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The cinema museum will held a promising silent films week-end (20 th and 21 st April) that will end with a 9.5 projection.
"An ‘Only On Nine-Point-Five’ show, presented by Chris Bird. Original, 90-year old film prints will be screened on a vintage 1950s projector. The prints date from the golden age of this domestic format, beginning with a rare publicity reel advertising the range of what was on offer for film enthusiasts of the day to screen in their own homes, released when Pathescope had just secured the rights to distribute the finest films from German studio UFA on their gauge. For our main feature we have what we believe to be the only tinted copy of Metropolis in this country (the digital restoration being black and white throughout). We will also be screening a two-reel western, stylishly directed by a young William Wyler. The films will show off the range and quality of the films once available on the iconic home movie gauge, and, in this form, cannot be seen any other way."
Kennington Bioscope Seventh Silent Film Weekend – Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 April » The Cinema Museum, London
"An ‘Only On Nine-Point-Five’ show, presented by Chris Bird. Original, 90-year old film prints will be screened on a vintage 1950s projector. The prints date from the golden age of this domestic format, beginning with a rare publicity reel advertising the range of what was on offer for film enthusiasts of the day to screen in their own homes, released when Pathescope had just secured the rights to distribute the finest films from German studio UFA on their gauge. For our main feature we have what we believe to be the only tinted copy of Metropolis in this country (the digital restoration being black and white throughout). We will also be screening a two-reel western, stylishly directed by a young William Wyler. The films will show off the range and quality of the films once available on the iconic home movie gauge, and, in this form, cannot be seen any other way."
Kennington Bioscope Seventh Silent Film Weekend – Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 April » The Cinema Museum, London
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