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Sunday, November 9, 3:00pm

Laurel & Hardy / Our Gang Talkie Matinee

HIGH C’s (1930) Charley Chase, Thelma Todd

ROUGH SEAS (1931) Charley Chase, Thelma Todd

BEAU HUNKS (1931) Laurel & Hardy
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Saturday, November 8th, 7:30pm

Bruce Loeb, Piano Accompaniment

TRAFFIC IN SOULS (1913, Universal) With aid from her police officer sweetheart, a woman endeavors to uncover the prostitution ring that has kidnapped her sister and the philanthropist who secretly runs it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Friday, November 7th, 7:30pm

Friday Night Movies in Niles

Odyssey Film Institute Presents:

RASHOMON (1950) Akira Kurosawa’s classic film about a horrific crime recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, a bride, a samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.

All presented in 16mm film!
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Saturday November 1st, 7:30pm

Greg Pane, Piano Accompaniment

FAUST (1926, UFA) The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul. Directed by F.W. Murnau

Preceded by shorts:
THE DEVIL (1908, Biograph) D.W. Griffith
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928)

#SilentFilm
November 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Sunday, October 26th - CREATURE FEATURES DOUBLE FEATURE

3:00 pm

FILM: THE MILPITAS MONSTER (1975) 50th Anniv. screening! Rampant pollution gives birth to a vengeful monstrosity. A student film that became a world-wide phenomenon!

Special Guest: Dir. Robert Burrill
October 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Sun, Oct 26th - CREATURE FEATURES DOUBLE FEATURE

1:00 pm

FILM: THE BOB WILKINS SUPER HORROR SHOW (1979) Bay Area locals in the 1970s knew and loved Creature Features on KCRA and KTVU and host Wilkins.

Special Guest: Producer Tom Wyrsch
October 26, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Saturday, October 25th, 7:30pm

Bruce Loeb, Piano Accompaniment

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925, 35mm)

100th ANNIVERSARY! A mad, disfigured composer (Lon Chaney) seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.

Tickets: square.link/u/CVRbsURX
October 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
a Bela Lugosi “Dracula” Medallion,
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Two Star Wars posters,
October 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
MEANWHILE AT THE ORINDA THEATER

Sunday, Nov 16th 11:00 am $18/$16

Part of the SF Silent Film Festival #SFSFF2025

NESFM is co-presenting this screening of....

TRAILIN’

Dir. by Alfred Santell; 1921; With Tom Mix

Accompaniment by Utsav Lal

For tickets: www.silentfilm.org

#SilentFilm #TomMix
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
3:00PM

PRESENTATION: SHE’S ALIVE – THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN AT 90

and...

FILM: THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

(1935, Universal) Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
October 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sunday, October 19th

MONSTER MEDLEY DOUBLE FEATURE

1:00PM : FILM: JACK PIERCE, MAKER OF MONSTERS

(2015, November Fire, D)

Legendary makeup man of Universal Studios, Jack Pierce had an amazing ability to create make-ups that have stood the test of time.
October 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Saturday, October 18th, 7:30pm
Spooooooky Comedy Shorts Night
Greg Pane, Piano Accompaniment

THE IDLE CLASS (1921) Charlie Chaplin
THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1921, 35mm) Buster Keaton
HAUNTED SPOOKS (1921) Harold Lloyd
DO DETECTIVES THINK? (1927) Laurel & Hardy
October 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Friday, October 17th, 7:30pm

Odyssey Film Institute Presents:

THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (1960) A clumsy young man working in a flower shop discovers that the strange plant he’s been nurturing has an appetite for blood, forcing him to kill to feed it.
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sunday, October 12th, 3:00pm
Laurel & Hardy / Our Gang Talkie Matinee

HIDE & SHRIEK (1938) Our Gang

OLIVER THE EIGHTH (1933) Laurel & Hardy

PUBLIC GHOST #1 (1935) Charley Chase

THE LIVE GHOST (1934) Laurel & Hardy

#LaurelAndHardy #OurGang #CharleyChase
October 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Saturday October 11th, 7:30pm

Greg Pane, Piano Accompaniment

NOSFERATU (1922, Prana Film, 35mm) Count Orlock (Max Schreck) engages an estate agent to help him with a transaction. F.W. Murnau’s astonishing masterpiece based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a visual feast and an absolute must see!
October 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Friday, October 10th, 7:30pm

Odyssey Film Institute Presents:

WHITE ZOMBIE (1932) A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiancé, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.

Starring Bela Lugosi!
October 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Saturday October 4th, 7:30pm

Greg Pane, Piano Accompaniment

Happy 130th Birthday Buster!

STEAMBOAT BILL JR. (1928, 35mm) The son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
October 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Friday, October 3rd, 7:30pm

Odyssey Film Institute Presents:

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956)

A small-town doctor (Kevin McCarthy) learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

Directed by Don Siegel (Dirty Harry)
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Saturday, September 27th, 7:30pm
Greg Pane, Piano Accompaniment

CAPTAIN JANUARY (1924) A lighthouse keeper finds a little girl who is washed ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and tries to take her away.
September 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Saturday, September 27th, 3:00pm
Comedy Shorts Afternoon

Watch as student projectionists hone their craft in this FREE afternoon show!

What films will they show us? You’ll have to be there to find out. Come for one, stay for all.
September 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Saturday, September 20th, 7:30pm at our Edison Theater

Jon Mirsalis, Kurzweil Keyboard Accompaniment

CITY GIRL (1930) A Chicago waitress (Mary Duncan) falls in love with a Minnesota farmer (Charles Farrell), and decides to face a life in the country.
Directed by F.W. Murnau

#silentfilm
September 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Sunday, September 14th, 3:00pm

Laurel & Hardy / Our Gang Talkie Matinee

MIKE FRIGHT (1934) Our Gang
BACON GRABBERS (1929) Laurel & Hardy
FRAMING YOUTH (1937) Our Gang
HOG WILD (1930) Laurel & Hardy
September 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Saturday, September 13th, 7:30pm
Comedy Shorts Night
Greg Pane, Piano Accompaniment

THE FLOORWALKER (1916, Mutual) Charlie Chaplin

NEIGHBORS (1920, Schenck) Buster Keaton

BUMPING INTO BROADWAY (1919, Rolin) Harold Lloyd

LEAVE ‘EM LAUGHING (1928, Roach)
Laurel and Hardy
September 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
And don't forget: come dressed for the 1920's and you can see the show for a nickel!
September 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM