Palace of Silents

6.4 2010 77 min
Documentary History

Built in 1942 by a maverick film preservationist, this small Los Angeles theater championed silent film at the very moment when the Hollywood studios across town were busily destroying their nitrate inventories. With ha…

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Iain Kennedy

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Laurence Austin Self (archive footage)
Michael F. Blake Self
Mike Hawks Self
Charlie Lustman Self
Douglas S. Matthews Hitman
Robert Mitchell Self
Dean Mora Self
David Slaughter Self
George Wagner Self
Valerie Yaros Self
John Hampton Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Hampton Self (archive footage)

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