Silent Cinema Salon

Your portal to the silent film era.

Philip Carli is one of the world’s leading silent film accompanists, and this is his library of films, books, records and other oddments from the silent film era. Subscribe for members-only content and to see a new silent film every month with accompaniment improvised live on the spot by one of the best.

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Twenty Dollars a Week

George Arliss is my favorite actor, bar none. In fact, he was voted the most popular actor in the US in 1931. In his 1924 film, $20 a Week, he is fully on form. This film is not only family

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Tillie’s Punctured Romance

Marie Dressler, whose inimitable presence captured the hearts of stage and film audiences alike, first brought this comedy to the stage under the title Tillie’s Nightmare. It was such a success that Keystone chose it for their first feature-length comedy,

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The Canadian

This powerful human drama depicts a relationship rooted in the harsh realities of the northern Plains; Philip Carli compares it favorably to The Wind. Our copy is from a pristine print held on deposit by Paramount Pictures at the Library

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