"The San Francisco Silent Film Festival (Wed/12-Sun/16) is back this week, once again being held in a preserved classic Art Deco movie palace-though perhaps not the one you'd expect. While the Orinda Theatre does not date from the silent era (it opened in 1941), it's nonetheless one of the last of its kind in the Bay Area. In more recent years, two extra houses were added that do not detract from the original "big screen" dimensions,"
"In any case, it's the big house that'll be hosting SFSFF, whose theoretical return to SF's own Castro Theatre someday remains very much TBD. The additional schlepping you might be doing by car or BART to East Bay suburbia only makes it more attractive to stay for multiple consecutive programs, as many Silent Fest patrons are wont to do anyhow."
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival runs Wed/12-Sun/16 at the Orinda Theatre, a preserved Art Deco movie palace that opened in 1941. Two additional smaller houses were carved from adjoining retail space without reducing the original big-screen dimensions. The festival occupies the main 'big house' while a planned return to San Francisco's Castro Theatre remains uncertain. Travel by car or BART to the East Bay makes staying for multiple consecutive programs appealing to many patrons. Programming opens with Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush, featuring the Little Tramp in Klondike adventures, and closes with Buster Keaton's Go West, both released a century ago.
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