Listings Updates

 

Below we highlight recent additions made to silentfilmcalendar.org listings since;

4 June 2026

See the  Live Screenings page for more details.

 

Live Screenings

6 – 14 June

Wuthering Heights Rediscovered  Celebrating the lost 1920 film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s iconic novel this exhibition will help to recreate and reimagine a film whose original prints have been lost to time.   Warley Phone Box Museum, Warley Link

12 June

Filibus  (Dir. Mario Roncoroni, It, 1915)    Introduction by curator Erik Anderson Scott.  With live musical accompaniment by composer Su Kim.  Finch Community Cinema, London Link

 

14 June

“You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet!” – Film, Sound, Music and Entertainment 1894 – 1929  See and hear drama, music and entertainment! A day-long event exploring the many attempts to combine sound with film, from the mid 1890’s to the advent of the feature-length musical.   Presented by the Kennington Bioscope.  With live and recorded accompaniment.  Cinema Museum, Lambeth Link

 

The General  (Dir. Buster Keaton/Clyde Bruckman, 1926)  With live musical accompaniment by composer and musician Mike Hatchard.  Electric Palace, Hastings Link

 

20 June

Safety Last (Dir. Fred C Newmeyer/Sam Taylor, US, 1923)  With live piano accompaniment by John Sweeney.  Barbican, London Link

 

21 June

A Hoot and a Half with Laurel & Hardy   Today we’ll meet the fellas as they try to make a go of it as musicians, try to get away with a reckless night out, and try to raise funds by throwing Stan in the ring as a boxer.  With live piano accompaniment by Lillian Henley.  Palace Cinema, Broadstairs Link

 

19 July

Three Bad Men (Dir. John Ford, US, 1926) With live musical accompaniment by Ashley Valentine.  BFI Southbank, London Link

 

25 July

Queen Kelly (Dir. Erich von Stroheim, US, 1929)   Presented as part of the Cinema Rediscovered Festival.  With live musical accompaniment (?).  Watershed, Bristol Link

 

Big Films on Small Gauges 28mm   BFI National Archive Curator Rosie Taylor and filmmaker and historian Christopher Bird here present the history of the format and project original 100 year old film prints on a 28mm Victor projector.   Presented as part of the Cinema Rediscovered Festival.  With live musical accompaniment (?).  Watershed, Bristol  Link

 

26 July

Queen Kelly (Dir. Erich von Stroheim, US, 1929)  Presented as part of the Cinema Rediscovered Festival.  With live musical accompaniment (?).  Curzon, Clevedon  Link

 

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Dir. Lotte Reiniger , Ger, 1926)   Presented as part of the Cinema Rediscovered Festival.  With live musical accompaniment (?).  Watershed, Bristol  Link

 

19 September

Phantom Of The Opera (Dir. Rupert Julian, 1925)   With live organ accompaniment by Darius Battiwalla.  St Matthew Church, Northampton Link

 

4 October

Faust (Dir. F W Murnau, Ger, 1926) With live organ accompaniment by Darius Battiwalla. Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall   Link

 

28 October

Phantom Of The Opera (Dir. Rupert Julian, 1925)    With live organ accompaniment by Aaron Hawthorne.  Guild Church of St Lawrence Jewry, London  Link

 

9 November

Sherlock Jnr (Dir. Buster Keaton, 1924)  With live organ accompaniment by Darius Battiwalla. Christ Church Spitalfields, London  Link

    Check out our recent reviews;

L’Inferno (1911)  – Click here

Review of the Year – 2024  –  Click here

Girls Without Nerves: Action Women of the Silent Era –  Click here

Cafe Elektric (1927) –Click here

The Primrose Path (1925)/Midnight Molly (1925) – Click here

   

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