Silent Movie Day
 

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UNITED STATES

Tuscon, Arizona
September 28, 2025 @ 2:00pm 
The Loft
Metropolis (1927)  
https://loftcinema.org/film/metropolis-1927/


CALIFORNIA

Beverly Hills, California
September 17, 2025 @ 7:00pm 
Beverly Hills Public Library
The Cameraman (1928)  
https://bhpl.org/366/Programs-Events


El Cerrito, California
September 27-29, 2025 
Rialto Cinemas
The Gold Rush (1925)
https://rialtocinemas.com/coming-soon-cer/


El Segundo, California
September 28, 2025 at 2:30pm
Old Town Music Hall
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Introduced by Randy Haberkamp, Live Accompaniment by David Marsh on the Mighty Wurlitzer •
https://prod5.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=256473~3ec5a45a-aee8-47f5-a501-a260fbbe82f7&epguid=046f24e9-20f3-4095-9ab6-2596f53377e0&mdy=9/28/2025&


Elmwood, California
September 27-29, 2025 
Rialto Cinemas
The Gold Rush (1925)
https://rialtocinemas.com/coming-soon-elm/silent-movie-day-2025-elm/


Fremont, California
September 27, 2025 at 7:30pm
Edison Theater / Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Captain January (1924) starring Baby Peggy with Greg Pane, Piano Accompaniment
https://nilesfilmmuseum.org/?tv=6391263150735360&to=5333858931441664


Los Angeles, California
September 28, 2025

“The Little American” (1917) with Mary Pickford. Presented in 4K digital restoration and with a new musical score composed by Adam Chavez. The program also features UCLA associate motion picture curator and co-founder of Silent Movie Day, Steven K. Hill, in person.

Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-film-television-archives-summer-screenings-2025


Los Angeles, California
September 28, 2025 @ 2:30pm 
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - Tedd Mann Theater
Pioneers of the Screen: Gaumont and the Origins of Motion Pictures, with live accompaniment by Michael Mortilla 
https://www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/detail/pioneers-of-the-screen-gaumont-and-the-origins-of-motion-pictures-019819bd-a707-ec49-1ab3-bcaa9883b08e


Los Angeles, California
September 29, 2025 
New Beverly Cinema
Double Feature: West of Zanzibar (1928) & Where East is East (1929)
https://thenewbev.com/program/september-29-west-of-zanzibar-where-east-is-east/


Los Angeles, California
September 12-14, 2025
Los Angeles Silent Film Festival - American Cinematheque
Harold Lloyd Home Movies / The Freshman / He Who Gets Slapped / As It Is In Life / Silks and Saddles / Cops / Lovers in Quarantine / The Big Parade / Kid Boots / Love Among the Roses / Up the Road With Sallie / The Mender of Nets / The Enemy Sex / Liberty / The Man Who Laughs
https://www.americancinematheque.com/series/los-angeles-silent-film-festival/

Los Angeles, California
September 25, 2025 at 8:00pm

The Eastwood (The Oxford Underground)
564 Presents Silent Comedy Classics: Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd scored by
https://eastwoodpac.stagey.net/projects/12717?tab=details


Modesto, California
September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm 
The State Theatre of Modesto
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
https://thestate.org/films/the-phantom-of-the-opera-092025/


Pasadena, California
September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm 
Landmark Theatres Pasadena
Nosferatu with Radiohead: A Silents Synched Film
https://www.landmarktheatres.com/movies/1000009185-nosferatu-with-radiohead-a-silents-synced-film/


San Diego, California
September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm 
Balboa Theatre
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) with live music by organist Russ Peck 
https://sandiegotheatres.org/event/2025/09/phantom-opera-1925


San Gabriel, California
October 5, 2025 @ 2:30pm 
Mission Playhouse
Silent Sunday Series: Number, Please? & High and Dizzy (1920) with live Wurlitzer organ accompaniment by Mark Herman
https://missionplayhouse.org/event/silent-sundays-series-number-please-and-high-dizzy


Nevada City, California
September 27, 2025 @ 7:30pm 
The Onyx Downtown and Nevada City Film Festival
Phantom of the Opera with LIVE soundtrack by Invincible Czars
https://www.theonyxtheatre.com/movies/3112-phantom-of-the-opera-with-live-soundtrack-by-invincible-czars/


San Francisco, California
September 29, 2025 @ 6:00pm
The Roxie Theater
The Last Edition (1925), co-presented by San Francisco Film Preserve, and introduced by SFFP’s Executive Director Kathy Rose O’Regan. Preceded by the 1925 short film SAN FRANCISCO, THE GOLDEN GATE CITY
https://filmpreserve.org/event/screening-the-last-edition-at-the-roxie/


Santa Ana, California
September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm 
The Frida Cinema
The Freshaman (1925)+ Introduction By Suzanne Lloyd: Presented by Flickrhappy
https://thefridacinema.org/movies/the-freshman-introduction-by-suzanne-lloyd-presented-by-flickrhappy/


Seal Beach, California
October 1, 2025 
The Bay Theatre
Metropolis (1927)
https://baytheatre.com/coming-events/


Sebastopol, California
September 27-29, 2025 
Rialto Cinemas
The Gold Rush (1925)
https://rialtocinemas.com/coming-soon/silent-movie-day-2025-seb/


Torrence, California
September 29, 2025 @ 12:00pm 
Southeast Library - Torrence Libraries
Silent Movie Matinee, Celebrate National Silent Movie Day with a special matinee at Southeast Library. The program will include a classic cartoon, comedic short and feature film from the early days of motion pictures, accompanied by a music mix curated by DJ Teetop. Call Southeast Library at (310) 530-5044 for more information.
https://www.library.torranceca.gov/Home/Components/FacilityDirectory/FacilityDirectory/12/337


COLORADO

Boulder, Colorado
September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Dairy Arts Center
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
https://thedairy.org/event/national-silent-movie-day-battleship-potemkin/


Denver, Colorado
September 12-14, 2025 
SIE Film Center
The Denver Silent Film Festival
https://www.denverfilm.org/programs/denver-silent-film-festival/


CONNECTICUT

Ledyard, Connecticut
September 29, 2025 @ 5:15pm
Ledyard Public Library - Bill Library
Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. and a selection of shorter films
https://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=5075&EventID=565801&PK=


New Canaan, Connecticut
September 09, 2025 at 7:00pm
The Playhouse
Down to the Sea in Ships (1922) with live music by Order of the Illusive - Order of the Illusive is Geoff Gersh on guitar and electronics, Bradford Reed on the pencilina (an instrument of his own design) and drums and Zach Layton on 17 string bass and effects.
https://playhouse.cinemalab.com/movie/down-to-the-sea-in-ships/


New Haven, Connecticut
September 21, 2025 @ 2:00pm

Yale Film Archive, Humanities Quadrangle
Cinemix Film Series: The Freshman with Live Musical Accompaniment
https://calendar.yale.edu/cal/event/eventView.do?b=de&href=/public/cals/MainCal/CAL-8a808a53-97beb297-0198-60f004a3-00004955.ics


FLORIDA

Coral Gables, Florida
September 28, 2025 at 11:00am
Coral Gables Art Cinema
The Gold Rush - New 4K Restoration /100th Anniversary
https://gablescinema.com/programs/the-gold-rush/


New Port Richey, Florida
September 29, 2025 at 11:00am
Richey Suncoast Theatre
A free walk in event showing a rotation of silent film shorts plus a full feature of “The Racket” starring Thomas Meighan whom our theatre was named after when first opened in 1926
https://www.richeysuncoasttheatre.com/post/celebrate-national-silent-movie-day-at-the-historic-richey-suncoast-theatre


Tampa, Florida
September 28, 2025 at 7:00pm
Tampa Theatre, Historic Duncan Auditorium
The Freshman (1925)
https://tampatheatre.org/movie/the-freshman/


GEORGIA

Athens, Georgia
September 29, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Cine
Invincible Czars: Phantom of the Opera (1925) & Nosferatu (1922)
https://www.athenscine.com/movie/invincible-czars-phantom-of-the-opera--nosferatu


Atlanta, Georgia
September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm 
Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
Nosferatu with Radiohead: A Silents Synched Film
https://www.landmarktheatres.com/events/2324-nosferatu-with-radioheads-kid-a-and-amnesiac-a-silents-synced-film/



IDAHO

Moscow, Idaho
September 25-28, 2025 
Kentworthy Performing Arts Center

Kentworthy Silent Film Festival
https://kenworthypac.square.site/product/silent-film-festival-pass/883?cs=true&cst=custom


ILLINOIS

Antioch, Illinois
September 29, 2025 at 7:30pm
Antioch Theatre
A Trip To The Moon (1902) and The Gold Rush (1925)
https://www.antiochtheatre.com/movie/2025-national-silent-film-day


Northbrook, Illinois
September 24, 2025 at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
Northbrook Public Library Auditorium
Our Hospitality (1923) with live piano accompaniment by David Drazin
https:www.northbrook.info/


INDIANA

Bloomington, Indiana
September 29, 2025 @ 5:00pm
Indiana University Cinema in collaboration with U Libraries Moving Image Archives (IULMIA) at IULMIA’s Wells Screening Room
Breaking Plates and Smashing the Patriarchy - features the 2024 short Breaking Plates (25 min), written and directed by Karen Pearlman and produced by Richard James Allen, alongside ten archival feminist silent films curated from the Cinema’s First Nasty Womencollection.
https://events.iu.edu/event/2020880-breaking-plates-and-smashing-the-patriarchy-

September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Indiana University Cinema in collaboration with U Libraries Moving Image Archives (IULMIA) at IULMIA’s Wells Screening Room
Salomé (1922) - New 2K Restoration, with the short film program Breaking Plates and Smashing the Patriarchy, from the curators of Cinema’s First Nasty Women, Maggie Hennefeld, Laura Horak, and Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi. IULMIA’s screening will be foregrounded with a recorded introduction by Hennefeld that will be archived post-screening on IU Cinema’s YouTube channel.
https://events.iu.edu/cinemaiub/event/1997444-salome-silent-movie-day


IOWA

Des Moines, Iowa
September 28, 2025 at 7:00pm
Varsity Cinema
Metropolis with Live Score – Des Moines Film’s 10th Anniversary
https://varsitydesmoines.com/movies/metropolis-w-live-score-des-moines-film-10th-anniversary/


Iowa City, Iowa
September 29, 2025 at 11:00am
University of Iowa Main Library, Learning Commons
Silents on the Prairie: Films from the Brinton Entertaining Company Papers, a collection of silent films from 1896 to 1910 discovered in a countryside basement in Washington, IA. The collection was the focus of the 2017 documentary "Saving Brinton."
https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/commons/


MARYLAND

Atlanta, Georgia
September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm 
Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema
Nosferatu with Radiohead: A Silents Synched Film
https://www.landmarktheatres.com/events/2324-nosferatu-with-radioheads-kid-a-and-amnesiac-a-silents-synced-film/


Silver Spring, Maryland
September 29, 2025 at 7:00pm
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
The Blood of a Poet (1932)
https://silver.afi.com/movies/detail/0100005226/


MASSACHUSETTS

Amherst, Massachusetts
September 29, 2025 at 7:00pm
Amherst Cinema
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
https://amherstcinema.org/films-and-events/phantom-opera


Cambridge, Massachusetts
September 29, 2025 at 4:00pm and 6:00pm
The Brattle
Double Feature: The Gold Rush (1925, 100th Anniversary) and 7th Heaven (1927, 4K Restoration)
https://brattlefilm.org/movies/7th-heaven/ / https://brattlefilm.org/movies/the-gold-rush/


Greenfield, Massachusetts
September 29, 2025 at 6:30pm
Greenfield Garden Cinemas
Way Down East (1920) with live accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis
https://www.gardencinemas.net/movie/Way%5FDown%5FEast%5F1920%5F%5Fwith%5FJeff%5FRapsis?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6wqipBqImO9g_vkkm54CEPWUDirHDSl5njvSDWm85twFXP9BaBiHoKScM6ug_aem_1Y-gf_-xczHkxRwW7Mliaw


Salem, Massachusetts
September 29, 2025 at 4:00pm
Cinema Salem
Modern Times (1936)
https://www.cinemasalem.com/movie/modern-times


Opens September 29, 2025 at 6:00pm & 7:4pm
Cinema Salem
Silents Synced: Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. w/ R.E.M.
https://www.cinemasalem.com/movie/silents-synced-buster-keatons-sherlock-jr-w-r


Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
September 29, 2025 at 7:30pm
Martha’s Vineyard Film Center
The Garden of Eden (1928)
https://mvfilmsociety.com/2025/09/the-garden-of-eden/


MICHIGAN

Detroit, Michigan
September 29, 2025 at 6:30pm
Senate Theater with the Detroit Theater Organ Society
Silent Film Accompaniment Workshop with Organist John Lauter
https://www.senatetheater.com/events-input/silent-film-accompaniment-workshop


Flint, Michigan
September 26-28, 2025
Flint Institute of the Arts
FOMA Film Series presents: The Lodger (1927)
https://flintarts.org/events/films


MINNESOTA

Heights, Minnesota
September 28, 2025 at 7:30pm
The Heights Theater
Forgotten Faces (1928)
https://ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/5458?siteToken=xb5wpfqcsyx4gn1dsqrms7z54g


Minneapolis, Minnesota
September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm 
Landmark Lagoon Cinema
Nosferatu with Radiohead: A Silents Synched Film
https://www.landmarktheatres.com/events/2324-nosferatu-with-radioheads-kid-a-and-amnesiac-a-silents-synced-film/


New London, Minnesota
September 28, 2025 at 11:00am
New London Roaming Cinema, Little Theatre Auditorium
Sunday Espresso Matinee: Long Pants (1927); The Doll (1919); Sherlock Jr. (1924); Mickey (1918); So This is Love (1928) with soundtracks by DJ Tozer
https://www.facebook.com/events/1138158114945230


MISSOURI

Columbia, Missouri
September 28, 2025 @ 1:00pm
Ragtag Cinema
The Freshman (125) - 100th Anniversary Screening
https://ragtagcinema.org/film/silent-movie-day-the-freshman/


St. Louis, Missouri
September 23, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Arkadin Cinema & Bar
The Devil’s Needle (1916 and other exploitation films of the 1910s, presented by Silents, Please!
https://arkadincinema.com/event/the-devils-needle-1916-and-other-exploitation-films-of-the-1910s-presented-by-silents-please-stl/


MONTANA

Billings, Montana
September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Art House Cinema & Pub
The Gold Rush (1925) with live jazz score by Parker Brown, Alex Nauman, & Clay Green
https://arthousebillings.com/cinema-and-pub/movies/the-gold-rush/


NEBRASKA

Scottsbluff, Nebraska
September 25, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Friends of the Midwest Theater and Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation at the historic Midwest Theater
Safety Last (1923) with live accompaniment of the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
https://app.arts-people.com/?show=297014


NEVADA

Carson City, Nevada
September 29, 2025 @ 6:30pm
Brewery Arts Center
C5 Presents: The Gold Rush (1925)
https://breweryarts.org/event/20250929-c5-gold-rush/


NEW HAMPSHIRE

Derry, New Hampshire
September 26, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Derry Opera House
Metropolis (1927) with live music
https://www.eagletribune.com/news/new_hampshire/restored-sci-fi-classic-at-derry-opera-house/article_783299ac-d11f-4cc5-aedb-facb6f83e35f.html


NEW JERSEY

Bound Brook, New Jersey
September 28, 2025 @ 3:00pm
Brook Arts Center
The Wizard of Oz - 1925 Silent Film & Bonus 1910 Short with with a live score by award-winning organist Ian Fraser (https://ianfraserorganist.com/) performed on the Garden State Theatre Organ Society's restored 1920s Wurlitzer Theatre Organ.
https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/brook-arts-center/68949affbee9b80ffe0e96ca


NEW YORK

Auburn, New York
September 24, 2025 @ 6:30pm
Carriage House Theater
The Flying Ace (1926), with an introduction by Cornell Professor, Dr. Samantha N. Sheppard
https://whartonstudiomuseum.org/a-screening-and-discussion-of-the-flying-ace/


New York, New York
September 29, 2025 
Film Forum
Beau Geste (1926)
https://filmforum.org


Brooklyn, New York
September 20, 2025 
Aesop’s Sound Fables
Nosferatu (1922)
https://www.aesopssoundfables.com/upcoming


New York, New York
September 26-October 16, 2025 
63rd New York Film Festival: Queen Kelly - 4K Restoration
Film at Lincoln Center
https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2025/films/queen-kelly/


Rochester, New York
September 30, 2025 at 7:30pm
Nanook of the North (1922)
Dryden Theatre at George Eastman Museum
https://www.eastman.org/event/film-screenings/nanook-north


Rochester, New York
September 29, 2025 @ 5:00pm & 7:30pm
The Little Theatre
The Garden of Eden (1928)
https://cinematheque.cia.edu/movies/faust/


Southampton, New York
September 29, 2025 
Southampton Playhouse
The Gold Rush (1925) 4K Restoration - 100th Anniversary Screening
https://www.southamptonplayhouse.com/home/


NORTH CAROLINA


Cary, North Carolina
September 28, 2025 @ 3:00pm
The Cary Theater
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
https://thecarytheater.com/event/the-phantom-of-the-opera-1925/the-cary/cary/


Chapel Hill, North Carolina
September 30, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Ackland Film Forum at the Chelsea Theater
Color Triumphant in Silent Film, highlights color films made in the silent era (approx. 1895-1930).ntroduced by Martin Johnson, associate professor of English and Comparative Literature and associate director of Film Studies. Tickets are free for UNC-Chapel Hill students.
https://www.thechelseatheater.org/movie/ackland-film-forum-color-triumphant-in-silent-film


Durham, North Carolina
September 29, 2025 at 7:00pm - details to come
https://shadowboxstudio.org; https://www.skinandbonestheater.com/


Fayetteville, North Carolina
September 29, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Cameo Art House Theatre
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
https://ticketmesandhills.com/events/the-cat-and-the-canary-1927-silent-movie-day-sept-29th-9-29-2025


Jacksonville, North Carolina
September 27, 2025 @ 400pm
Onslow County Public Library
Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid (1921)
https://nc-onslowcounty.civicplus.com/Calendar.aspx?EID=20124&month=9&year=2025&day=27&calType=0


OHIO

Akron, Ohio
September 29, 2025 @ 6:00pm
The Nightlight
Phantom of the Opera (1925)
https://nightlightcinema.com/movie/the-phantom-of-the-opera


Cleveland, Ohio
September 27, 2025 @ 9:00pm
The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque with the Cleveland Silent Film Festival
Faust (1926), with live metal score by The Silent Light
https://cinematheque.cia.edu/movies/faust/


Cleveland, Ohio
September 14-27, 2025 
Multiple locations
Phantom of the Opera (1925); Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925); Rene Clair Double Bill; Go West (1925); Faust (1926)
https://www.clevelandsilentfilmfestival.org/events


Columbus, Ohio
September 29, 2025 at 7:00pm
Gateway FIlm Center
Metropolis (1927)
https://gatewayfilmcenter.org/movies/silent-movie-day-metropolis-1927-4k-restoration/


OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
September 28, 2025 @ 6:00pm
Rodeo Cinema at Stockyards
Vampyr (1932)
https://rodeocinema.org/events/silent-sunday-vampyr/


Tulsa, Oklahoma
September 29, 2025 
Circle Cinema
The Tramp (1915) starring Charlie Chaplin, and the feature film Speedy (1928) starring Harold Lloyd, with live accompaniment on the original 97-year-old pipe organ.
https://www.circlecinema.org


OREGON

Lincoln City, Oregon
September 27, 2025 at 11:00am
The Bijou Theatre
Sherlock Jr. (1924) with live organ accompaniment by Mack Pimentel
https://www.cinemalovers.com


PENNSYLVANIA

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
September 18, 2025 @ 7:30p
The Majestic Theater
The Gold Rush (1925), with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
https://gettysburgmajestic.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=414


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 29, 2025 @ 4:00pm & 7:00pm
Philadelphia Film Society - Film Society East
Pandora’s Box (1929)
https://filmadelphia.org/movies/pandoras-box/


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm 
Landmark Ritz Five
Nosferatu with Radiohead: A Silents Synched Film
https://www.landmarktheatres.com/events/2324-nosferatu-with-radioheads-kid-a-and-amnesiac-a-silents-synced-film/


Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
September 14, 2025 @ 2:00pm
The Colonial Theatre
The Eagle (1925) with live organ accompaniment by Dennis James
https://thecolonialtheatre.com/films/classic-films/the-eagle-1925-with-live-theatre-organ-accompaniment/


Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The 2025 Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival - Celebrating 100th Centennial Films from 1925
September 28 - October 5, 2025. Details to come.
www.pittsburghsilentfilmsociety.org


RHODE ISLAND

Providence, Rhode Island
September 19, 2025 at 7:30pm

Roger Williams University
Metropolis (1927) with live metal score by The Silent Light

https://www.rwu.edu/events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D1286802709


TEXAS

Lubbock, Texas
September 30, 2025 at 7:20pm
Cactus Theatre
Ghost Almanac: Classic Silent Horror FIlm Excerpts With Live Music Accompaniment
https://www.cactustheater.com/upcoming-productions/2025/9/30/ghost-almanac-classic-horror-film-excerpts-with-live-music-accompaniment-special-event


UTAH

Provo, Utah
September 26, 2025 at 7:00pm
BYU Motion Picture Archive - Reynolds Auditorium
Silent Movie Remix: The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
https://calendar.byu.edu/arts-entertainment/silent-movie-remix-the-affairs-of-anatol-1921-2025-09-26

Provo, Utah
September 29, 2025 at 3:00pm
BYU Motion Picture Archive - Reynolds Auditorium
Silent Movie Hodgepodge: open theater screenings to drop in on and stay as long as you like. 3-9 pm.
https://calendar.byu.edu/arts-entertainment/silent-movie-hodgepodge-2025-09-29


VERMONT

Burlington, Vermont
September 29, 2025 at 6:00pm- Free Event!
Lumiere Hall at Burlington Beer Company
A Vermont Romance (1916) - with a presentation about Doublier, Vermont’s First Camerman by Hugo Martinez with live piano by Bob Merrill, and early French silent shorts
https://www.burlingtonbeercompany.com


VIRGINIA

Blacksburg, Virginia
September 30, 2025 
Lyric Theatre
Nosferatu - Live Score by Invincible Czars
https://prod5.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=508526~4ab27fc5-7b1f-40ac-9bdb-32c61284f6ac&#


Roanoke, Virginia
October 1, 2025 at 7:00pm
The Grandin Theatre
Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Live Score by Invincible Czars
https://www.grandintheatre.com/shows/phantom-opera-100th-anniversary-invincible-czars


WASHINGTON

Olympia, Washington
September 28, 2025 @ 2:00pm
The Washington Center for Performing Arts
Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush (1925)
https://www.washingtoncenter.org/event/silent-movie-chaplins-the-gold-rush-2025-09-28/


Olympia, Washington
September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm
The Capital Theater with the Olympia Film Society
Beverly of Graustark (1926) w/ Original Live Score by Crockett King
https://olympiafilmsociety.org/beverly-of-graustark/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4LxsBITGwm5EAtw0NVG1d1ErQn-r7js-2RONKDeGpAxYBzPCBCDC4d4Xc7Jg_aem_QD0koHYUo7T-sSjAV_lUEg


Seattle, Washington
September 29, 2025 
Paramount Theatre
Seattle Theatre Group Presents The Last Laugh (1924) with music by Donna Parker on the Mighty Wurlitzer, guest speaker Anita Monga
https://www.stgpresents.org/tickets/silent-movie-mondays/


WASHINGTON D.C.

Washington D.C.
September 27, 2025 @ 2:00pm
National Gallery of Art - East Building Auditorium
Cine-concert: Variety (1925) with live accompaniment by Andrew Simpson, piano
https://www.nga.gov/calendar/silent-film-live-music-variety?evd=202509271800


WISCONSIN

Madison, Wisconsin
September 28, 2025 @ 2:00pm
Wisconsin Cinematheque
The Italian Straw Hat (1928) - free screening with live piano accompaniment
https://cinema.wisc.edu/calendar/


 

AUSTRALIA

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
September 28, 2025 @ 4:00pm
Chapel Off Chapel

The Sounds of Silent Presents Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. (1924), plus the Laurel & Hardy short film Liberty (1929)
https://chapeloffchapel.com.au/show/the-sounds-of-silent-presents-buster-keaton-in-sherlock-jr/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=More%20Info&utm_campaign=What%27s%20On%20in%20September%202025


Pomona, Australia
September 27, 2025 @ 12:00pm
Majestic Theatre

Harold Lloyd’s High and Dizzy (1920) & This Is Eden (1925)
https://themajestictheatre.com.au/events/silent-film-two-comedy-shorts-high-dizy-harold-lloyd-this-is-eden/


AUSTRIA

Vienna, Austria
September 27-28, 2025 
“Gruber & Turnheim: Go West Poetry”
https://www-leinwand--lyrik-de.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp


BELGIUM

Bruges, Belgium
September 28, 2025 @ 8:00pm
Revue Cinema
HE GARDEN OF EDEN AT STOM! FILM FESTIVAL, BRUGES, with live piano accompaniment: Jozef Sercu
https://filmpreserve.org/event/the-garden-of-eden-at-stom-film-festival-bruges/


CANADA

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
September 29, 2025 at 7:15pm
The Roving Picture Show at The Tivoli Cinema

Robin Hood (1922) with live accompaniment by Island Jazz, featuring Max Keenlyside
https://ticketing.useast.veezi.com/purchase/741?siteToken=da82fw1j8hvze313behjeszwfm


Toronto, Canada
September 27, 2025 at 7:30pm - details to come
https://torontofilmsociety.com


Toronto, Canada
September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2025
Reg Hartt’s The Cineforum

Carl Dryer’s Motion Picture: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - Illustrated Lecture
https://reghartt.ca/cineforum/


Toronto, Canada
September 28, 2025 @ 4:00pm
Revue Cinema
Silent Revue: Master of the House (1925) - Centennial Screening, with live accompaniment by Marilyn Lerner
https://prod3.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=957527~fc639be0-110c-4035-a588-842aceff5ef6&


FRANCE

Lille, France
September 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Cinema L’Univers, organized by MINUIT CINEMA CLUB
Häxan, Benjamin Christensen (1922)


Paris, France
September 27, 2025 @ 14:00
Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé
"Humoresque" ("Le Cœur d’une mère") (1920)
https://www.fondation-jeromeseydoux-pathe.com/event/2990


GERMANY

Düsseldorf, Germany
September 27, 2025 @ 20:00
Filmmuseum Düsseldorf
Kurzfilmprogramm mit Charlie Chaplin
https://www.visitduesseldorf.de/en/attractions/filmmuseum-1a48530a16


Hamburg, Germany
September 26, 2025
For Heaven’s Sake (1926), with live accompaniment by Richard Siedhoff
https://www-stummfilm--magazin-de.translate.goog/kalender?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp


Wilhemsthal, Germany
September 28, 2025
The Phantom of the Opera (1925), with live accompaniment by Richard Siedhoff
https://www-richard--siedhoff-de.translate.goog/index.php?id=116&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp


IRELAND

Galway City, Ireland
September 24-28, 2025
Silent Film Festival Galway
https://www.silentfilmfestival.ie


ITALY

Milan, Italy
September 30, 2025
Cinetaca Milano Arlecchino
Raskolnikow (1923)
https://www.cinetecamilano.it/film/raskolnikow/



JAPAN

Kyoto, Japan
September 14, 2025
Toyfilm Museum
Get Your Man (1927)
https://toyfilm-museum.jp


NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand
September 19-October 11, 2025
Multiple locations
The Pawn Shop (1916), A Dog’s Life (1918), and The Kid (1921)
https://www.chambermusic.co.nz/silent-movies-live


UNITED KINGDOM

Bo'ness, Scotland, United Kingdom
September 20, 2025 @ 19:30
The Hippodrome Bo’ness
Flesh and the Devil (1926) with Stephen Horne (piano, flute)
https://www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/whats-on/taste-of-silents-2025-flesh-and-the-devil/


Eccleshall, United Kingdom
September 28, 2025 @ 19:30
Holy Trinity C of E Church
Blackmail (1929)with live musical accompaniment by Darius Battiwalla
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blackmail-with-live-musical-accompaniment-by-darius-battiwalla-tickets-1328913930339


Kent, United Kingdom
September 28, 2025 @ 4:30
Palace Cinema Broadstairs
Safety Last (1923) with live piano accompaniment with Lillian Henly
https://thepalacecinema.co.uk/production/safety-last-2/


Leiston, United Kingdom
September 28, 2025 at 6:00pm
Leiston Film Theatre
Phantom of the Opera featuring LIVE musical accompaniment by Suffolk musician Tom Horton
https://www.leistonfilmtheatre.co.uk/


London, United Kingdom
September 23, 2025 @ 18:30
Rio Cinema
Radiohead X Nosferatu, introduced by Joss Frank, creator of Silents Synced
https://riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/WhatsOn?f=1446664


London, United Kingdom
September 29, 2025 @ 4:45pm
The Prince Charles Cinema
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
https://princecharlescinema.com/film/8883281/sherlock-jr/



Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
September 26, 2025 @ 7:00pm
MK Gallery
Battleship Potemkin (1925), a special centenary edition of Sergei Eisenstein’s legendary Battleship Potemkin featuring the celebrated score by Pet Shop Boys. With an introduction by Ally Pitts, film writer & programmer, and host of A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast.
https://mkgallery.org/event/battleship-potemkin-12a/


Newcastle, Northern Ireland, UK
September 28, 2025 @ 14:00
Newcastle Community Cinema
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 100th Anniversary with live music by local musicians Brídín Wells and Manus O’Boyle, as well as tea/coffe and cake
https://www.newcastlecinema.org/whatson/phantom-1925


BROADCAST & STREAMING

September 29, 2025 - 100 Years Ago - Films released in 1925

Turner Classic Movies

Too Wise Wives (1921), Ben-Hur (1925), The Big Parade (1925), The Battleship Potemkin (1925), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The Lost World (1925), The Freshman (1925), Seven Chances (1925), The Gold Rush (1925)

https://www.tcm.com/watchtcm


Announcement Coming Soon!


BOOKS

The Silent Film Universe - a new book by Ben Model

Published by: Undercrank Productions LLC

https://silentfilmmusic.com/the-silent-film-universe-book/


VIRTUAL

Friday, September 26th at 7:30pm:

FREE VIRTUAL EVENT: TFS Presents Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger (1927)

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/friday-september-26th-tfs-presents-alfred-hitchcocks-the-lodger-1927-tickets-1489689564589?aff=oddtdtcreator


NEW HISTORICAL MARKERS

Announcement coming on 9/29!


How you can Participate!

Antonio Moreno, Herbert Brenon and James Wong Howe on the set of The Spanish Dancer (1923); Courtesy of Mar Diaz and Milestone Films.

Antonio Moreno, Herbert Brenon and James Wong Howe on the set of The Spanish Dancer (1923); Courtesy of Mar Diaz and Milestone Films.

ON THIS DAY YOU CAN… 

  • Host a virtual watch party.

  • Host a silent movie or film series inside a brick and mortar venue or outdoor location.

  • Coordinate the release of a book, blu-ray or premier new content on a digital platform of your choice.

  • Schedule an in person or online lecture on silent movies or silent movie related subjects.

  • Share silent movie recommendations on social media.

  • Share current cinema titles that are influenced by silent movies on social media.

  • Help spread awareness about silent movie history and statistics on social media.

  • Arrange a walking or bus tour of locations connected to silent movie stars or industry.

  • Organize a petition to help save a silent movie or silent movie related landmark.

  • Coordinate a dedication ceremony or remembrance for someone connected to silent movies.

  • Launch a campaign to raise money for silent movie related projects on Kickstarter, GoFundMe, Facebook or another fundraising platform.

  • Publish a blog post about silent movies or a related subject.

  • Program a podcast or volunteer to participate in a podcast discussing the Silent Era and silent movies.

  • Promote a “coming soon” hook - like a festival, new book, blu-ray, etc. that shares a connection with silent movies.

  • Mention silent movie merchandise or works of art and craft inspired by the period that is available to purchase or roll out the debut of some new and/or preexisting items.

Help spread the word with #SMD #SilentMovieDay #SilentMovieDay929

To join the Silent Movie Day Google group, please contact silentmovieday929@gmail.com.

Need ideas for your event? Click the links below to see what participants did in past years.