This Saturday: EPICS OF THE SILENT SCREEN
The studio-funded “tentpole” movie is not a recent concept. As demonstrated by these early classics, Hollywood has had a long and mostly profitable love affair with expensive, highly-produced “high concept” blockbusters, which continues unabated to this day. The faces and technologies have changed, but the conventions remain much the same.
This Saturday's Movies - 7/27/2019
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4:00 PM
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance throughout history.
<p> (USA, 1916, B&W, 163 mins, dir. D.W. Griffith, with Mae Marsh & Miriam Cooper, Silent with music score) |
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7:00 PM
Childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. Framed by Messala for killing a Roman official dooms Judah as a Roman Galley slave, which he eventually is freed from and returns plotting revenge against Messala.
<p> (USA, 1925, B&W, 143 mins, dir. Fred Niblo, with Ramon Navarro & Francis X. Bushman, silent with music score) |
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9:30 PM
Madariaga is an Argentinian cattle baron with two daughters: one married a Frenchman, the other a German. Similar to Arthurian Legend of two brothers (Suite du Merlin) from Le Morte d'Arthur, the film deals with the two brothers-in-laws in opposing armies during WWI.
<p> (USA, 1921, B&W, 134 mins, dir. Rex Ingram, with Rudolph Valentino & Alice Terry, Silent with music score) |
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11:35 PM
An extraordinary piece of horse racing history. This "lost" original documentary was made in 1939 by Seabiscuit's owner, Charles Howard, in honor of Seabiscuit winning the coveted title of "Horse of the Year." You'll see Seabiscuit's birth, his early life in the stables, and Seabiscuit's first race where his fourth place finish earned him $50.
<p> (USA, 1939, Color, 50 mins, dir. Manny Nathan Hahn, with Martin Mason, Charles Howard & Doc Bond) |
Upcoming Movies
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8/3/2019
(#13119; 61 minutes; 8/4/2007)
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8/3/2019
(#3452; 135 minutes; 11/15/1997)
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8/3/2019
(#1762; 123 minutes; 1/18/1997)
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8/3/2019
(#1734; 96 minutes; 2/20/1999)
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8/10/2019
(#12479; 29 minutes; 12/1/2007)
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8/10/2019
(#11618; 15 minutes; 5/27/2006)
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8/10/2019
(#914; 87 minutes; 10/4/1997)
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8/10/2019
(#30101; 15 minutes; 6/3/2017)
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8/10/2019
(#11232; 99 minutes; 12/10/2005)
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8/10/2019
(#438; 88 minutes; 2/8/1997)
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8/17/2019
(#16606; 106 minutes; 6/27/2009)
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8/17/2019
(#945; 94 minutes; 12/7/1996)
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8/17/2019
(#433; 119 minutes; 12/7/1996)
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8/17/2019
(#11212; 108 minutes; 12/3/2005)
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8/24/2019
(#1451; 91 minutes; 8/23/1997)
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8/24/2019
(#11561; 117 minutes; 5/13/2006)
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8/24/2019
(#330; 24 minutes; 2/1/1997)
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8/24/2019
(#952; 89 minutes; 12/21/1996)
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8/31/2019
(#2914; 89 minutes; 6/27/1998)
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8/31/2019
(#2915; 113 minutes; 6/27/1998)
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8/31/2019
(#3043; 75 minutes; 4/26/1997)
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8/31/2019
(#8983; 26 minutes; 10/9/2004)
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8/31/2019
(#430; 147 minutes; 10/19/1996)
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9/7/2019
(#1600; 88 minutes; 11/23/1996)
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9/7/2019
(#2767; 115 minutes; 11/23/1996)
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9/7/2019
(#3353; 149 minutes; 10/11/1997)
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9/7/2019
(#431; 109 minutes; 11/23/1996)
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9/14/2019
(#13398; 98 minutes; 9/8/2007)
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9/14/2019
(#960; 125 minutes; 8/30/1997)
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9/14/2019
(#11627; 19 minutes; 5/6/2006)
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9/14/2019
(#432; 116 minutes; 7/18/1998)
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9/21/2019
(#380; 96 minutes; 11/16/1996)
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9/21/2019
(#11077; 19 minutes; 9/23/2017)
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9/21/2019
(#11626; 37 minutes; 5/27/2006)
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9/21/2019
(#1754; 124 minutes; 11/16/1996)
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9/21/2019
(#1742; 79 minutes; 11/16/1996)
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9/28/2019
(#1688; 91 minutes; 2/11/1996)
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9/28/2019
(#957; 115 minutes; 1/16/1999)
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9/28/2019
(#1687; 95 minutes; 2/11/1996)
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9/28/2019
(#322; 142 minutes; 11/30/1996)
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10/5/2019
(#1449; 79 minutes; 1/25/1997)
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10/5/2019
(#1737; 105 minutes; 12/28/1996)
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10/5/2019
(#12478; 17 minutes; 8/18/2007)
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10/5/2019
(#319; 99 minutes; 12/28/1996)
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10/12/2019
(#434; 94 minutes; 10/16/1999)
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10/12/2019
(#376; 82 minutes; 11/28/1998)
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10/12/2019
(#8985; 26 minutes; 2/12/2005)
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10/12/2019
(#1772; 93 minutes; 10/5/1996)
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10/12/2019
(#955; 75 minutes; 10/5/1996)
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10/12/2019
(#1892; 82 minutes; 1/3/1997)
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10/19/2019
(#3824; 82 minutes; 6/20/1998)
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10/19/2019
(#1776; 100 minutes; 10/12/1996)
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10/19/2019
(#12040; 95 minutes; 11/11/2006)
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10/19/2019
(#1764; 88 minutes; 10/12/1996)
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10/19/2019
(#12039; 89 minutes; 11/11/2006)
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10/26/2019
(#916; 84 minutes; 3/29/1997)
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10/26/2019
(#11218; 73 minutes; 11/19/2005)
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10/26/2019
(#948; 77 minutes; 4/5/1997)
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10/26/2019
(#32728; 40 minutes; 10/27/2018)
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10/26/2019
(#1761; 72 minutes; 11/16/1996)
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11/2/2019
(#11620; 40 minutes; 5/27/2006)
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11/2/2019
(#437; 108 minutes; 4/26/1997)
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11/2/2019
(#12044; 119 minutes; 1/20/2007)
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11/2/2019
(#12041; 169 minutes; 1/20/2007)
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11/9/2019
(#2916; 116 minutes; 5/3/1997)
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11/9/2019
(#3183; 103 minutes; 4/28/2001)
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11/9/2019
(#2028; 114 minutes; 11/9/1996)
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11/9/2019
(#1452; 99 minutes; 12/5/1998)
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11/16/2019
(#3435; 94 minutes; 11/8/1997)
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11/16/2019
(#12089; 95 minutes; 2/17/2007)
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11/16/2019
(#328; 51 minutes; 1/11/1997)
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11/16/2019
(#381; 89 minutes; 1/4/1997)
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11/16/2019
(#2581; 102 minutes; 1/4/1997)
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11/23/2019
(#3466; 116 minutes; 11/22/1997)
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11/23/2019
(#12080; 93 minutes; 1/6/2007)
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11/23/2019
(#12090; 107 minutes; 1/6/2007)
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11/23/2019
(#3465; 129 minutes; 11/22/1997)
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11/30/2019
(#30095; 109 minutes; 11/7/2015)
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11/30/2019
(#30098; 74 minutes; 11/7/2015)
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11/30/2019
(#30102; 79 minutes; 11/7/2015)
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11/30/2019
(#30106; 76 minutes; 11/7/2015)
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12/7/2019
(#31876; 73 minutes; 12/9/2017)
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12/7/2019
(#3262; 78 minutes; 8/9/1997)
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12/7/2019
(#31865; 61 minutes; 12/9/2017)
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12/7/2019
(#31863; 80 minutes; 12/9/2017)
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12/7/2019
(#31862; 101 minutes; 12/9/2017)
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12/14/2019
(#11563; 90 minutes; 5/13/2006)
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12/14/2019
(#11562; 92 minutes; 5/13/2006)
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12/14/2019
(#8363; 72 minutes; 2/7/2004)
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12/21/2019
(#9224; 89 minutes; 12/25/2004)
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12/21/2019
(#9225; 80 minutes; 12/25/2004)
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12/21/2019
(#15379; 59 minutes; 12/27/2008)
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12/28/2019
(#11581; 23 minutes; 9/30/2006)
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12/28/2019
(#11575; 26 minutes; 9/30/2006)
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12/28/2019
(#11585; 14 minutes; 9/30/2006)
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12/28/2019
(#8951; 20 minutes; 1/1/2005)
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12/28/2019
(#11582; 25 minutes; 9/30/2006)
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12/28/2019
(#11583; 27 minutes; 9/30/2006)
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12/28/2019
(#3288; 28 minutes; 10/18/1997)
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12/28/2019
(#11584; 30 minutes; 9/30/2006)
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12/28/2019
(#11580; 23 minutes; 9/30/2006)
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