Silent Sundays - July 2015

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July 2015 line-up:

P=Premiere

• Thanhouser Studio:
  
•    Thanhouser Studio and the Birth of American Cinema  -P
  
•    The Evidence of the Film  -P
  
•    Petticoat Camp  -P
  
•    The Cry of the Children  -P
  
• Featured Films
  
•    Grandma's Boy
  
•    For Heaven's Sake
  
• 
  
  •    Spies
    
  •    The Phantom Carriage
    
  
  

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Sun., 7-5            Premieres.....

 

(times EST)

12:00 AM Thanhouser Studio and the Birth of the American Cinema, The (2014)

Ned Thanhouser traces his grandparents' creation of one of the most important early film studios.

Dir: Ned Thanhouser

C-52 mins, CC,

1:00 AM Cry of the Children, The (1912)

Factory owners force children to slave as unskilled labor.

Dir: George Nichols Cast:  Marie Eline , Ethel Wright , James Cruze .

BW-28 mins,

1:00 AM Evidence of the Film, The (1913)

A broker frames a messenger boy for his own crimes.

Dir: Lawrence Marston Cast:  Marie Eline , William Garwood , Riley Chamberlin .

BW-15 mins,

1:00 AM Petticoat Camp (1912)

A camping trip turns into a battle of the sexes when the men expect the women to do all the work.

Cast:  Florence La Badie , William Garwood ,

BW-15 mins,

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Sun., 7-12

 

(times EST)

12:00 AM

B/W
56 min
TV-G

silent

Grandma's Boy (1922)

In this silent film, a young coward thinks a magical charm can make him a hero.

Dir: Fred Newmeyer Cast:  Harold Lloyd , Mildred Davis , Anna Townsend .

 

LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:

D: Fred Newmeyer. Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend, Charles Stevenson, Noah Young, Dick Sutherland.

"Lloyd's first great success casts him as a mousy small-town type inspired to fight for his girl--and his honor--by his grandma's tales of family heritage. Still entertaining."

 

1:15 AM

B/W
58 min
TV-G

silent

For Heaven's Sake (1926)

In this silent film, a millionaire tries to help save souls after he falls for a young mission-worker.

Dir: Sam Taylor Cast:  Harold Lloyd , Jobyna Ralston , Noah Young .

 LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:

D: Sam Taylor. Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, James Mason, Paul Weigel. "Screamingly funny silent comedy has Lloyd a blase young millionaire whose crush on Ralston inspires him to help attract ``customers'' for her father's Bowery Mission. Even THE FRENCH CONNECTION hasn't dimmed the luster of Lloyd's chase climax on L.A. streets."

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Sun., 7-19

 

12:45 AM

B/W
143 min
TV-14

silent

Spione (1928)

The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.

Dir: Fritz Lang Cast:  Rudolf Klein-Rogge , Gerda Maurus , Willy Fritsch .

 LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:

D: Fritz Lang. Rudolph Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch, Lupu Pick, Fritz Rasp.

"Silent spy-thriller still packs a wallop as government agent Fritsch determines to thwart seemingly-respectable Klein-Rogge, a wheelchair-bound master-fiend with an uncanny resemblance to Lenin! One of Lang's early masterpieces, aka SPIONE."

 

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late Sun., 7-26

 

12:15 am ET

B/W
107 min
TV-PG

silent

Phantom Carriage, The (1922)

In this silent film, fear of a terrible curse prompts a dying man to try atoning for his sins.

Dir: Victor Seastrom Cast:  Victor Seastrom , Hilda Borgstrom , Tore Svennberg .

 

Article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/724173/Phantom-Carriage-The/articles.html