There are places to see Mabel Normand on the big screen,

Marilyn Slater

Looking for Mabel

September 2, 2009

 

Cinecon starts Thursday evening (September 3) sadly no Mabel Normand films this year but those of you planning to attend the September films shown at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremont are lucky indeed, as Thomas Gladysz of  the San Francisco Silent Film Examiner writes in another of his brilliant articles; Mabel Normand will amuse and charm in The Bangville Police (Keystone 1913) Saturday, September 5 and on September 19 Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915, Keystone) both will have the gift of being accompanied by Frederick Hodges at the piano.  There are other films bring shown those evening but Mabel will be there and she is well worth the suggested donation of $5.00.

 

Ok, one more reason, to go to the movies on Saturday night (September 19) Mary Pickford in "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1917) I love her in this one and if it isn’t enough to see Mabel & Mary but Niles Essanary will give us yet another famous and magnificent woman of the screen… Pearl White in an installment of  “The Perils of Pauline: The Deadly Turning” (1914, Pathe).

 

I wonder what we can do to get them to show Pearl’s wonderful “House of Hate” (I’ll send them my copy if they can’t find another)…

 

Please go and tell me how breathtaking Mabel – Mary – Pearl are, and yes, thank you so much Niles for this program and Thomas Gladysz thanks for keeping me updated.

 

Laughs and local filmmaking at Niles in September

September 1, 8:55 AM  SF Silent Movie Examiner  Thomas Gladysz

 

http://www.examiner.com/x-7605-SF-Silent-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Laughs-and-local-filmmaking-at-Niles-in-September

 

 

The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is located at 37417 Niles Blvd in Fremont, California. Their website is www.nilesfilmmuseum.org/.  For information, call (510) 494-1411 the schedule is at

http://www.nilesfilmmuseum.org/september_2009_schedule.pdf