SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 @ 7:00pm (Eastern) C*A*L*M Crazy About Loving Movies, a weekly cinema club, is screening 3 Silent Films for National Silent Movie Day!

There are no tickets, no registration, no charge. Just show up! Free Will Donation, donations will benefit the National Film Preservation Foundation.

The Lineup

The Scarlet Letter, 1926, Directed by Victor Sjostrom
In the 7th film adaptation of the classic story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lillian Gish gives "a landmark performance" as Hester Prynne. It was photographed by DW Griffith cameraman Hendrik Sartov, with the scenario adapted by Frances Marion. Sjostrom and Gish would team up again the next year in THE WIND.

Maciste In Hell, 1925, Directed by Guido Brignone.
Bartolomeo Pagano is Maciste, a strongman slave whom he portrayed in the earlier Italian epic CABIRIA. The Maciste character became so popular it spawned a franchise, Bartolomeo would play the character in approximately 30 films.

Peter Pan, 1924, Directed by Herbert Brenon.
One of the most popular films of the 20s, packed with an ensemble cast of silent film venerable, including Esther Ralston, Ernest Torrance, Anna May Wong, Mary Brian, and Betty Bronson, as Peter Pan, selected as J.M. Barrie's personal wish, beating out the many hopefuls wanting the role, including Mary Pickford, May MacAvoy, and Lillian Gish. Directed by Herbert Brenon, who is mostly forgotten today.

PLUS Many Short Films In Between Features, To Be Announced.

Master Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qj_brNdQW1m_X4csKle97ljR5Ao9p4P_gcOMUsaDS50/edit?usp=sharing

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