Fridays at 8:00pm at the Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. Great lineup.
July 22: A Girl in Every Port (Organ accompaniment by Jay Warren)
July 29: Why Change Your Wife? (Organ accompaniment by Tim Baker)
August 5: Heart O' The Hills (Organ accompaniment by Jay Warren)
August 12: Sunrise (Accompanied by the Mont Alto Picture Orchestra!!)
August 19: The Cardboard Lover (Organ accompaniment by Tim Baker)
August 26: The Mysterious Lady (Organ accompaniment by Jay Warren)
More details are available at http://www.silentfilmchicago.com.
2011 Silent Summer Film Festival in Chicago
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Silent Film Society Hosting Summer Screenings at Portage Theater
Whether you need a little breather from all the glitzy robot explosions currently clogging up this multiplex during blockbuster season or you just don't like the cut of Shia LaBeouf's jib, The Silent Film Society of Chicago's got your perfect respite from the madness of the summertime multiplex. July 22 through August 26, they'll host a intriguing weekly series of dialogue-free flicks at the Portage Theater, a nice low-key alternative to all the high-octane stuff currently ruling screens.
Working from the finest prints available, the Silent Film Series will host silent-era relics like Cecil B. DeMille's Why Change Your Wife? and Howard Hawks' A Girl at Every Port. Many of the films will be accompanied by music, provided by organist Tim Baker, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, violinist Renee Baker, saxophonist Rajiv Halim and vocalist Linda Collins. The series' highlight is probably 1927's Sunrise, the first American film from German director F.W. Murnau and generally considered one of the finest films of the silent era. A full schedule is below, and full festival passes and individual tickets are available here.
7/22 - 1928's A Girl in Every Port, directed by Howard Hawks
7/29 - 1920's Why Change Your Wife?, directed by Cecil B. DeMille
8/5 - 1919's Heart O' the Hills, directed by Joseph DeGrasse and Sidney Franklin
8/12 - 1927's Sunrise, directed by F.W. Murnau
8/19 - 1928's The Cardboard Lover, directed by Robert Z. Leonard and 1926's Mighty Like a Moose, directed by Leo McCarey
8/26 - 1928's The Mysterious Lady, directed by Fred Niblo
Screen Grab by Paul Thompson Jun 29, 10:49AM in Play
Silent Film Society Hosting Summer Screenings at Portage Theater
Whether you need a little breather from all the glitzy robot explosions currently clogging up this multiplex during blockbuster season or you just don't like the cut of Shia LaBeouf's jib, The Silent Film Society of Chicago's got your perfect respite from the madness of the summertime multiplex. July 22 through August 26, they'll host a intriguing weekly series of dialogue-free flicks at the Portage Theater, a nice low-key alternative to all the high-octane stuff currently ruling screens.
Working from the finest prints available, the Silent Film Series will host silent-era relics like Cecil B. DeMille's Why Change Your Wife? and Howard Hawks' A Girl at Every Port. Many of the films will be accompanied by music, provided by organist Tim Baker, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, violinist Renee Baker, saxophonist Rajiv Halim and vocalist Linda Collins. The series' highlight is probably 1927's Sunrise, the first American film from German director F.W. Murnau and generally considered one of the finest films of the silent era. A full schedule is below, and full festival passes and individual tickets are available here.
7/22 - 1928's A Girl in Every Port, directed by Howard Hawks
7/29 - 1920's Why Change Your Wife?, directed by Cecil B. DeMille
8/5 - 1919's Heart O' the Hills, directed by Joseph DeGrasse and Sidney Franklin
8/12 - 1927's Sunrise, directed by F.W. Murnau
8/19 - 1928's The Cardboard Lover, directed by Robert Z. Leonard and 1926's Mighty Like a Moose, directed by Leo McCarey
8/26 - 1928's The Mysterious Lady, directed by Fred Niblo
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