Silent Movie Day

Today, September 29th, has been established by an international group of film archivists as Silent Movie Day! Head to the DVD Distribution section of our website and learn about the myriad International Silent Classics in our catalogue, currently available for institutional rental or acquisition in North America.

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Man Ray Films GME Distributes Play at Brattle Theatre

Man Ray Films GME Distributes Play at Brattle Theatre

From Friday, May 31st, to Monday, June 3rd, four films by Man RayRETURN TO REASON, EMAK-BAKIA, L’ETOILE DE MER, and LES MYSTERES DU CHATEAU DU DE — will play at Boston’s Brattle Theatre, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of RETURN TO REASON, in the program MAN RAY: RETURN TO REASON. GME distributes Ray’s RETURN TO REASON and EMAK-BAKIA to the North American university market in the eight-film DVD collection CINÉMA DADA. This collection also includes films by early experimental cinema pioneers like Hans Richter and Fernand Léger.

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Douglas Fairbanks and Benjamin Christensen Films Play at This Year's San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Douglas Fairbanks and Benjamin Christensen Films Play at This Year's San Francisco Silent Film Festival

At this year’s San Francisco Silent Film Festival — described by eminent critic Leonard Maltin as “a feast for lovers of classic film and live music that is as elaborate, ambitious, and masterfully mounted as any I've seen” — THE BLACK PIRATE (1926) starring silent-era superstar Douglas Fairbanks, will screen, in addition to HAXAN, directed by Danish auteur Benjamin Christensen. This year’s festival begins on April 10th and runs through April 14th, with Fairbanks’ film playing on opening night. GME is proud to distribute, to the North American university market, 11 Fairbanks films in the DVD collection DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS: A MODERN MUSKETEER. GME also distributes two Christensen titles on DVD in the collection BENJAMIN CHRISTENSEN: SEALED ORDERS / BLIND JUSTICE.

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Jon Gartenberg to Present King Vidor, Henry King, and Francis Ford Coppola Films At MoMA As Part of Adrienne Mancia Tribute

Jon Gartenberg to Present King Vidor, Henry King, and Francis Ford Coppola Films At MoMA As Part of Adrienne Mancia Tribute

On Wednesday, November 29th, 2023, at 1pm, GME President Jon Gartenberg will introduce King Vidor’s THE JACK-KNIFE MAN (1920) and Henry King’s THE SEVENTH DAY (1922) at the Museum of Modern Art, as part of their Adrienne Mancia tribute, which runs from November through December 2023. Later that day, Gartenberg will also introduce the Director’s Cut of Francis Ford Coppola’s first film, the 1963 AIP horror DEMENTIA 13.

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Today is International Silent Movie Day!

Today is International Silent Movie Day!

Today, September 29th, has been established by an international group of film archivists as Silent Movie Day! Head to the DVD Distribution section of our website and learn about the myriad International Silent Classics in our catalogue, currently available for institutional rental or acquisition in North America.

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Films by Ernst Lubitsch and Paul Leni Screening in To Save and Project Archival Films Series at the Museum of Modern Art

Films by Ernst Lubitsch and Paul Leni Screening in To Save and Project Archival Films Series at the Museum of Modern Art

Running from January 12 to February 2, 2023, this year’s program will open and close with the restoration premieres of two major silent films from MoMA’s archive: Paul Leni’s horror comedy THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1927) and Ernst Lubitsch’s comedy THE MARRIAGE CIRCLE (1924), respectively.

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Ernst Lubitsch’s ROSITA is Streaming from the Museum of Modern Art Through Nov. 3rd

Ernst Lubitsch’s ROSITA is Streaming from the Museum of Modern Art Through Nov. 3rd

Ernst Lubitsch was invited to Hollywood by Mary Pickford to direct her in what would become her first adult role. The result is this thoroughly enchanting blend of the “cast of thousands” period films that Lubitsch had been making in Germany and his emerging interest in bittersweet romantic comedy.

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