Faust (Silent Film and Live Music)
Date: 13 October 2007
Location: Victoria Rooms, Queens Road, Clifton
Time: 19:30
A new music score by composer Jean Hasse to accompany screenings of the magnificent 1926 silent film, FAUST.
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Pandora`s Box (Hosted by Paul McGann)
Date: 15 September 2007
Location: Colston Hall, Bristol
Time: 19:30
This is your chance to see the world premiere of the newly commisioned score for the classic film, Pandora's Box.
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The Kings of Kings
Date: 30 June 2007
Location: St Francis Church, Nailsea
Time: 20:45
A rare chance to see this early film version of the life and resurrection of Christ.
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Film Fantasia
Date: 29 June 2007
Location: South Hill Park
Scene and Heard: A new season of events exploring the art of live music with silent film.
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Light of Asia
Date: 20 May 2007
Location: Arnolfini, Bristol
Time: 20:00
See Ray Russell perform with the Birdman of Alkijazz performed to early silent masterpiece, Light of Asia.
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Cin�kids (The Adventures of Prince Achmed)
Date: 12 May 2007
Location: Watershed
Time: 13:00
Based on stories from 1001 Arabian Nights, this 1926 silent silhouette animation is the oldest known surviving feature-length animation.
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A Page of Madness
Date: 25 February 2007
Location: Arnolfini, Bristol
Time: 20:00
This second improvisational jazz battle sees the Birdman of Alkijazz take on Perrier Award winning pianist Matthew Bourne
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The Seashell and the Clergyman
Date: 19 February 2007
Location: Arnolfini, Bristol
Time: 20:30
Arguably the first example of Surrealist cinema, this dark, erotically-charged film is an hallucinatory story of tormented desire, guilt and conflict.
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Dickensian Silent Christmas
Louise Brooks at 100
Date: 5 November 2006
Location: Watershed, Cinema 1
Time: 14:30
To celebrate the centenary of iconic silent screen legend Louise Brooks� birth, Brooks fan and actor Paul McGann joins film historian Kevin Brownlow to showcase the life and work of this extraordinary actress.
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F.W.Murnaus Nosferatu (The Classic with Live Orchestral Score)
Date: 28 October 2006
Location: Arnolfini, Bristol
Time: 20:30
The Classic Silent with a Live Orchestral Score- a Symphony of Horrors at the Arnolfini in October
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A Throw of Dice
Date: 24 October 2006
Location: Watershed
Time: 20:30
24th October- Franz Osten's A Throw of Dice, 'a cross between Chaplin, Cecil B de Mille and an early Bollywood movie...'
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C.B.S.O. Silent Movie Weekend
Date: 18 October 2006
Location: Select Location
The esteemed conductor and composer Carl Davis has chosen to celebrate his 70th birthday in the form of a special weekend starring the three geniuses of silent comedy. Symphony Hall will turn into Birmingham�s largest cinema for the weekend for these spectacular screenings with live soundtracks provided by the CBSO.
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CBSO Silent Movie Weekend
Dates: 13 October 2006 - 13 October 2006
Location: Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Symphony Hall will turn into Birmingham�s largest cinema for the weekend for these spectacular screenings with live soundtracks provided by the CBSO.
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Merton In Scotland (Silent Clowns Goes Live!)
Merton In Scotland (Silent Clowns Goes Live)
Merton In Edinburgh (Silent Clowns Goes Live!)
Buster Keaton in 'One Week' at Arnolfini
Dates: 7 July 2006 - 7 July 2006
Location: Arnolfini, Bristol
Time: 18:30
Showing as part of double bill, following a new performance devised by children, One Week is a movie ahead of its time with great gags, slapstick and special effects. The screening will be accompanied by live piano music by John Sweeney.
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Screening Stars: The Fetish of the Face (with Norman Taylor)
Rin Tin Tin in CLASH OF THE WOLVES (Classic Silent Matinee show at Watershed)
Nanook of the North (With Paul McGann & The Matinee Idles)
Date: 11 June 2006
Location: The Rex, Berkhamsted
Time: 18:00
Gala Silent Cinema/Live Music Event with Paul McGann, The Matinee Idles and the Shrine Synchrosystem.
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The Mitchell and Kenyon Football Shorts
Nanook of the North (1922)
Finis Terrae
Date: 7 May 2006
Location: Watershed
Time: 14:30
See Epstein's classic documentary-fiction plus live musical accompaniment by The Curt Collective.
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Phantom of The Opera (1925)
Paul Merton`s Silent Comedy Mayhem (Featuring Harold Lloyd's Safety Last)
Paul Merton`s Silent Clowns
Date: 30 October 2005
Location: The Rex, Berkhampsted
Time: 15:00
The Rex Cinema hosts Paul Merton's Silent Clowns - an event that was originally shown at our 2005 Slapstick Film Festival
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Silent September (Lancaster)
Flicker: Der Golem (with live score from legendary guitarist Gary Lucas)
Flicker: 21st Century Silents
Flicker: Voyage into the Unknown 2
Flicker: Un Chien Andalou (and 1920s Experimental Classics)
The Charles Chaplin Conference
An Audience with Jack Cardiff OBE
The Informer (With Stephen Horne)
Date: 26 June 2005
Location: Watershed, Cinema 1
Time: 15:00
Jack Cardiff's film career behind the camera began in 1929 as clapper boy and production runner, in which capacity he worked on The Informer, one of the last British silent films.
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The Cat, The Canary and The Composer (With Neil Brand)
The Films of Mitchell & Kenyon
Celebrating Buster (With Paul Merton and Paul McGann)
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (With Geoff Smith)
WILD WILD Westerns
Date: 15 September 2004
Location: Marlows
Time: 20:30
If you thought the western began with Stagecoach come and experience these two masterful early silent Westerns from the 1910s.
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Unknown Chaney
Date: 29 August 2004
Location: Watershed, Cinema 1
Time: 02:00
Here we screening an excellent recent documentary and exceptional silent.
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Mary Pickford (With Chris Serle)
Date: 11 June 2004
Location: Marlows
TV presenter and radio show host Chris Serle will introduce us to the world of Mary Pickford.
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Clara Bow Night (Introduced by Mark Fuller)
The Mystery of Mozhukhin (Introduced by David Robinson)
Animated Lives (With Ray Harryhausen)
From Dinosaurs to Chickens (With Peter Lord)
The Lost World (With Missing Scenes)
Eric Sykes at 80
Date: 7 December 2003
Location: Watershed, Cinema 1
Time: 15:00
Eric Sykes will be appearing at the Watershed to talk about his life in film and to introduce a screening of his classic 'Silent' comedy THE PLANK.
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All Quiet On the Western Front (Introduced by Andrew Kelly)
A Page of Madness (With Left Hand Right Hand)
Date: 2 November 2003
Location: Watershed, Cinema 2
Time: 14:30
This extraordinary film reveals a degree of formal sophistication and experiment that is 'inspired' by any standard.
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Listening (With Kenneth Branagh)
Date: 18 September 2003
Location: Watershed, Cinema 1
Time: 15:00
This sell-out Bristol Silents event at Watershed's Cinema 1 was packed with interested film fans for the launch of our NEW TERRITORIES season.
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