Palace of Silents

Plot Summary

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 hard chairs, phonograph-record accompaniments, and mostly original vintage prints, the dingy mom-and-pop operation was nonetheless a palace to the fanatical few who became its loyal audience.

Top Cast

Laurence Austin Self (archive footage)

Michael F. Blake Self

Mike Hawks Self

Charlie Lustman Self

Douglas S. Matthews Hitman