🌿 From the San Francisco Film Preserve collection to the big screen in Martha’s Vineyard! 🌿On Monday, Sept 29 at 7:30 PM, the MV Film Society celebrates Silent Movie Day with the sparkling new 4K restoration of THE GARDEN OF EDEN (1928). 🎟️ https://mvfilmsociety.com/2025/09/the-garden-of-eden/

Celebrate the magic of silent cinema with a dazzling gem from the San Francisco Film Preserve collection—Lewis Milestone’s THE GARDEN OF EDEN (1928), freshly reborn in a stunning 4K restoration thanks to SFFP, in partnership with @eastmanmuseum.bsky.social and the Library of Congress. 1/4

📰✨ EXTRA! EXTRA! Celebrate Silent Movie Day at The Roxie! On Monday, Sept. 29 at 6PM, see the restored 100th anniversary screening of Emory Johnson’s THE LAST EDITION (1925) — a gripping newsroom drama filmed right here in San Francisco! 1/3

🎥✨ Now streaming on demand! Online with SFFP — Preserving Douglass Crockwell’s Mutoscopes is available to watch anytime on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@San... 1/3

🎬✨ Next week is Silent Movie Day, and we’re celebrating with a rare treat: a centennial screening of THE LAST EDITION (1925) at the Roxie! 🎟️ TICKETS: roxie.com/film/the-l... 1/6

✨ Step into The Garden of Eden ✨ On September 28 at 8 PM, STOM! Film Festival in Bruges presents Lewis Milestone’s dazzling 1928 gem, THE GARDEN OF EDEN — with live piano accompaniment by Jozef Sercu 🎹. 1/4

📰✨ A San Francisco story, 100 years in the making. We’re thrilled to share the restored trailer for THE LAST EDITION (1925) — a thrilling newsroom drama shot on location right here in SF. #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #SilentMovieDay #TheLastEdition #Centennial #SilentFilm #FilmSky #Trailer

🎬 Ever heard of a mutoscope? Imagine flipping through moving pictures on a reel — part arcade novelty, part cinematic time machine. #OnlineWithSFFP #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #Mutoscopes #DouglassCrockett #FilmPreservation #FilmSky 1/3

📰 EXTRA! EXTRA! Silent Movie Day is coming to the Roxie Theater, co-presented by San Francisco Film Preserve! Step back 100 years with Emory Johnson’s THE LAST EDITION, a thrilling newspaper drama shot right here in San Francisco! 1/4

🎬 From our own vaults to the big screen! Before Erich von Stroheim’s groundbreaking BLIND HUSBANDS (1919), the program opens with a rare 35mm print of SCREEN SNAPSHOTS No. 10 (1922) — straight from the San Francisco Film Preserve collection. 1/5

Ever peeked into a mutoscope? 🎞️ Before streaming, before VHS, even before TV—mutoscopes brought moving pictures to life one flip at a time. 1/7

A nice mention of THE GARDEN OF EDEN by Pierre Eugène in his wrap-up of Il Cinema Ritrovato, featured in the September issue of @cahiersducinema.bsky.social 1/5

🎬✨ Are you on our list yet? SFFP’s weekly newsletter is where the real (reel?) movie magic happens — think rare film finds, preservation secrets, restoration news, and first dibs on in-person and virtual events you won’t want to miss. It’s like having a backstage pass to cinema history. 🍿 1/2

✨⚡️ What a night! Last Tuesday’s BLACK LIGHTNING premiere lit up the Roxie in the best way. From the dazzling presence of Clara Bow on screen to the incredible insights shared by biographer David Stenn, plus the live piano magic of Wayne Barker 🎹, it was an evening to remember. 1/4

Have you heard of #DouglassCrockwell? If not, you should. 👀 Best known as a celebrated illustrator, Crockwell was also a pioneer in experimental animation and #mutoscopes 📽️—making him the very first artist of the medium. #FilmSky #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #OnlineWithSFFP #FilmPreservation 1/3

🎥✨ Step into the world of early cinema innovation! Join us Friday, September 19, for the next edition of ONLINE WITH SFFP: Preserving Douglass Crockwell’s Mutoscopes. 1/5

SFFP’s Rob Byrne & Kathy Rose O’Regan just laid down a brand-new commentary track for an upcoming #LouiseBrooks Blu-ray. That’s all we can share for now! Want to know more? 👉 Sign up: filmpreserve.org/receive-upda... #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #FilmPreservation #SilentFilm #BehindTheScenes #FilmSky

A packed house for our first in-person event: the world premiere 4K restoration screening of BLACK LIGHTNING, starring #ClaraBow — unseen for more than 100 years! Thanks to everyone who came out, the Roxie, Wayne Barker on piano, and David Stenn. #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #BlackLightning #silentfilm

✨🎬 Missed the latest ONLINE WITH SFFP? Don’t worry — it’s ready when you are! Film critic Pamela Hutchinson uncovers the bold, witty, and sometimes controversial voice of C. A. Lejeune, one of Britain’s very first women film critics.

🐾✨ TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT! ✨🐾 Join us at the Roxie Theater at 6:30 pm for a tail-wagging, silent-film spectacular! 🐶🎬 BLACK LIGHTNING, starring Thunder, the Marvel Dog, and Clara Blow, makes its world premiere in glorious 4K and the first time it’s been screened in more than 100 years!

SMILE — it’s Clara Bow! And she’s back on the big screen TOMORROW, August 26, at the Roxie Theater for the world premiere 4K restoration screening of BLACK LIGHTNING. We’re so proud to show this film to the public for the first time in more than 100 years.

Thunder to the rescue! 🐾 Don’t miss all the thrilling moments of BLACK LIGHTNING at the world premiere on Aug 26 at the Roxie Theater. A film unseen for more than 100 years! 🎟️ roxie.com/film/sf-film... #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #BlackLightning #ClaraBow #SilentFilm #FilmScreening #RoxieTheater

⚡ Today we’re dropping a brand-new trailer for BLACK LIGHTNING — cut just for its long-lost return to the screen, with an original score by Wayne Barker! 🎹🔥 Join us at the Roxie on Tuesday, August 26, for the world premiere restoration screening, where Wayne will perform his score live on piano.

🧼 Today’s BLACK LIGHTNING countdown clip is pure Clara Bow mischief! She hoists poor Joe Butterworth up on a hook just to give his face a good scrubbing — he resists, she insists. Clara laughs, but make no mistake… she means business! #FilmSky #SFFP #ClaraBow

✨ The countdown is on! ✨ Next Tuesday, Aug 26, the world premiere restoration of BLACK LIGHTNING lights up the Roxie Theater — the film’s first public screening in more than 100 years! 🎬🐾 It’s one night only — and you’re invited!

🎬✨ TOMORROW! Experience the magic of silent cinema brought to life! On Tuesday, Aug 19 @ 7:30 PM, celebrated pianist Makia Matsumura performs a fully improvised live score for the stunning 4K restoration of Sessue Hayakawa’s 1919 masterpiece THE DRAGON PAINTER at Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music.

In this scene from BLACK LIGHTNING — unseen for more than a century! — Thunder, The ‘Marvel’ Dog, and actor Harold Austin speak volumes without a single word. 🐾 #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #SFFP #BlackLightning #ClaraBow #FilmScreening #Roxie #SilentFilm #FilmSky

Before she became Hollywood’s legendary “It Girl,” Clara Bow was already unstoppable. In 1924 alone, the 19-year-old rising star appeared in no fewer than eight(!) feature films — from GRIT, based on a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald... 1/7

🎬 THIS FRIDAY — Step into the golden age of British film criticism with the fierce, funny women who wrote it into history! For the next installment of Online with SFFP — our free monthly virtual series — join film critic Pamela Hutchinson for a lively talk on C. A. 1/3

100 years in the making…Clara Bow’s first moment in BLACK LIGHTNING — unseen for a century — is finally here. 🎥 Restored. Radiant. Ready for the Roxie Theater on August 26. Watch the clip. Grab your ticket. Be part of history. #FilmSky #ClaraBow #SilentFilm #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve

THUNDER, ‘THE MARVEL DOG,’ RETURNS TO THE BIG SCREEN 🐾 Silent film’s forgotten four-legged superstar is back—fully restored! #FilmSky#SFFP #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #BlackLightning #ThunderTheMarvelDog #ClaraBow 1/10

🎬 Huge thanks to BFI’s @sightsoundmag.bsky.social and writer Bryony Dixon for spotlighting THE GARDEN OF EDEN as an Il Cinema Ritrovato discovery in the September issue! 🌸 We’re honored to see our 4K restoration of this 1928 gem celebrated among the year’s most exciting rediscoveries. #FilmSky

🎬✨ We’re honored and thrilled to share that San Francisco Film Preserve has been awarded a 2025 preservation grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation! @filmpreservation.bsky.social #FilmSky #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #FilmPreservation #JeanHarlow #SilentFilm #NFPF 1/4

🎬✨ ONLINE WITH SFFP is next week! Join us Friday, August 15 at 12pm PT for a fascinating online talk with film critic and author Pamela Hutchinson on the legacy of C. A. Lejeune and Britain’s pioneering women film critics. 🎥🖋️ 1/3

🎬🐶✨ A Star-Studded Night of Silent Film & Heroic Hounds! SFFP’s In-Person Premiere Event Tuesday, August 26 | Roxie Theater | San Francisco #FilmSky 1/5

🎬✨ Calling all classic film lovers and fans of fearless female voices in film history! #FilmSky 1/5

🎬✨ Online with SFFP: C. A. Lejeune and Britain’s Lady Film Critics 🗓️ Friday, August 15 🕛 12:00 PM–1:00 PM Pacific Time 🎟️ FREE! Register: filmpreserve.org/eve... #FilmSky #SFFP #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #OnlineWithSFFP 1/6

🎥✨ ICYMI: SFFP’s Kathy Rose O’Regan was on @ktvufox2.bsky.social repping silent film in style! Catch her talking about “Silent Film in the Tenderloin,” TOMORROW at Great American Music Hall, co-presented by @tenderloinmuseum.bsky.social & San Francisco Film Preserve www.ktvu.com/video/1... 1/4

🎬✨ This Saturday! Experience “Silent Film in the Tenderloin” at the legendary Great American Music Hall for a celebration of the neighborhood’s rich cinema history! #FilmSky 1/5

🎬 Now Streaming! Dive into the forgotten origins of Irish cinema with Dr. Veronica Johnson's fascinating virtual presentation: The Film Company of Ireland ✨ #FilmSky #SFFP #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #OnlineWithSFFP #IrishCinema #SilentFilmHistory #WomenInFilm #FilmHistory 1/3

🎺🎞️ Step back into the San Francisco Tenderloin district’s cinematic heyday with live music, silent comedy, and local history! #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #SilentFilm #BusterKeaton #FilmSky #LiveScore #SanFranciscoEvents #TenderloinMuseum #GreatAmericanMusicHall #SFNeon 1/5

🎬 THIS FRIDAY! Dive into the untold story of Ireland’s first film company. Join San Francisco Film Preserve on Friday, July 18 at 12pm PT for a fascinating online presentation with film historian Dr. Veronica Johnson as she uncovers the legacy of The Film Company of Ireland... #FilmSky #SFFP 1/4

Here’s some bonus video of the brilliant musicians in action scoring our new restoration of THE GARDEN OF EDEN (1928).

🎶🎬 Behind the scenes in the Netherlands! Earlier this month, SFFP’s own Robert Byrne teamed up with legendary musicians Stephen Horne & Frank Bockius—plus audio wizard Hans Ravestein—for a magical recording session at Groenland Studios. 1/3

And I will be giving a free online lecture, C. A. Lejeune and Britain’s Lady Film Critics, with @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social on 15 August. Find out more and sign up here. filmpreserve.org/event/online...

🎙️ Big news for silent film lovers! SFFP is featured on the latest NitrateVille Radio podcast. Rob Byrne joins Episode 121 to talk about the bold new chapter for San Francisco Film Preserve. Hear about exciting restorations on the horizon (Clara Bow! Louise Brooks!) #FilmSky #Podcast #SFFP 1/2

🎬✨ Silent film comes roaring back to life—with a Tenderloin twist! SFFP is thrilled to co-present Silent Film in the Tenderloin with the @tenderloinmuseum.bsky.social on July 26, at the iconic Great American Music Hall! 🎺🎞️ #FilmSky #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #TenderloinMuseum #BusterKeaton 1/4

📽️ Next Friday! Join us July 18 at 12pm PT for a special ONLINE WITH SFFP presentation: Uncovering The Film Company of Ireland with Dr. Veronica Johnson. #SFFP #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #OnlineWithSFFP #FilmCompanyOfIreland #IrishFilm #SilentFilm #FilmHistory #SFFP #WomenInFilm #FreeEvent 1/2

🎙️ We’re featured on the latest episode of HippCast! hippfest.wordpress.c... #FilmSky #PodcastSky #SFFP #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve 1/3

🎬✨ Silent Film in the Tenderloin — a one-night-only celebration of San Francisco’s early cinema roots featuring 2 Buster Keaton shorts with live musical accompaniment! #FilmSky #SFFP #SanFranciscoFilmPreserve #TenderloinMuseum #BusterKeaton #ClubFootOrchestra #GreatAmericanMusicHall #SFNeon 1/4