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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The Dixie Flyer

Link to the Film This film may be viewed for free on YouTube, thanks to the generosity of the Library of Congress and Dr. Carli. For a link to the livestream recording with Dr. Carli’s commentary, please subscribe ($5 ticket/$10

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The Rose of Rhodesia

This extraordinary 1918 fiction film is based on the unrest then current in Rhodesia and centers on an African chief and his decisions regarding his dignity and legacy, as well as the destiny of his people in a time of

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East Is East

To view the film you may purchase a ticket ($5) or subscribe ($10) for extra information and content. The Book Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw’s play about the power of phonetics to disrupt the social protection of income inequality, was first

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