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Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

37417 Niles Boulevard
Fremont , CA 94536-1638
510-494-1411

Website: nilesfilmmuseum.org/

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The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is more than a repository of photographs, posters, books and artifacts; it is a resource for all facets of silent film-making, from their planning and production to their presentation. The Museum offers a way to rediscover America's movie pioneers and to see their remarkable work in an authentic setting -- a theater where Charlie Chaplin and Broncho Billy Anderson saw themselves and their...

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	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) plus Shorts - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum May 26, 2012 Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry star in director Rex Ingram's acclaimed film, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, based on the Vicente Blasco Ibanez novel. The feature film is preceded by the shorts Back Stage (1919) starring "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton, and The Perils of Pauline, Episode 9, The Floating Coffin (1914) with... The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) plus Shorts - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum May 26, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	When the Movies Came from Niles - Documentary Screening Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 2, 2012 When the Movies Came from Niles is a 1964 documentary, produced by Ray Hubbard and featuring the voices of Gilbert M. Anderson and Bill Cato, about the early film career of "Broncho Billy" and the history of the Essanay Film Company in Niles. When the Movies Came from Niles - Documentary Screening Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 2, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	The Kid (1921) plus Shorts - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 2, 2012 Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Jackie Coogan star in this landmark film, titled The Kid, that made Coogan famous. The feature film is preceded by the Charlie Chaplin shorts Gentlemen of Nerve (1914) and Work (1915). This event is part of the Saturday Night at the Movies series, which features silent films with live piano... The Kid (1921) plus Shorts - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 2, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Charlie Chaplin Days - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 2-June 3, 2012 The following Essanay short films made in Niles and starring Charlie Chaplin will be shown both days: A Night Out, The Champion, In The Park, A Jitney Elopement, and The Tramp, as well as a screening of The Movies Go West (1974) narrated by Hal Angus. Sunday will also include a Charlie Look-a-like Contect and a pie fight. Charlie Chaplin Days - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 2-June 3, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	The Man Who Had Everything (1920) plus Shorts - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 9, 2012 In The Man Who Had Everything, Jack Pickford plays the title character--a spoiled rich kid, not bad, but who has no direction and needs to find his way in the world. The feature film is preceded by the shorts Friends (1912) with Mary Pickford and Henry B. Walthall, and Out West (1918) starring... The Man Who Had Everything (1920) plus Shorts - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 9, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)

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	The Bridge Builders - Special Matinee and Discussion Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum May 20, 2012 Randy Hees, House Manager of the Patterson House at Ardenwood Historic Farm and historian on many subjects, will share some insight on the railroad bridges in Niles Canyon. After this discussion will be a screening of The Bridge Builders (1962), a Ray Hubbard documentary about the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, which celebrates its 75th... The Bridge Builders - Special Matinee and Discussion Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum May 20, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum May 19, 2012 This evening's shorts include The Floorwalker (1916) starring Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance, The Bellboy (1918) with Buster Keaton and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Get Out and Get Under (1920) featuring Harold Lloyd, and You're Darn Tootin' (1928) with Laurel and Hardy. This event is part of the Saturday Night at the... Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum May 19, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Man of Aran - Special Talkie Matinee and Documentary Presentation Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum April 29, 2012 Robert Flaherty made Man of Aran (1934), his third beautiful "film of the spirit of man," on a rocky island off Galway in western Ireland between 1931-33. A poetic triumph and world success, it established the romantic mystique of Aran that has endured for eighty years. George C. Stoney returned to Aran forty years after Flaherty to... Man of Aran - Special Talkie Matinee and Documentary Presentation Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum April 29, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Blackmail (1929) plus Shorts - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum April 28, 2012 Alfred Hitchcock's last silent film, Blackmail (1929), was refashioned into his first talkie. Although Hitchcock made innovative use of sound, the silent version is considered by some to be superior, displaying his visual storytelling to the utmost, and the quality of tonight's print is excellent. This film will be preceded by the shorts Felix... Blackmail (1929) plus Shorts - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum April 28, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)
	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum April 21, 2012 This evening's shorts include The Count (1916) starring Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance, The Boat (1921) with Buster Keaton, Looking for Sally (1925) featuring Charley Chase, and We Faw Down (1928) with Laurel and Hardy. This event is part of the Saturday Night at the Movies series, which features silent films with live piano... Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum April 21, 2012 Event Rating (0 votes)

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) plus Shorts - Silent Films

When the Movies Came from Niles - Documentary Screening

The Kid (1921) plus Shorts - Silent Films

Charlie Chaplin Days - Silent Films

The Man Who Had Everything (1920) plus Shorts - Silent Films

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The Bridge Builders - Special Matinee and Discussion

Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films

Man of Aran - Special Talkie Matinee and Documentary Presentation

Blackmail (1929) plus Shorts - Silent Films

Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films

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