Event Listing - Theater, City Events

Fri Jul 11 - Sun Jul 13

13th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival

boxoffice@silentfilm.org

Tel. 415-777-4908
Website

Location	Date and Time
Castro Theatre 429 Castro Street San Francisco, CA 94114 map cross street: Market district: Castro/Upper Market	Fri Jul 11 (7pm & 9:15pm) - The Kid Brother & Opening Night Party Sat Jul 12 (10am-10:45pm) - Films include: The Soul of Youth, Mikael, The Man Who Laughs, The Unknown Sun Jul 13 (10:30am-8:45pm) - Films include: The Silent Enemy, Her Wild Oat, The Patsy

Description

Festival Line Up:
THE KID BROTHER (Ted Wilde, 1927) Opening Night Film
Jul 11, 2008 7:00 PM
Lloyd's next to last silent comedy has it all! Lloyd considered THE KID BROTHER to be his best film! Preceded by short: BRONCHO BILLY'S ADVENTURE (1911) $17 Member/$20 Non-Member

Opening Night PARTY TICKET
Jul 11, 2008 9:15 PM
Immediately following the Opening Night Film, celebrate silent cinema in style with a cornucopia of culinary delights, high spirited drinks and live music, all served up on the mezzanine of the Castro Theatre. $20 Member/$25 Non-Member

AMAZING TALES FROM THE ARCHIVES Free Event
Jul 12, 2008 10:00 AM
This free-admission program will show you how they teach the art and science of preserving, restoring and archiving movies.

THE SOUL OF YOUTH (Willam Desmond Taylor, 1920)
Jul 12, 2008 11:40 AM
Director William Desmond Taylor takes a gritty and humanistic portrait of society's unwanted babies, unloved orphans and unlawful urchins. Preceded by short: THE OLD FAMILY TOOTHBRUSH (1925) $12 Member/$14 Non-Member

LES DEUX TIMIDES (TWO TIMID SOULS, Rene Clair, 1928)
Jul 12, 2008 2:15 PM
In this playful farce by Rene Clair, a shy lawyer courts the woman he's in love with before her father unwittingly weds her to a convicted wife-abuser. Preceded by short: Georges Melies' LES FROMAGES AUTOMOBILES (1907)$12 Member/$14 Non-Membe

MIKAEL (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1924)
Jul 12, 2008 4:15 PM
A landmark in the history of gay cinema, MIKAEL is an emotionally charged story directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer ("The Passion of Joan of Arc"). Preceded by short: L'HISTORIE D'UNE ROSE (1911)$12 Member/$14 Non-Member

THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (Paul Leni, 1928) Centerpiece Film
Jul 12, 2008 7:45 PM
Batman creator Bob Kane credited the title character, whose face was disfigured into a gruesome grin, as the visual inspiration for The Joker. Preceded by short: THE VOICE INVISIBLE/MAKING A RECORD (c.1919) $15 Member/$17 Non-Member

THE UNKNOWN (Tod Browning, 1927)
Jul 12, 2008 10:45 PM
Guy Maddin will read live intertitles for this horror-ode to unrequited love starring Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford in one of the most brazenly bizarre films ever made! Preceded by short: THE LAST CALL(1922)$12 Member/$14 Non-Member

THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)
Jul 13, 2008 10:30 AM
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED is the earliest surviving feature-length animated film, and the first ever made by a woman. Preceded by short: a fragment of THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (1914) $12 Member/$14 Non-Member

THE SILENT ENEMY (H.P. Carver, 1930)
Jul 13, 2008 1:10 PM
The Ojibway Indians and their battle against hunger -the silent enemy- are the subject of this remarkable hybrid documentary. The nature photography is absolutely stunning. $12 Member/$14 Non-Member

HER WILD OAT (Marshall Neilan, 1927)
Jul 13, 2008 3:50 PM
This fast-paced, wise-cracking romantic comedy is about a lunch wagon owner (Coleen Moore) who tries to be a lady of wealth for a weekend. Preceded by short film, MARY PICKFORD TECHNICOLOR TEST: "THE BLACK PIRATE" $12 Member/$14 Non-Member

JUJIRO (CROSSWAYS, Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1928)
Jul 13, 2008 6:10 PM
Japanese master Teinosuke Kinugasa spins our senses in this heightened avant-garde blast of rampant symbolism, distorted architecture, & deliriously subjective cinematography. Preceded by Short: KALEIDOSCOPE (c.1925) $12 Member/$14 Non-Member

THE PATSY (King Vidor, 1928) Closing Night Film
Jul 13, 2008 8:45 PM
A natural-born comedienne, Marion Davies is hysterical in King Vidor's follow-up to "The Crowd." Preceded by short: LOST-A YODEL (1920) $15 Member/$17 Non-Member

Musicians

BAGUETTE QUARTETTE
Led by the accordionist Odile Lavault, this Bay Area group specializes in popular French music of the 1920s - 1940s. Their repertoire consists of valses musettes, tangos, pasos dobles and fox trots.

STEPHEN HORNE
Based at the National Film Theatre in London, Stephen Horne performs at major venues in Great Britain and international festivals. He has been a noted performer of silent film music for nearly 20 years.

MONT ALTO MOTION PICTURE ORCHESTRA
Since 1994, this quintet founded in Colorado has revived the sound of the original silent film orchestra, and they have compiled and performed scores for over 50 silent films and 20 DVD releases.

MICHAEL MORTILLA
Michael Mortilla is the creator of well over 600 produced scores. He has composed, arranged and performed his original compositions for some of the finest ensembles and artists around the world.

DONALD SOSIN
An acclaimed silent film accompanist for more than 30 years, Donald Sosin regularly performs at venues and festivals in America and Europe. He has recorded numerous scores for DVD releases.

CLARK WILSON
A featured organist at New York’s Chautauqua Institution, Clark Wilson has also made several concert tours of England. He has assisted in the installation of over 75 major theater organs worldwide.