the next three months will be long
The SF Silent Film Festival has announced the lineup for its winter event (thankfully on February 14 this year):
Buster Keaton's Our Hospitality (1923) - Hurrah to ending the dearth of Keaton at the festival of late.
The Kiss of Mary Pickford (1927) - A Soviet film (!) featuring Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks (!!), who were apparently filmed not knowing that the footage would be used for a feature (!!!). How have I not heard of this before?
F.W. Murnau's Sunrise (1927) - In the slot of "films that are even awesomer with the Castro's extra shot of grandeur."
Paul Leni's The Cat and the Canary (1927) with Louise Brooks - I was just reading Lulu in Hollywood last night, and thinking I should move this up my Netflix queue. ETA: Oops, I was confusing this with The Canary Murder Case - this film has Laura La Plante, not Louise Brooks. It's still something that's been on my to-see list, though.
In short: I highly approve. Tickets are on sale now!
Buster Keaton's Our Hospitality (1923) - Hurrah to ending the dearth of Keaton at the festival of late.
The Kiss of Mary Pickford (1927) - A Soviet film (!) featuring Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks (!!), who were apparently filmed not knowing that the footage would be used for a feature (!!!). How have I not heard of this before?
F.W. Murnau's Sunrise (1927) - In the slot of "films that are even awesomer with the Castro's extra shot of grandeur."
Paul Leni's The Cat and the Canary (1927) with Louise Brooks - I was just reading Lulu in Hollywood last night, and thinking I should move this up my Netflix queue. ETA: Oops, I was confusing this with The Canary Murder Case - this film has Laura La Plante, not Louise Brooks. It's still something that's been on my to-see list, though.
In short: I highly approve. Tickets are on sale now!