1928 Silent Movie Saturday | Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

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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 8, 2012
The Battle of the Sexes (1928) | $5 Silent Movie Weekends | Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum

Saturday September 8 7:30 PM Suggested donation $5
Frederick Hodges (piano)
The Battle of the Sexes (1928, Art Cinema Corp.) The myth of D. W. Griffith’s decline as a director after
the loss of his production company is firmly disproven
by this comedy/drama of the jazz age starring Phyllis Haver, Don Alvarado and Jean Hersholt.
Preceded by shorts:
Felix Gets the Can (1924, Sullivan) Felix the Cat
Vacation Waves (1928, Paramount) Edward Everett Horton

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