Starting this evening, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival begins with a showing of Wings (1927) – a film about a lady aviator (or ‘flyer’) starring ‘it girl” Clara Bow. It is one of my favorite silent films, the story AND the costumes are great. Stella Dallas (1925), Mantrap (1926), Spanish Dancer (1923) and Pandora’s Box (1929) are some other favorites with great clothes and great characters. These — plus, the Mark of Zorro (1920) and The Cameraman (1928) with Buster Keaton–make this a killer line-up. The full list of films is below, do yourself a favor and go !
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17th Annual
San Francisco Silent Film Festival
July 12-15 at the Castro Theatre, San Francisco
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| Thursday, July 12 |
7:00 pm | Opening Night Film WINGS (1927) |
| 9:30 pm | Opening Night Party at McRoskey Mattress Company |
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| Friday, July 13 |
10:30 am | Amazing Tales from the Archives |
| 1:00 pm | LITTLE TOYS (1933) | |
| 4:00 pm | THE LOVES OF PHARAOH (1922) | |
| 7:00 pm | MANTRAP (1926) | |
| 9:15 pm | THE WONDERFUL LIE OF NINA PETROVNA (1929) | |
| Saturday, July 14 |
10:00 am | FELIX THE CAT SILENT CARTOONS (1925-1929) |
| 12:00 noon | THE SPANISH DANCER (1923) | |
| 2:30 pm | THE CANADIAN (1926) | |
| 5:00 pm | SOUTH (1919) | |
| 7:00 pm | Centerpiece Film PANDORA’S BOX (1929) |
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| 10:00 pm | THE OVERCOAT (1926) | |
| Sunday, July 15 |
10:00 am | THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920) |
| 12:00 noon | THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (1928) | |
| 2:00 pm | EROTIKON (1920) | |
| 4:30 pm | STELLA DALLAS (1925) | |
| 7:30 pm | THE CAMERAMAN (1928) |