Palace of Silents
2010•1h 17m•6.4•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Director
Iain Kennedy
Languages
English
Studio
Cardoza Pictures
Cast
Laurence Austin
Self (archive footage)
Michael F. Blake
Self
Mike Hawks
Self
Charlie Lustman
Self
Douglas S. Matthews
Hitman
Robert Mitchell
Self
Dean Mora
Self
David Slaughter
Self
George Wagner
Self
Valerie Yaros
Self
John Hampton
Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Hampton
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Cardoza Pictures
Producer
Iain Kennedy
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