TCM’s line-up for this daylong fest touches on a small portion of the cinematic riches that were produced before the advent of sound, but it includes some of the very best. Their line-up includes 12 silent gems in addition to 3 documentaries paying homage to these films: A Trip to the Moon (1902), Le mystère Méliès/The Méliès Mystery (2021), Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy Blaché (2018), Within Our Gates (1920), The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Battleship Potemkin (1925), The Wind (1928), Flesh and the Devil (1926), Sparrows (1926), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), Piccadilly (1929), The Freshman (1925), City Lights (1931), Sherlock, Jr. (1924), and The Great Buster (2018).
Read MoreA group of film archivists with a passion for silent movies has established September 29 as National Silent Movie Day—an annual day to celebrate silent film history and raise awareness about the race to preserve surviving silent films. With an official proclamation from National Day Archives naming the day, the inaugural National Silent Movie Day will be held on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.
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