SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 IN BRAND PARK, GLENDALE/7:00 P.M.
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FREE OUTDOOR
100TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING! HAROLD LLOYD'S CLASSIC SAFETY LAST! (1923) WITH LIVE MUSIC BY CLIFF RETALLICK Safety Last! ( 1923) is THE classic thrill-comedy comedy by the man who invented the genre. Harold Lloyd will forever be remembered as the king of daredevil comedy. People otherwise unfamiliar with Lloyd know the image of him hanging dangling from the hands of a giant clock. Retroformat is proud to join with the Alex Film Society, Glendale Community Services & Parks, the Glendale Historical Society and Brand Associates to bring you Harold Lloyd's Safety Last (1923) in observance of its 100th anniversary, with live music by our Musical Director Cliff Retallick, on Saturday, September 30. A "thrill-comedy" masterpiece by the inventor of the genre, Safety Last is best remembered for the iconic image of Harold Lloyd hanging from the hands of a giant clock over downtown Los Angeles. Bring your picnic items, blankets and chairs, and see it as Safety Last was meant to be seen, on the big screen, with live music, at our fabulous outdoor event. And bring some extra napkins, because we guarantee your palms will get sweaty watching this suspense-filled, hilarious classic. On the lawn of the Doctors House Museum & Gazebo in Brand Park, 1601 West Mountain Street, Glendale, CA 91201. Admission is free... Mark your calendars now! |
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE LUMIERE CINEMA AT THE MUSIC HALL, 9036 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
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CLARA BOW
in HULA (1927) DIRECTED BY VICTOR FLEMING WITH LIVE MUSIC BY CLIFF RETALLICK Clara Bow is the quintessence of what the term 'flapper' signifies as a definite description. Pretty, impudent, superbly assured, as worldly wise, briefly clad, and 'hard-berled' as possible... Now, there are thousands more [flappers] patterning themselves after her.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1927 Produced especially to showcase Clara Bow’s personality-to-spare, Hula finds the iconic It Girl in Hawaii, as the daughter of a pineapple plantation owner, and the epitome of a flaming flapper. Clara is out to get handsome Englishman Clive Brook, never mind that he is trapped in an unhappy marriage. Loaded with Pre-Code delights like Clara’s nude bath and scandalous grass-skirted hula dance, Hula features both Clive Brook and Clara Bow performing their own stunts. Another big hit for Clara, Hula was released just weeks after her most famous movie, William Wellman’s Oscar winning Wings (1927). One of the finest and most charismatic actresses of the silent era, Clara Bow is in her element in Hula, her second film appearance directed by Victor Fleming (The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind). They had previously worked together on the hit film Mantrap (1926) (when they began a torrid affair). Projected from a gorgeous 16mm print provided by the USC HMH Foundation Moving Image Archive and accompanied live by the brilliant Cliff Retallick, don’t miss this rare chance to see Clara Bow in Victor Fleming’s Hula, on the big screen of the Lumiere Cinema at the Music Hall! |
DID YOU KNOW?All Retroformat screenings at the Woman’s Club of Hollywood are from 16mm film. Most of these 16mm prints are provided 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 film prints have not been projected in decades.
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PAST SCREENINGS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2023 AT THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD/7:30 P.M.
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THE LOST WORLD (1915)
THE ORIGINAL STOP MOTION ANIMATION CLASSIC, WITH LIVE MUSIC BY CLIFF RETALLICK, INTRODUCED BY AUTHOR AND BROADCASTER MANNY PACHECO The Lost World is the original 1925 silent fantasy giant monster adventure film, adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel of the same name. Starring Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, Lewis Stone and Lloyd Hughes. Great fun to watch, and one of the most influential silent films, The Lost World features amazing pioneering special effects by Willis O'Brien. O'Brien's work on this film was not surpassed in importance until eight years later in another of his creations: King Kong (1933). The Lost World was adapted for the screen by one of the most successful female writers of the Silent Era, Marion Fairfax (1875 - 1970), who not only brilliantly adapted Arthur Conan Doyle’s story for the screen, but supervised the editing of the film as well. The screening will be introduced by Southern California television and radio personality Manny Pacheco, author of the celebrated Forgotten Hollywood Book Series and host of the weekly podcast Manny Pacheco's Forgotten Hollywood on Spotify. Manny will discuss author Arthur Conan Doyle's stranger-than-fiction life as an author and occultist, stop motion animation pioneer Willis O'Brien's life and legacy, and the silent film careers of Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, Lewis Stone and Arthur Hoyt. In 1998, The Lost World was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. |
JUNE 18, 2O23 AT THE road theatre of north hollywood/ 7:30 P.M.
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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. |
JUNE 10, 2O23 AT THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD/ 7:30 P.M.
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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. |
MAY 20TH, 2023 AT THE WOMAN's CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD / 7:30 P.M.
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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
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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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