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The 2009 Silent Summer Film Festival Returns to the Portage Theatre
The Silent Film Society of Chicago is proud to present the silent
summer film festival for six consecutive Fridays beginning Friday,
July 24, 2009. W. C. Fields, Harold Lloyd, Douglas Fairbanks and
Anna May Wong are featured in a stellar lineup of classic silent films
presented in all their 35-mm magnificence. Each film will be
accompanied with live organ by distinguished photoplay organists
Dennis Scott, Jay Warren and Michael Jacklin. All films begin at 8
p.m. at the Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago.
Map of Portage Theater. See the schedule below.
Ticket Info
Festival passes (all six films): Seniors and students $43 advance
sale; Adults advance sale $49.
Individual tickets: Seniors and students $9 each advance sale; Adults
$10 each advance sale. All tickets are $12 day-of-show
Advance tickets are available at the Portage Theatre, 4050 N.
Milwaukee Ave., Chicago during regular box office hours (Ph:
773-736-4050). To request tickets by mail, download the festival flyer
and order form and mail to the Silent Film Society of Chicago, 4050 N.
Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641.
Friday, August 21, 2009 at 8 p.m.
The Thief of Baghdad (1924) featuring Douglas Fairbanks
Live theatre organ accompaniment by Dennis Scott
Plus The Portage Harem Dancers on stage, courtesy DeMaira Dance
Studio
In another wonderful Douglas Fairbanks adventure epic, the world of
the Arabian Nights springs alive before our eyes, with Fairbanks as
all of his fantastic heroes rolled into one. His athleticism is
perfectly at home in this realm of flying carpets, magic armies and
undersea battles. The realm of domes and towers, turrets and great
halls, bazaars and souks all make the perfect backdrop for Fairbanks
and and the plot's sinuous action. Julanne Johnston as The Princess is
Ahmed's (Fairbanks) love interest; 16-year old Anna May Wong
effectively plays the Mongol slave.
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Bruce Calvert
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