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Our newest video is up: Deconstructing Broncho Billy with Marc Wanamaker: an in-depth look at the world's first cowboy star

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Deconstructing Broncho Billy with Marc Wanamaker: an in-depth look at the world's first cowboy star
YouTube video by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
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December 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Sat Dec 20th 7:30pm COMEDY SHORTS
Greg Pane, Piano Accompaniment

THE RINK (1916) Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance

GOOD NIGHT NURSE (1918) Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Buster Keaton

THERE AIN’T NO SANTA CLAUS (1926) Charley Chase

BIG BUSINESS (1929) Laurel & Hardy

Tickets! square.link/u/qmLst6mp
Comedy Shorts Night Dec. 20 Not Yet Member - Niles Silent Film Museum
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December 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Sunday, December 14th, 3:00pm

Laurel & Hardy / Our Gang Talkie Matinee

BELOW ZERO (1930) Laurel & Hardy

THE AWFUL TOOTH (1938) Our Gang

SWISS MISS (1938) Laurel & Hardy

#LaurelAndHardy #OurGang
December 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Saturday, December 13th, 7:30pm

Bruce Loeb, Piano Accompaniment

Help us celebrate the birthday of our President Emeritus, Dorothy Bradley!

THE GENERAL (1926) Railway engineer Buster Keaton must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive and return it through enemy lines.
December 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Friday, December 12th 7:30pm

Odyssey Film Institute Presents:

WILD STRAWBERRIES (1957) Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece!

Preceded by a cartoon and short film.

All on 16mm film!

Tickets here: checkout.square.site/merchant/MLB...
Wild Strawberries Dec. 12 - Niles Silent Film Museum
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December 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm hoping all the #LaurelAndHardy fans out there can help me with a super-important research question. How many pianos did the boys destroy in all their films?
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1920, Paramount) Dr. Henry Jekyll (John Barrymore) experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man.

Preceded by shorts:

SHIP SHAPE (1925, Fred Hibbard)
VILLA OF THE MOVIES (1917, Keystone) Slim Summerville

Tickets: square.link/u/GKV64QVv
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Nov. 29 Not Yet Member - Niles Silent Film Museum
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November 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Saturday, November 22nd, 7:30pm
Comedy Shorts Night
Jeff Rapsis, Piano Accompaniment

THE PAWNSHOP (1916) Charlie Chaplin
THE GOAT (1921) Buster Keaton
PASS THE GRAVY (1928) Max Davidson
DOUBLE WHOOPIE (1929) Laurel and Hardy

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Comedy Shorts Night Nov. 22 Not Yet Member - Niles Silent Film Museum
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November 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sunday, November 9, 3:00pm

Laurel & Hardy / Our Gang Talkie Matinee

HIGH C’s (1930) Charley Chase, Thelma Todd

ROUGH SEAS (1931) Charley Chase, Thelma Todd

BEAU HUNKS (1931) Laurel & Hardy
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Saturday, November 8th, 7:30pm

Bruce Loeb, Piano Accompaniment

TRAFFIC IN SOULS (1913, Universal) With aid from her police officer sweetheart, a woman endeavors to uncover the prostitution ring that has kidnapped her sister and the philanthropist who secretly runs it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Friday, November 7th, 7:30pm

Friday Night Movies in Niles

Odyssey Film Institute Presents:

RASHOMON (1950) Akira Kurosawa’s classic film about a horrific crime recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, a bride, a samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.

All presented in 16mm film!
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
In the latest update to our YouTube channel, author Marc Archuleta discusses the colorful life of bank robber and movie star Henry Starr:

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"The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr" - Marc Archuleta on his latest book!
YouTube video by Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
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November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Saturday November 1st, 7:30pm

Greg Pane, Piano Accompaniment

FAUST (1926, UFA) The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul. Directed by F.W. Murnau

Preceded by shorts:
THE DEVIL (1908, Biograph) D.W. Griffith
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928)

#SilentFilm
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Friday, October 31st, 7:30pm

Odyssey Film Institute Presents:

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) George A. Romero’s seminal work that launched the modern zombie film. Still scary!

Tickets online here (recommended!): square.link/u/IR9Tdimw
Night of the Living Dead Oct. 31 - Niles Silent Film Museum
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October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Sunday, October 26th - CREATURE FEATURES DOUBLE FEATURE

3:00 pm

FILM: THE MILPITAS MONSTER (1975) 50th Anniv. screening! Rampant pollution gives birth to a vengeful monstrosity. A student film that became a world-wide phenomenon!

Special Guest: Dir. Robert Burrill
October 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Sun, Oct 26th - CREATURE FEATURES DOUBLE FEATURE

1:00 pm

FILM: THE BOB WILKINS SUPER HORROR SHOW (1979) Bay Area locals in the 1970s knew and loved Creature Features on KCRA and KTVU and host Wilkins.

Special Guest: Producer Tom Wyrsch
October 26, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Saturday, October 25th, 7:30pm

Bruce Loeb, Piano Accompaniment

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925, 35mm)

100th ANNIVERSARY! A mad, disfigured composer (Lon Chaney) seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.

Tickets: square.link/u/CVRbsURX
October 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Friday, October 24th, 7:30pm

Odyssey Film Institute Presents:

HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) A millionaire (Vincent Price) offers $10,000 to five people to be locked overnight in a large, spooky, house.

by master of the macabre, William Castle!

Online tickets: square.link/u/wsy1q7l1
House on Haunted Hill Oct. 24 - Niles Silent Film Museum
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October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This Sunday we have a special Bob Wilkins Super Horror Show. And we're running a silent auction of fandom articles.
October 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
MEANWHILE AT THE ORINDA THEATER

Sunday, Nov 16th 11:00 am $18/$16

Part of the SF Silent Film Festival #SFSFF2025

NESFM is co-presenting this screening of....

TRAILIN’

Dir. by Alfred Santell; 1921; With Tom Mix

Accompaniment by Utsav Lal

For tickets: www.silentfilm.org

#SilentFilm #TomMix
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
3:00PM

PRESENTATION: SHE’S ALIVE – THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN AT 90

and...

FILM: THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

(1935, Universal) Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
October 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sunday, October 19th

MONSTER MEDLEY DOUBLE FEATURE

1:00PM : FILM: JACK PIERCE, MAKER OF MONSTERS

(2015, November Fire, D)

Legendary makeup man of Universal Studios, Jack Pierce had an amazing ability to create make-ups that have stood the test of time.
October 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Saturday, October 18th, 7:30pm
Spooooooky Comedy Shorts Night
Greg Pane, Piano Accompaniment

THE IDLE CLASS (1921) Charlie Chaplin
THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1921, 35mm) Buster Keaton
HAUNTED SPOOKS (1921) Harold Lloyd
DO DETECTIVES THINK? (1927) Laurel & Hardy
October 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Friday, October 17th, 7:30pm

Odyssey Film Institute Presents:

THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960) A clumsy young man working in a flower shop discovers that the strange plant he’s been nurturing has an appetite for blood, forcing him to kill to feed it.
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sunday, October 12th, 3:00pm
Laurel & Hardy / Our Gang Talkie Matinee

HIDE & SHRIEK (1938) Our Gang

OLIVER THE EIGHTH (1933) Laurel & Hardy

PUBLIC GHOST #1 (1935) Charley Chase

THE LIVE GHOST (1934) Laurel & Hardy

#LaurelAndHardy #OurGang #CharleyChase
October 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM