Palace of Silents (2010)

Documentary · History

Overview

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.

Cast

• Laurence Austin as Self (archive footage)
• Michael F. Blake as Self
• Mike Hawks as Self
• Charlie Lustman as Self
• Douglas S. Matthews as Hitman
• Robert Mitchell as Self
• Dean Mora as Self
• David Slaughter as Self
• George Wagner as Self
• Valerie Yaros as Self

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