Join the Silent Society of Hollywood Heritage for a daylong series of silent film screenings on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at the Hollywood Heritage Museum, 2100 N. Highland Avenue. The films will feature some of the most popular LEADING LADIES of the silent era in rarely screened performances. All films will be presented from good old-fashioned 16mm prints.

Screenings begin at 2:30 pm. There will be a dinner break.

The motion pictures and their schedules are:

• 2:30 pm - Sex (1920) starring Louise Glaum, Irving Cummings and Peggy Pearce; Director: Fred Niblo.

Louise Glaum plays the role of Adrienne Renault in the provocatively titled "Sex," the story of a New York cabaret star who uses her sex appeal to end a marriage then leaves her lover for a wealthier prospect only to have her selfish way of life come back to haunt her

 

• 3:30 pm - Are Parents People? (1925) starring Betty Bronson, Florence Vidor and Adolphe Menjou; Director: Malcolm St. Clair.

Betty Bronson plays Lita, the daughter of a wealthy couple (Florence Vidor, Adolphe Menjou) who tries to prevent their divorce by "throwing herself" at "movie sheik" Maurice Mansfield (George Beranger). Meanwhile, a young doctor (Lawrence Gray) is interested in Lita.

 

•Dinner break.

 

• 7:30 pm - Lilac Time (1928) starring Colleen Moore, Gary Cooper and Burr McIntosh; Director: George Fitzmaurice.

In the French village of Nailly-Les-Bourens, a lilac farm has been converted into a British airdrome. Jeannine and the Widow Berthelot keep the soldiers fed, and Jeannine also prays to Saint Joan for the pilots' safe return from their daily missions. When Captain Phillip Blythe arrives, Jeannine falls in love. Finally, the time comes when the enemy is planning a big push for victory, and all pilots are called to action and told to fight until they are shot down or there's not a single enemy plane left. Although the village must be evacuated, Jeannine returns so that she can keep her promise to Phillip to be there when he returns. Jeannine survives a bombing of the village, and Phillip does, indeed, return, but, before he can land, the dreaded Red Ace shoots him down. Jeannine stops a passing Red Cross truck, and Phillip is taken to a hospital in Paris. She finally gets to Paris in hopes of finding Phillip still alive.

(from the website "Silentsaregolden.com")

All films featuring live musical accompaniment by Michael Mortilla in a MORTILLATHON!

ALL DAY PASS - $15 for the general public and $10 for members.

INDIVIDUAL FILMS - $10 for the general public and $5 for members.

Advanced General Public Admission Tickets can now be purchased online with your credit card via Brown Paper Tickets. Cost includes a nominal service fee. Just click here for more information or call 1-800-838-3006 to reserve your tickets over the phone. It's that easy! All day pass and tickets available at the door as seating space permits.

For further information call Hollywood Heritage at (323) 874-4005, or visit our web site at: www.hollywoodheritage.org.

Interested in Joining THE SILENT SOCIETY? send email to silents@hollywoodheritage.org

For more information on The Silent Society contact us at: silents@hollywoodheritage.org