Academy-Summer of Silents

Whether a silent buff, novice or budding filmmaker, this series will provide a unique window into a lost era whose influence on the development of visual storytelling is often underappreciated.   Some of the great classics of the silent film era will be returning to the big screen for which they were originally designed when the Academy presents the films chosen as recipients of the Photoplay Magazine Medal of Honor. With thousands of readers sending in their votes, this award pre-dated the establishment of the Oscars and reflects the films that contemporary audiences of the 1920s thought were the best films of each year.  Today these films tell the story of the American film industry's first true Golden Age and offer now overshadowed work by some of Hollywood's most influential directors and performers.  The eight evenings will feature the best available prints, music performed and composed by a variety of accompanists specializing in the period, a comedy short featuring a different silent screen comedian each week, and surviving fragments of lost films from the era, introduced by film historians including recent honorary Oscar recipient Kevin Brownlow.  

Following is the schedule for this special series:

June 13 - Humoresque (1920)
June 20 - Tol'able David (1921)
June 27 - Robin Hood (1922)
July 11 - Covered Wagon (1923)
July 18 - The Big Parade (1925)
July 25 - Beau Geste (1926)
August 1 - 7th Heaven (1927)
August 8 - Four Sons (1928)

Each evening's screening will take place in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Mondays at 7:30 pm.  Tickets for individual screenings  are $5/person for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID (or $25 for all 9 films/$20 for Academy members and students with a valid ID).  For additional information, please call (310) 247-3600 or click on Events & Exhibitions at www.oscars.org.
8949 Wilshire Blvd.
(310) 247-3600