$5 Silent Movie Saturday Night | East Bay

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$5 Silent Movie Weekends | Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

Did you that the East Bay played a big part in the silent film movie industry in the early 1900s? Niles (near Fremont) was home to the Essanay Film Studio where superstars like Charlie Chaplin made tons of silent classics.

Today, the studio is a museum and they host regular silent movie screenings with live music on most Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons for just $5.

$5 Silent Movie Screenings
Most Saturdays at 7:30p, Most Sundays at 4pm
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, 37417 Niles Boulevard  Fremont, CA
– $5 Donation

Saturday, September 1, 2012
The Toll Gate (1920) | $5 Silent Movie Weekends | Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

Saturday September 1 7:30 PM Suggested donation $5
Judy Rosenberg (piano)
The Toll Gate (1920, William S. Hart Corp.) William
S. Hart and Anna Q. Nilsson star in the first film produced by Hart’s own company and directed by his frequent collaborator Lambert Hillyer, with Hart playing an outlaw on the run from the law and his scheming partner’s henchmen.
Preceded by shorts:
Futuritzy (1928, Pat Sullivan) Felix the Cat
Line’s Busy (1924, Cumberland Productions) Billy West

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