past psfs events
The 2024 Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival
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The 2023 Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival
100th anniversary screening of Our Hospitality (Buster Keaton, 1923) with the Pittsburgh Area Theater Organ Society at Keystone Oaks High School, including live Wurlitzer theater organ accompaniment by Jay Spencer
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (Alfred Hitchcock, 1927) with Jump Cut Theater at The Parkway Theater
A 100th anniversary screening of Safety Last (Fred C. Newmeyer, 1923) at the Mt. Lebanon Public Library, presented by The Denis Theatre
1920s Avant-Garde on 16mm with live score by David Bernabo presented by Pittsburgh Sound + Image at Eberle Studios
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920) + short film, presented by the Lindsay Theater with live accompaniment by Pittsburgh Composers Quartet
The Johnstown Flood (Irving Cummings, 1926) - a Pittsburgh premiere of this restoration at The Harris Theater
Wings (William Hellman, 1927) at Row House Cinema
Silent Shakespeare: Four Early Short Films with Live Musical Accompaniment by Tom Roberts at The Frick Pittsburgh
A 100th anniversary screening (to the day!) of A Woman of Paris (Charlie Chaplin, 1923) at The Harris Theater on 35mm, with Chaplin’s own score on the print. Introduction by Chaplin scholar, mime and comedy choreographer Dan Kamin, and Q&A with Chaplin’s grandson, Shane Chaplin
other past shows
100th Anniversary Screening at The Rangos Giant Cinema