 7:00 p.m. (silent, 1916) USAWith Dennis James at the Wurlizer organ.Directed, produced and written by D.W. Griffith. Photographed by Billy Bitzer, Karl Brown. With Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge, Robert…
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 at 7:00 p.m.THE BIRTH OF A NATION (silent, 1915) USAWith Dennis James at the Wurlitzer organ.Directed, produced and presented by David Wark Griffith. Scenario by David Wark Griffith and Frank E. Woods, based on the novel The…
The Stanford Theatre Foundation presents silent films at the California Theatre. The General (1927) Directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman; Starring Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Joseph Keaton.…
The Stanford Theatre Foundation and Cinequest present silent films at the California Theatre.A TRIBUTE TO HAROLD LLOYD ? SILENT MAVERICK ? A spectacular double feature at the California Theatre, where audiences will be captivated by the Harold Lloyd…
Grab your ticket and climb aboard this riveting existential ride; just don?t forget to make your connection. Full of inherited money and as frigidly amoral as the Austrian winter, Sebastian likes to play God, delighting in toying with the young…
World PremiereThough hardly famous, Jack Mullin?s influence extends from the creation of tape following World War II to the rise of the iPod in recent times. The engaging Sound Man sheds welcome light on the career of this neglected pioneer,…