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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 contemporaries on the screen. This museum keeps the spirit of silent films alive.

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Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

37417 Niles Boulevard
Fremont, CA 94536

Phone: 510-494-1411 | Email | Official Website
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Current Events

05/26/12

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) plus Shorts - Silent Films
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

Upcoming Events

06/02/12- 06/03/12	Charlie Chaplin Days - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum 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.
06/02/12	The Kid (1921) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum 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 accompaniment in the Museum's Edison Theater.
06/02/12	When the Movies Came from Niles - Documentary Screening Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum 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.
06/09/12	The Man Who Had Everything (1920) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum 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 "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. This event is part of the Saturday Night at the Movies series,...
06/10/12	Laurel & Hardy plus Our Gang - Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum Laurel & Hardy plus Our Gang - Talkie Matinee Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 10, 2012 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in Brats (1930) and Any Old Port (1932) at this talkie matinee. Also playing will be the Our Gang films Helping Grandma (1930) and Fly My Kite (1931).
06/16/12	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 16, 2012 This evening's shorts include Easy Street (1917) starring Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance, Neighbors (1920) with Buster Keaton, Mighty Like a Moose (1925) featuring Charley Chase, and Should Married Men Go Home (1928) with Laurel and Hardy. This event is part of the Saturday Night at the Movies series, which features silent films with live piano accompaniment in the Museum's Edison Theater.
06/23/12	Oliver Twist (1922) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum Oliver Twist (1922) plus Shorts - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 23, 2012 Lon Chaney and Jackie Coogan team up in this tale based upon the Charles Dickens novel of survival in London's underworld, directed by Frank Lloyd. The feature film is preceded by the shorts For His Son (1912) starring Charles West and Blanche Sweet, and Lulu's Doctor (1912) with Maurice Costello, Clara Kimball Young, and Dolores Costello. This event is part of the Saturday Night at the Movies series, which features...
06/29/12- 07/01/12	15th Annual Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum 15th Annual Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 29-July 1, 2012 This year's festival will be part of Niles Essanay's centennial celebration. Films of silent star "Baby Peggy" will be one focus, and a number of special guests will appear throughout the weekend. During this festival, you can experience many treasures of early American film shown the way they were meant to be seen... in an authentic 1913 nickelodeon theater, accompanied by live music.

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Current &
Upcoming Events

Current Events

05/26/12

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) plus Shorts - Silent Films
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

Upcoming Events

06/02/12- 06/03/12	Charlie Chaplin Days - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum 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.
06/02/12	The Kid (1921) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum 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 accompaniment in the Museum's Edison Theater.
06/02/12	When the Movies Came from Niles - Documentary Screening Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum 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.
06/09/12	The Man Who Had Everything (1920) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum 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 "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. This event is part of the Saturday Night at the Movies series,...
06/10/12	Laurel & Hardy plus Our Gang - Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum Laurel & Hardy plus Our Gang - Talkie Matinee Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 10, 2012 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in Brats (1930) and Any Old Port (1932) at this talkie matinee. Also playing will be the Our Gang films Helping Grandma (1930) and Fly My Kite (1931).
06/16/12	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 16, 2012 This evening's shorts include Easy Street (1917) starring Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance, Neighbors (1920) with Buster Keaton, Mighty Like a Moose (1925) featuring Charley Chase, and Should Married Men Go Home (1928) with Laurel and Hardy. This event is part of the Saturday Night at the Movies series, which features silent films with live piano accompaniment in the Museum's Edison Theater.
06/23/12	Oliver Twist (1922) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum Oliver Twist (1922) plus Shorts - Silent Films Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 23, 2012 Lon Chaney and Jackie Coogan team up in this tale based upon the Charles Dickens novel of survival in London's underworld, directed by Frank Lloyd. The feature film is preceded by the shorts For His Son (1912) starring Charles West and Blanche Sweet, and Lulu's Doctor (1912) with Maurice Costello, Clara Kimball Young, and Dolores Costello. This event is part of the Saturday Night at the Movies series, which features...
06/29/12- 07/01/12	15th Annual Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum 15th Annual Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival Presented by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum at Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum June 29-July 1, 2012 This year's festival will be part of Niles Essanay's centennial celebration. Films of silent star "Baby Peggy" will be one focus, and a number of special guests will appear throughout the weekend. During this festival, you can experience many treasures of early American film shown the way they were meant to be seen... in an authentic 1913 nickelodeon theater, accompanied by live music.

Past
Events

Past Events

05/20/12	The Bridge Builders - Special Matinee and Discussion Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
05/19/12	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/29/12	Man of Aran - Special Talkie Matinee and Documentary Presentation Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/28/12	Blackmail (1929) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/21/12	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/14/12	San Francisco and the Earthquake - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/08/12	Laurel & Hardy plus Our Gang - Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/07/12	Grandma's Boy (1922) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/01/12	Essanay in Niles - Celebrating the 100th Anniversary, Screenings Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/01/12	Essanay in Niles - Celebrating the 100th Anniversary Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
03/31/12	A Girl’s Folly (1917) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
03/24/12	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
03/17/12	The Coming of Amos (1925) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
03/11/12	Laurel & Hardy plus Our Gang - Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
03/10/12	The Eagle of the Sea (1926) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
03/03/12	The Prairie Pirate (1925) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
02/25/12	Scaramouche (1923) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
02/18/12	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
02/12/12	Laurel & Hardy plus Our Gang - Talkie Matinee with Film Appreciation Meeting Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
02/11/12	Valentino for Valentine's Day - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
02/04/12	Shore Leave (1925) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
01/28/12	The Ice Flood (1926) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
01/21/12	Seventh Anniversary of Saturday Night at the Movies - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
01/14/12	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
01/13/12	The Grapes of Wrath (1940) - One Book One Community Read, Film Screening Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
01/08/12	Laurel & Hardy plus Our Gang - Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
01/07/12	Hell's Hinges (1916) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
12/31/11	The Iron Mask (1929) plus Short - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
12/24/11	The Man from Beyond (1922) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
12/17/11	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
12/11/11	Laurel & Hardy plus Our Gang - Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
12/10/11	The Heart o’ the Hills (1919) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
12/04/11	Sutro’s... The Palace at Lands End (2011) - Documentary Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
12/03/11	Beau Geste (1926) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
11/26/11	Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
11/25/11	Christmas in Connecticut (1945) - Classic Film Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
11/19/11	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films and Book Signing Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
11/13/11	Laurel & Hardy plus Our Gang - Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
11/12/11	The Coast Patrol (1925) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/31/11	Kiddie Cartoon Cavalcade - Halloween Event Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/30/11	Remembering Playland at the Beach (2010) - Documentary Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/29/11	Halloween Show at the Edison Theater - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/22/11	A Fool There Was (1915) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/15/11	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/09/11	Another Afternoon With The Boys - Classic Comedies Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/01/11	The Crackerjack (1925) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
09/24/11	A Romance of the Redwoods (1917) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
09/17/11	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
08/20/11	A Harold Lloyd Evening - Films, Presentation and Book Signing Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
08/14/11	Another Afternoon With The Boys - Classic Comedies Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
08/14/11	Another Afternoon With The Boys - Classic Comedies Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
08/13/11	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
07/31/11	Remembering Playland at the Beach (2010) - Documentary Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
07/30/11	The Night Bird (1928) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
07/23/11	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
06/24/11- 06/26/11	14th Annual Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
06/18/11	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
06/12/11	Laurel & Hardy plus Our Gang - Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
06/11/11	Stella Maris (1918) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
05/28/11	It (1927) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
05/21/11	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
05/14/11	The Nut (1921) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
05/08/11	Another Afternoon With The Boys - Laurel & Hardy Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/30/11	The Nervous Wreck (1926) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/23/11	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/16/11	San Francisco Earthquake Films - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/10/11	Laurel & Hardy plus Our Gang - Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/09/11	Down to the Sea in Ships plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
04/02/11	Battleship Potemkin (1925) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
03/26/11	The Hottentot (1922) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
03/19/11	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
03/12/11	Victory (1919) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
02/26/11	Lilac Time (1928) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
02/19/11	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
02/13/11	Laurel & Hardy and Our Gang - Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
02/12/11	Son of the Sheik (1926) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
02/05/11	The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
01/29/11	Hula (1927) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
01/22/11	The Three Musketeers (1921) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
01/15/11	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
01/08/11	The Lost World (1925) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
12/25/10	Ella Cinders (1926) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
12/18/10	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
12/12/10	Babes in Toyland (1934) - Laurel & Hardy Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
12/11/10	Wild Oranges (1924) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
12/04/10	Human Hearts (1922) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
11/27/10	Feel My Pulse (1928) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
11/20/10	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
11/14/10	Laurel & Hardy Talkie Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
11/13/10	Soul of the Beast (1923) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
11/06/10	The Red Raiders (1927) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/31/10	Kiddie Cartoon Cavalcade - Halloween Event Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/31/10	The Milpitas Monster (1974) Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/30/10	The Magician (1927) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/24/10	Creature Features Lives! Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/23/10	Mantrap (1926) plus Shorts - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/17/10	A Woman of Paris (1923) plus Shorts - Sunday Silent Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/16/10	Comedy Short Subject Night - Silent Films Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/10/10	Laurel & Hardy and Our Gang Halloween Matinee Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
10/09/10	Love Em and Leave Em (1926) with Louise Brooks Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

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