Palace of Silents
3 October 2010| 77 min
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.
Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Cast
Laurence Austin
Michael F. Blake
Mike Hawks
Charlie Lustman
Douglas S. Matthews
Robert Mitchell
Dean Mora
David Slaughter
George Wagner
Valerie Yaros
John Hampton
Dorothy Hampton
