Join us  Silent Film Festival 2025

Schedule:

Friday February 28, 2025
1:00 PM
The Curtain Pole 10 min. (1909) Mack Sennett, a D.W. Griffith film Music by Bill Beningfield
Valley of the Giants 51 min. (1919) Wallace Reid, directed by James Cruze Music by Ben Model
Guest Talk: Scott Eyman 20 min.Scott talks about how he chooses subjects for his celebrity biographies and their roots in silent film
The Johnstown Flood 65 min. (1926) George O'Brien, directed by Irving Cummings Music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
A Girl in Every Port 78 min. (1928) Victor McLaglen & Louise Brooks, directed by Howard Hawks Music by Marvin Faulwell & Bob Keckeisen
7:30 PM at White Concert Hall, Washburn University
His New Mama 15 min. (1924) Harry Langdon, directed by Roy Del Ruth Music by Jeff Rapsis
The Second Hundred Years 22 min. (1927) Laurel and Hardy, directed by Fred Guiol Music by Ben Model
Lady Windermere's Fan 89 min. (1925) Ronald Colman, directed by Ernst Lubitsch Music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

Saturday March1, 2025
9:00 a.m.-Noon at White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Film Documentary 60 min. An opportunity to see a documentary on the history of silent film comedy.
Max Linder Compilation 20 min. (1907-1912) Max Linder Music by Ben Model
Ice Cold Cocos 20 min. (1926) Billy Bevan, directed by Del Lord Music by Ben Model
Something New 57 min. (1920) Nell Shipman, directed by Bert Van Tuyle Music by Jeff Rapsis
1:30-5:00 p.m.White Concert Hall, Washburn University
An Eastern Westerner 27 min. (1920) Harold Lloyd, directed by Hal Roach Music by Jeff Rapsis
The Enchanted Cottage 80 min. (1924) Richard Barthelmess, directed by John S. Robertson Music by Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
The Balloonatic 22 min. (1923) Buster Keaton, directed by Edward F. Cline Music by Marvin Faulwell
Mantrap 71 min. (1926) Clara Bow, directed by Victor Fleming Music by Ben Model
7:30-10:00 p.m. at White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Ambrose's First Falsehood 11 min. (1914) Mack Swain, directed by F. Richard Jones Music by Bill Beningfield
A Night in the Show 24 min. (1915) Charlie Chaplin, directed by Charles Chaplin Music by Ben Model
Don Q: Son of Zorro 111 min. (1925) Douglas Fairbanks, directed by Donald Crisp Music by Marvin Faulwell & Bob Keckeisen

Date:February 28-March 1,2025
Location:White Concert Hall, 1700 SW Jewell Ave Topeka, KS 66621
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