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Palace of Silents

Documentary
History
77 mins
6.4
2010

Description

Built in 1942 by a maverick film preservationist, this small Los Angeles theater championed silent film at the very moment when the Hollywood studios across town were busily destroying their nitrate inventories. With hard chairs, phonograph-record accompaniments, and mostly original vintage prints, the dingy mom-and-pop operation was nonetheless a palace to the fanatical few who became its loyal audience.

Casts:

Laurence Austin
Michael F. Blake
Mike Hawks
Charlie Lustman
Douglas S. Matthews
Robert Mitchell
Dean Mora
David Slaughter

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