For the 16th consecutive year, The Silent Society of Hollywood Heritage, in association with the National Parks Service will be presenting its “Silents Under the Stars” series. The series is a screening of some of Hollywood’s best silent films in the wonderful outdoor setting of the Paramount Movie Ranch in Agoura.
Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 8pm The Navigator (1924) Starring Buster Keaton and Kathryn McGuire. Buster books passage on a ship to forget the girl who has rejected his proposal, only to find that they are the only couple on board a deserted ship that’s been cast adrift. Partially filmed on Catalina Island.
Sunday, August 17, 2003 7:30 pm - The Night Club (1925). Starring Raymond Griffith, Vera Reynolds and Wallace Beery. One of the silent era’s most under-appreciated comedians, Paramount star Raymond Griffith headlines a comedy of marriage and money as only the Roaring Twenties could produce them. Partially filmed in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Sunday, September 14, 2003
7:30pm - The Vanishing American (1926) Starring Richard Dix, Lois Wilson
and Noah Beery. A rare instance of a silent western told from the Native American
point of view. Filmed on location in Monument Valley and Flagstaff, AZ.
All films feature live musical accompaniment by Michael Mortilla.
Each feature will be preceded by a surprise short subject.
Tickets are $6.00 for adults, $5.00 for members of Hollywood Heritage. Children under twelve are $3.00, under three free. For further information call Hollywood Heritage at (323) 874-4005, or visit our web site at: www.hollywoodheritage.org.