Palace of Silents

Iain Kennedy
2010-10-03


6.4
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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Laurence Austin Self (archive footage) Unowned
Michael F. Blake Self Unowned
Mike Hawks Self Unowned
Charlie Lustman Self Unowned
Douglas S. Matthews Hitman Unowned
Robert Mitchell Self Unowned
Dean Mora Self Unowned
David Slaughter Self Unowned
George Wagner Self Unowned
Valerie Yaros Self Unowned
John Hampton Self (archive footage) Unowned
Dorothy Hampton Self (archive footage) Unowned