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The Unholy Three visits TIFF Bell Lightbox

Eric Veillette

An archival 35mm print of Tod Browning’s The Unholy Three (1925), an early mingling of the underworld with the macabre, visits TIFF Bell Lightbox on Saturday, June 25 at 8pm, with piano accompaniment by Laura Silberberg. The film, which stars Lon Chaney, premiered in Toronto on August 4, 1925, at Shea’s Hippodrome. It was preceded by a travelogue showing a “bevy of bathing beauties” at Coney Island and a short comedy starring Harry Langdon. Shea’s Hippodrome was the largest theatre the city had to offer when it opened in 1914, but was demolished in the late 1950s to make way … Continue reading The Unholy Three visits TIFF Bell Lightbox

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Silent Sundays presents The Thief of Bagdad

Eric Veillette

The Thief of Bagdad (1924) Directed by Raoul Walsh Written by Achmed Abdullah & Douglas Fairbanks Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Anna May Wong, Julanne Johnston 16mm | 140 min. Silent Sundays, our long-running celebration of silent cinema, returns to the Revue Cinema with Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Bagdad on Sunday, January 16 at 4:00 p.m.  Douglas Fairbanks produced and starred in the 1924 silent fantasy based on an Arabian Nights tale. The movie is rich in special effects: flying carpets, monsters, a cloak of invisibility, the lithe and athletic Fairbanks as well as a brief appearance by Anna May … Continue reading Silent Sundays presents The Thief of Bagdad