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San Francisco Silent Film Festival Preview, Why Be Good? (1929)

Beth Ann Gallagher
Colleen Moore, Film Festivals, Louise Brooks, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
May 31, 2015
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My San Francisco Silent Film Festival preview was interrupted due to being felled by a bug, but I want to mention a surefire hit of the fest screening today–Colleen Moore in Why Be Good? (1929). Thanks to Ron Hutchinson and The Vitaphone Project, Colleen Moore returns to the festival in Why Be Good (1929)! Her Wild Oat Screened…

San Francisco Silent Film Festival Preview, Part 2

Beth Ann Gallagher
Film Festivals, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
May 26, 2015
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Saturday morning’s program starts with the family-friendly Speedy (1928), and some parents likely will bring their tots for an outing to this screening. I love seeing kids getting their introduction to silents or enjoying a return trip to the festival. Comedies are a great gateway into silent film for all ages. In this slapstick feature,…

San Francisco Silent Film Festival Preview, Part 1

Beth Ann Gallagher
Film Festivals, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
May 25, 2015
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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival is almost here! Its first film fills the Castro Theatre’s screen on Thursday night. We’ll rewind our scene to before its audience sits, before they pile into the picture palace, before they stand in a line snaking down Castro and stretching around the corner down 17th, and stop where they chat with anticipation about…

San Francisco Silent Film Festival Official Press Accreditation

Beth Ann Gallagher
Film Festivals, Film Posters, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Sherlock Holmes, Silent Film, William Gillette
May 18, 2015
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Saturday’s post was the start of my San Francisco Silent Film Festival coverage. I’m happy to announce Spellbound by Movies has received official press accreditation to the festival! In the coming days, look to this blog for an in-depth preview to the festival, an interview or two, and onsite write-ups. I’ll be live-tweeting the event here…

More San Francisco Silent Film Festival Fun!

Beth Ann Gallagher
Film Festivals, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
Nov 8, 2014
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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival has gotten a little longer for its 20th anniversary. A day has been added to the festival! The event now runs Thursday, May 28, 2015 through Monday, June 1, 2015. Past years, programming ended on the Sunday evening. This is great news for attendees. An extra day of films…

The Little Tramp at 100, Part 1

Beth Ann Gallagher
Charlie Chaplin, Comedians & Comediennes, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Film Festivals, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
Feb 8, 2014
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Last month, The San Francisco Silent Film Festival joined a worldwide celebration of Charlie Chaplin with The Little Tramp at 100. Three programs celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of the Little Tramp persona’s first film appearance. The first screening featured Charlie’s work from his third studio, Mutual Film Corporation. Someone at the fest wittily titled this…

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