Koko’s Earth Control is a 1928 Max Fleischer cartoon, starring Koko The Clown and Fitz the Dog. Click the picture to watch the entire film on YouTube.
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SKY HIGH
Sky High is a 1922 American silent western film written and directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Tom Mix, J. Farrell MacDonald, Eva Novak, and Sid Jordan.
This is an exciting adventure film, peppered with bits of humor such as this intertitle:
This hour-long feature shows the first aerial motion pictures ever taken of the Grand Canyon, photographed by Fox Film corporation.
This itinerant presentation of silent cinema will be hand-cranked by Joe Rinaudo on his 1909 Powers Cinemagraph Motion Picture Machine. Gary Gibson will project authentic glass lantern slides between reels. Dean Mora will narrate the film on the Nethercutt’s Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ.
Tour the Nethercutt Collection before and after the show, featuring rare collectibles, including mechanical musical instruments, antique furniture, and American and European automobiles dating from 1898.
This event will be presented at the Nethercutt Collection Friday, June 21, 2019 at 8pm Saturday, June 22, 2019at 2pm and 8pm
You must CALL IN FOR TICKETS on this day only: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Call between4-6pm (the earlier the better)
Phone: 818 364-6464 If it’s busy just keep trying.
Admission is free, but you must call to obtain tickets.
Poster by Fox Film Corp. (Public Domain) from Wikipedia
UPCOMING EVENTS BY FAMOUS PLAYERS ORCHESTRA:
Saturday June 1st, 2019 @7:00 pm in Burbank
“The Mark of Zorro” (1920)
Douglas Fairbanks stars in “The Mark of Zorro” (1920)
On June 1st, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. Famous Players Orchestra will present the 1920 silent adventure romance film, “The Mark of Zorro”. Directed by Fred Niblo and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte,Charles Hill Mailes and Noah Beery Sr. with a beautifully restored print screened in 16mm and featuring a period score performed by The Famous Players Orchestra under the direction of Scott Lasky. This genre-defining swashbuckler adventure was the first movie version of“The Mark of Zorro”. The program will be introduced by film historian Stan Taffel. Admission is $10. Event will include concessions for sale and raffle with prizes. The venue is Christ Lutheran Church 2400 West Burbank Blvd. Burbank, CA 91506
August 29th, 2019
FPO returns to the 55th Annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood to perform for the premiere of a new restoration from the Library of Congress:
“Bare Knees” (1928)
Starring Virginia Lee Corbin, Donald Keith, Jane Winton and Maude Fulton
Virginia Lee Corbin stars in the 1928 flapper comedy “Bare Knees”screening at the 55th Annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival in Hollywood on August 29th with a new score performed by The Famous Players Orchestra. For more information on the Cinecon Classic Film Festival visit: www.cinecon.org
Saturday November 2nd, 2019
7:00 pm in Burbank
Join us for our spectacular fundraiser evening featuring Lon Chaney in “The Phantom of the Opera” (1925) accompanied by Scott Lasky on the pipe organ!
On November 2nd, 2019 @ 7:00 p.m. Famous Players Orchestra will present the 1925 silent horror classic “The Phantom of the Opera”.starring Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin,Norman Kerry and Snitz Edwards. This unique restored print of “Phantom” cannot be seen anywhere else, and is the only 35mm print in existence which tells the complete story as it was originally intended. All of the original color sequences have been restored as they were seen in 1925. Original narrative and spoken inter-titles (about 68) have been restored as well as the prologue titles that describe the beginnings of the Phantom and his connection to the Paris Opera House. Plus, see the original Technicolor ending as well! Since this print is drawn from the original 1925 and the 1929 (sound speed) versions, hand cranking will allow you to see, for the first time, the film presented at the proper speeds. “The Phantom of the Opera” will be presented with a live musical score accompanied by Scott Lasky on the pipe organ and screened in 35mm, projected by Joe Rinaudo on an original hand-cranked Power’s 1909 Cameragragh Model 6 Motion Picture Machine. Program will be introduced by film historian Stan Taffel. The venue is Christ Lutheran Church, 2400 West Burbank Blvd, Burbank, CA 91505.
Our annual Silent Film Benefit is one of the world’s longest running celebrations of film from that era. Now in its 32nd year, the program features world-class musicians, dancers and a silent film historian. Held in the historic Avalon Casino Theatre, William Wrigley Jr.’s 1929 Art Deco Movie Palace, attendees will be treated to an authentic 1920s cinematic experience. Colleen Moore stars in the 1929 decadent romantic comedy Why Be Good?.
NETHERCUTT JUNE 21-22 PURCHASE TICKETS WED. MAY 22, 2019
Tickets available Wed. May 22, 2019 at 4pm for the JUNE 21-22 SILENT CINEMA SHOW at the Newly Refurbished NETHERCUTT with Joe Rinaudo & Gary Gibson at the Moving Picture Machine and Dean Mora at the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ starring TOM MIX in the 1922 silent western adventure “SKY HIGH” Subscribe to The Newsreel and you will receive full details soon.
