UPCOMING SCREENINGS
JUNE 10, 2O23 AT THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD/ 7:30 P.M.
WHEN THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (1919) WITH LIVE MUSIC BY CLIFF RETALLICK Don't miss this chance to see Douglas Fairbanks in When the Clouds Roll By (1919), directed by Victor Fleming (The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind), at the Woman's Club of Hollywood. With live, original music by Cliff Retallick. EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW! One of the best movies you've probably never seen, When the Clouds Roll By is little-known gem. In one of his last films in a modern setting, Douglas Fairbanks plays Daniel Boone Browne, whom the mad Dr. Metz (Herbert Grimwood) hilariously tries to drive to suicide through psychological manipulation. Spoofing the "new" psychoanalysis craze, this film is loaded with bizarre ideas, including a wild dream sequence featuring Doug climbing the walls and walking across the ceiling, an effect borrowed thirty years later by Stanley Donen and Fred Astaire for their famous "dancing on the ceiling" number in Royal Wedding. This all leads to a great storm scene, which many believe was a direct inspiration for the cyclone sequence in Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Jr. |
JUNE 18, 2O23 AT THE road theatre of north hollywood/ 7:30 P.M.
AN ALL-STAR COMEDY REVIEW FOR FATHER'S DAY! WITH LIVE MUSIC BY CLIFF RETALLICK Join us for a special Retroformat Silent Films/Road Theatre Company co-presentation of an All-Star Comedy Review for Father's Day, June 18th at 7:30 PM, featuring Chaplin's The Vagabond (1917), Buster Keaton's Cops (1923) and Laurel and Hardy's Liberty (1927) with original, live music by Cliff Retallick! The Vagabond (1917) is one of Charlie Chaplin's most beloved short films, innovatively combining comedy and drama almost as powerfully as in any of his finest features. Bring your hankies! In Cops (1923), Buster Keaton created one of his greatest works, ending with a brilliant chase scene involving an entire police force against one incredibly agile, lone man. Liberty (1927) ranks as one of Laurel and Hardy's funniest - and most thrilling - movies, as the beloved pair becomes stuck at the top of a skyscraper under construction. Not for the faint at heart! All Retroformat/Road Theatre presentations are projected from real 16mm film. |
DID YOU KNOW?All Retroformat screenings at the Woman’s Club of Hollywood are from 16mm film. Most of these 16mm prints are provided to us courtesy of the amazing University of Southern California HMH Moving Image Archive, which holds thousands of films donated by private collectors over the years. Many of these prints have not been projected in decades.
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PAST SCREENINGS
MAY 20TH, 2023 AT THE WOMAN's CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD / 7:30 P.M.
ARE PARENTS PEOPLE? (1925)
WITH LIVE MUSIC BY CLIFF RETALLICK A FLAPPER-ERA PARAMOUNT STUDIOS COMEDY STARRING BETTY BRONSON (PETER PAN), FLORENCE VIDOR, ADOLPHE MENJOU, WITH LIVE MUSIC BY CLIFF RETALLICK Betty Bronson (star of 1924’s ‘Peter Pan’) is delightful as a resourceful teenager who schemes how to get her divorcing parents back together. Adolphe Menjou and Florence Vidor as her father and mother show why they were two of the most popular actors of the 1920’s, and the film is crisply directed by Malcolm St. Clair.
Betty Bronson had been picked from the ranks of Paramount bit players by author J.M. Barrie himself to play Peter Pan in the 1924 Paramount film adaptation of his famous children’s book, beating out Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson, and virtually every young actress in Hollywood. Her enormous success in that role was immediately followed by this delightful performance. Bronson’s acting career continued for decades. With live music by Retroformat Musical Director Cliff Retallick. All Retroformat Screenings at The Woman’s Club of Hollywood are projected from 16mm film. Print provided through the kindness of the University of Southern California HMH Moving Image Archive. |
APRIL 16th, 2023 AT THE ROAD THEATRE
STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. (1928)
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APRIL 8TH, 2023 AT THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD
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JANUARY 14th, 2023 AT THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD
Anita Loos
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THE SOCIAL SECRETARY (1916)
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