Here are some bits of news - offered on a regular basis - from and about the San Francisco Silent Film Festival and the world of silent film:
1) A local band named Silent Pictures has an obvious love for silent film. The band - composed of members from San Francisco groups Mellow Drunk, Dora Flood and Boyskout as well as Los Angeles bands Sky Parade and Gene Loves Jezebel, began recording music under the name Silent Pictures in 2008. (Their influences include everyone from David Bowie and New Order to The Kinks, The Smiths, and The Magnetic Fields.) Tonight, they'll be performing at The Knockout (3223 Mission near 29th street in SF). And at 9 pm at the same venue, there will be a screening of the 1925 Clara Bow film, Parisian Love. More about the band at http://www.myspace.com/silentpictures
2) Tickets are now on sale for another silent film musical event - Voices of Light / The Passion of Joan of Arc - an oratorio with silent film, with music by Richard Einhorn and the 1928 film by Carl Theodor Dreyer, conducted by Dr. Mark Sumner. This special event will take place Thursday, December 2 at 7:30 pm at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland. More about the event at http://www.silentfilm.org/event-home.php
3) One week from today, another special event - this one celebrating Louise Brooks and a new edition of The Diary of a Lost Girl (the book which was the basis for the celebrated 1929 Brooks film of the same name) - will take place at the San Francisco Public Library. The event, "The Diary of a Lost Girl, from book to film," will include a short presentation by Thomas Gladysz, editor of the new edition, followed by a screening of the G.W. Pabst film.
Those planning on attending might also be interested to know that a special display on the fourth floor of the library features archival material related to the 1905 book and 1929 film. "The Diary of a Lost Girl, from book to film" is set to take place in the Koret Auditorium of the SFPL at 1 pm on November 14th (Louise Brooks birthday).
Earlier this week, the English-language news site Deutsche Welle ran an article about the event and this new edition of The Diary of a Lost Girl. More information on this newly published book and other related events can be found here.
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