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Essanay, 6 days ago to random

It's a punk song about Otto Messmer, creator of Felix the Cat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9EPL9sF-3A

RVLara23, 10 days ago to vinylrecords

Legendary ska-punk band. What a find!

Slapstick - Slapstick

@vinylrecords

Essanay, 16 days ago to random

May the 4th be with You!

We are honoring the day with a program of silent sci-fi!

Saturday, May 4th, 7:30pm

Greg Pane, Piano Accompaniment

AELITA, QUEEN OF MARS (1924) Celebrate the 100th anniversary of this Russian Sci-Fi classic! A mysterious radio broadcast is heard around the world prompting an epic adventure. Directed by Yakov Protazanov

Preceded by Shorts:

La Folie du Docteur Tube (1915) Directed by Abel Gance

Diana the Huntress (1916, Pluragraph Pictures)

Essanay, 1 month ago to random

Sunday, April 21st, 3:00pm

FREE ADMISSION

THE BANDS. THE PHOTOS. THE STORIES. Come see a special presentation as author Julian David Stone shares rare photos, short films and stories from his best selling photobook: No Cameras Allowed: My Career as an Outlaw Rock and Roll Photographer. In 1983, as a budding teenage photographer Stone showed up at a Ramones concert intent on capturing the legendary punk band on film. When a security guard told him his equipment wasn’t welcome in the venue, he improvised, hiding his lens and camera body in his socks. Thus, a career as an “Outlaw Rock and Roll Photographer” was born. Over the next several years, as he moved from taping his equipment all over his body to finally customizing a jacket to evade getting caught by roadies and security guards, he surreptitiously snapped photos of Prince, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, The Go-Gos and on and on

Essanay, 1 month ago to random

Saturday, March 30

!!!Two showings in 35mm!!!

4:00pm Original synchronized musical score with sound effects using the RCA photophone sound-on-film process.

7:30pm Bruce Loeb, Live Piano Accompaniment

THE KING OF KINGS (1927, DeMille Pictures) Jesus Christ faces religious and political oppression during his ministry and in the days before his death and resurrection.

Cecil B. DeMille directs.

No shorts due to length of the film (approx. 2h 40m)

silentbeauties, 2 months ago to random

Another question. Do you somethings find yourself being nostalgic of eras you haven't even lived but you miss them as if you were there? I do and the older films can make me travel in time too.

Essanay, 2 months ago to random

It works! #RecordPlayer #Phonograph #EdisonCylinder

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Essanay, 3 months ago to random

Before and after.

#RecordPlayer spring barrel, with modern grease (mostly) just on the inside and the outside nice and shiny.

Essanay, 3 months ago to random

Here's the full list of Oscar nominees, if you're curious. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-oscars-nominees-list-1235804181/

silentbeauties, 5 months ago to Cinema

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Essanay, 7 months ago to movies

We have a YouTube channel!

In our first installment, projectionist and film historian David Kiehn explains the inner workings of a step printer--these are devices which transferred negatives to prints one frame at a time.

#Movies #SilentFilm #BelieveInFilm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FflXECQH2vE

Essanay, 10 months ago to random

Just a reminder that our theater will be dark this Saturday, since the whole silent film community will be converging on the #CastroTheatre for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. See you there! (Our museum and gift shop will be open during the day, however). #SFSilent https://silentfilm.org/