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The Hitchcock 9
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Festival 2013
Save the dates! July 18-21 -
Napoleon, March 2012
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Music & Musicians
Music is integral to the wonder of the festival. Read about the musicians who performed at our most recent event!
san francisco silent film festival
True art transcends time.
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2012 San Francisco Silent Film Festival Award: Telluride Film Festival
Presented at the 2012 SF Silent Film Festival
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The Adventures of Prince Achmed, 1926
Presented at the 2008 SF Silent Film FestivalEssay by Shari Kizirian
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Aelita, Queen of Mars, 1924
Presented at the 2009 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Richard Hildreth
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Alice in Disneyland, 1921-1927
Presented at the 2003 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Miriam Bale
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Amazing Tales from the Archives, 2006
Presented at theSF Silent Film FestivalProgram notes by Stacey Wisnia and Stephen Salmons
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Amazing Tales from the Archives, 2007
Presented at the 2007 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Shari Kizirian
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Amazing Tales from the Archives, 2008
Presented at the 2008 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Robert Byrne
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Animation Rarities, 1906-1928
Presented at the 1999 SF Silent Film FestivalProgram Notes by Corina Rios
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Animation Rarities, 1917-1928
Presented at the 2005 SF Silent Film Festival Program Notes by Richard Hildreth
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Bardelys the Magnificent, 1926
Presented at the 2009 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Roberto Landazuri
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Ben-Hur, 1925
Presented at the 1996 SF Silent Film Festival Program Note by Melissa Chittick and Stephen Salmons
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The Big Business of Short, Funny Films, 1918-1929
Presented at the 2010 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Richard Hildreth
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The Big Parade, 1925
Presented at the 2005 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Margarita Landazuri
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The Blizzard, 1923
Gunnar Hedes sagaPresented at the 2011 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Margarita Landazuri
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The Brothers Who Filmed the Earthquake
A Collection of San Francisco ShortsPresented at the 2006 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by David Kiehn
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The Cat and The Canary, 1927
Presented at the2009 Valentine's Day EventEssay by Margarita Landazuri
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Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness, 1928
Presented at the December 2009 Winter Event Essay by Shari Kizirian
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Cinema's First Virtuoso: Georges Méliès
Presented at the 2010 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Shari Kizirian
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Claire, 2001
Special Program 2003Presented at the 2003 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Richard Hildreth
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Clash of the Wolves, 1925
Presented at the 2000 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Matthew Lipson
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A Cottage on Dartmoor, 1929
Presented at the 2007 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Benjamin Schrom
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The Curator and the Composer: Creating a New Song for Two Humans
Special Article 2011Special Article for the 2011 SF Silent Film Festival by Shari Kizirian
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Doctor Jack, 1922
Presented at the 1997 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Melissa Chittick & Stephen Salmons
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The Fall of the House of Usher, 1928
Presented at the 2009 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Shari Kizirian
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First Person: Grigori Kozintsev Interviewed in Moscow, July 1965
Reprint of an interview for the 2012 SF Silent Film Festival
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1921
Presented at the 2004 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Margarita Landazuri
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The Girl with the Hatbox, 1927
Presented at the2006 SF Silent Film FestivalEssay by Anna Avrekh
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The Goddess, 1934
ShennüPresented at the 2004 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Richard Hildreth
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The Great White Silence, 1924
Presented at the 2011 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Shari Kizirian
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Gretchen the Greenhorn, 1916
Presented at the 1996 SF Silent Film Festival Program Note by Melissa Chittick & Stephen Salmons
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Hal Roach: King of Comedy, 1924-1929
Presented at the 2007 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Shari Kizirian
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Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages, 1922
Presented at the 2010 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Laura Horak
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He Who Gets Slapped, 1924
Presented at the 2011 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Thomas Gladysz
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The Irrepressible Felix the Cat, 1924–1928
A collection of rare silent cartoonsPresented at the 2011 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Russell Merritt
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It's Mutual: Charlie Chaplin Shorts, 1916–1917
Presented at the2011 Silent Winter EventEssay by Robert Byrne
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James Wong Howe: Painting With Light
Special Article 2012Special Article for the 2012 SF Silent Film Festival by Rob Byrne
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A Kiss From Mary Pickford, 1927
Presented at the2009 Valentine's Day EventEssay by Richard Hildreth
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Lady of the Pavements, 1929
Presented at the 2009 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Mollie Caselli
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Les Deux Timides, 1928
Two Timid SoulsPresented at the 2008 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Mollie Caselli
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Lost Films, 1907–1928
Presented at the2002 SF Silent Film FestivalProgram Notes by Shari Kizirian
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The Loves of Pharaoh, 1922
Das Wieb des PharaoPresented at the 2012 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Margarita Landazuri
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Lucky Star, 1929
Presented at the 1996 SF Silent Film Festival Program Note by Melissa Chittick & Stephen Salmons
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The Magic of the Magic Carpet
Silent Winter 2013 Special ArticleSpecial Article for Silent Winter 2013 by Margarita Landazuri
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Man With A Movie Camera, 1929
Presented at the 2010 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Brian Darr
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The Man Who Laughs, 1928
Presented at the 2008 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Richard Hildreth
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Marguerite Clark: The Biggest and Littlest Lady in the Movies
Silent Winter 2013 Special ArticleSpecial Article for Silent Winter 2013 by Aimee Pavy
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The Merry Widow, 1925
Presented at the 1997 SF Silent Film Festival Andrea Chase, Alexandria Volk, Melissa Chittick, and Stephen Salmons
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The Nail in the Boot, 1932
with Chess Fever, 1925Presented at the 2011 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Ronald Levaco
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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, 1927–1928
Presented at the 2009 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Scott Brogan
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Pickfair: Inventing Celebrity
Silent Winter 2013 Special ArticleSpecial Article for Silent Winter 2013 by Margarita Landazuri
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Po Zakonu, 1926
By The LawPresented at the 1999 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Shari Kizirian
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Poor Little Rich Girl, 1917
Presented at the 1997 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Melissa Chittick & Stephen Salmons
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The Preservationist and the Playboy: Restoring Pandora's Box
Special Article for the 2012 SF Silent Film Festival
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Retour de Flamme, 1900-1928
Saved from the FlamesSpecial Presentation at the 2007 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Robert Byrne
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Salmons Talks!
Special Article 2010Special Article for the 2010 SF Silent Film Festival by Stephen Salmons
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Seventh Heaven, 1927
Presented at the 2006 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Margarita Landazuri
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Silent Divas of the Italian Cinema
Sidebar 2011Reprint of a piece by Guy Maddin for the2011 SF Silent Film Festival
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Silent Film, Orphan Film: Saving, Studying, and Screening Neglected Cinema
Special Article 2011Special Article for the 2011 SF Silent Film Festival by Dan Streible
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The Smiling Madame Beudet, 1922
La souriante Madame BeudetPresented at the 2003 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Irina Leimbacher
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The Soul of Youth, 1920
Presented at the 2008 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
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The Solax Films of Alice Guy Blache
Presented at the 2009 Valentine's Day Event Essay by Shari Kizirian
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South: Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic, 1919
Presented at the 2012 SF Silent Film FestivalEssay by Michael Fox
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The Spanish Dancer, 1923
Presented at the2012 SF Silent Film FestivalEssay by Margarita Landazuri
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Sparrows, 1926
Presented at the2006 SF Silent Film FestivalEssay by Christel Schmidt and Margarita Landazuri
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A Spray of Plum Blossoms, 1931
Presented at the2010 SF Silent Film FestivalEssay by Victoria Jaschob
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, 1927
Presented at the 2007 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Scott Brogan
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1927
Presented at the2009 Valentine's Day EventEssay by Brian Darr
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1927
Presented at the 2011 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Shari Kizirian
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Think Slow, Act Fast: Buster Keaton Shorts, 1920–21
Presented at Silent Winter 2013 Essay by Richard Hildreth
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Upstage, 1926
Presented at the 1997 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Melissa Chittick & Stephen Salmons
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The Valley of the Giants, 1927
Presented at the 2007 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by David Kiehn
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Variations on a Theme: Matti Bye, Soundscape Artist
Special Article 2011Special Article for the 2011 SF Silent Film Festival by Matti Bye
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Vitaphone Vaudeville, 1926-1930
Presented at the 2007 SFF Winter Event Essay by Richard Hildreth
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Voices of Light/The Passion of Joan of Arc
Presented December 2, 2010at the Paramount Theatre, Oakland
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Walt Disney's Laugh-O-grams, 1921-1923
Presented at the 2011 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Russell Merritt and J.B. Kaufman
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Wild and Weird, 1906-1928
Presented at the 2011 SF Silent Film Festival Program Notes by Victoria Jaschob
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When the Clouds Roll By, 1919
Presented at the 2004 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Scott Brogan
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Wild Rose, 1932
Ye MeguiPresented at the 2009 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Victoria Jaschob
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The Woman Disputed, 1928
Presented at the 2010 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Margarita Landazuri
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The Woman Men Yearn For, 1929
Presented at the 2011 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Margarita Landazuri
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The Wonderful Lie of Nina Petrovna, 1929
Presented at the 2012 SF Silent Film Festival Essay by Shari Kizirian
