Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theatre
611 N. Fairfax Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90036
611 N. Fairfax Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90036
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Yeah, they had a $144,000 goal and raised $158,000
These guys are running a Kickstarter that ends January 2.
The theater is also hosting a “Telethon” to help upgrade and preserve the theater on December 15, 2012: View article
Thanks Chuck1231.
2010 photo of the Silent Movie Theatre.
View link
Intersting concept.
The Related Websites link still works and shows the same information as the link that you posted.
OK, I guess the name stays the same. Easier to find it under Silent Theater anyway.
Ken, that page says “CineFamily at the Silent Theatre.” So it seems like a marketing thing and the name hasn’t really changed.
There was an article in the Sunday LA Times about repertory cinema in LA. The name of theater is now Cinefamily. The website is www.cinefamily.org
If you to the link in Joe Vogel’s post from April 22, 2008 from YouTube. You can see a few clips of Bob Mitchell playing the organ at the Silent Movie Theatre.
RIP
LA Times today notes passing of Bob Mitchell, long time organist who played at this theater and Strand in Pasadena, the latter in the 1920s. He was also organist at Dodger Stadium when it opened in 1962.
This was once a fairly classy joint…it’s sad to see how the current management has let it go to seed. It’s dirty, needs a repainting, the neon sign is broken – as if no one cares. Their schedule is overloaded with artsy obscurities that seem to be programmed mostly for hipster approval – forget entertainment. It’s as if the powers that be are ashamed of the theater’s history. Well, at least they’ll throw you a free beer!
Wow what a great place. Im hope I get to see it sometime. Great pics as usual Lost Memory.
A photo I took last week of the Silent Movie Theatre can be seen here. Too bad part of the lighting was burnt out.
when the theatre is listed as part of your “favorites” list, an email automatically goes to you.
My apologies, gents. But how did you two find out so fast? I’ve looked everywhere for a “Inform me when others mention my name” option on this site!
If you enjoy silent movies, good for you. I don’t enjoy watching them. And I don’t feel any shame for expressing my opinion.
I don’t denigrate the importance of silent movies. I just don’t like watching them.
Updating my comments from Sep 28, 2005, this past week I went to the Silent Movie Theatre for the first time since Larry Austin’s sad demise. The ticket taker, soda seller, and rah-rah girl for the evening was a young lady named Mo, who bears a striking resemblence to Natalie Portman (and yes, she tells me she gets that all the time). The people who own the theatre now, called the Cinefamily, run it as a sort of mix of the old with a dash of Melrose chic. The silents are now shown only on Wednesdays, but are hewed to a monthly theme. But best of all, Bob Mitchell, who must be close to 100, God bless him, still plays the organ at the theatre now and then. And shame on you ken mc and Lost Memory for your cavalier attitudes on silent movies. Without them, we wouldn’t have the movies as we know them today!
Here’s a brief video clip from YouTube showing Bob Mitchell playing the organ at the Silent Movie Theatre. Bob Mitchell’s career as an organist began when, at the age of twelve, he was hired to play Christmas carols between movies during the holiday season at the Strand Theatre in Pasadena, California. Soon he was accompanying the movies themselves, and his temporary holiday engagement stretched into a four year tenure as the Strand’s organist.
He has been playing the organ at the Silent Movie Theatre since 1990.
Here is another article about the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/6jsxvs
This photo shows some of the owners since the 1940s:
http://tinyurl.com/5ays3y
Here is a March 2008 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2duc5y
Silent films are not my favorite either. And I’m not very fond of movies with subtitles.