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Teaser for our shows this month! https://t.co/qUY70HYhuM

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Preceded by: THE LAST OF THE LINE (1914)

The son of a Native American tribal chief is sent away to college to receive an education.
Dir: Jay Hunt and Thomas H. Ince
Written by C. Gardner Sullivan Starring Joe Goodboy, Sessue Hayakawa and Tsuru Aoki

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Saturday, Nov 2nd - 7:30 pm - RAMONA (1928)

Dolores Del Rio stars as the ward of a tyrannical sheep rancher who elopes with Native American chieftain Alessandro (Warner Baxter). Dir. by Chickasaw filmmaker Edwin Carewe, a lost film until rediscovered in Prague in 2010.

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Celebrating over 100 years of the Ramona Outdoor Play

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The Commentary Track with Historian Hugh Munro Neely – all about Ramona

Episode 27 https://t.co/IjMbFuKil9

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Ramona Days

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Saturday, Nov 2nd - 4:00 pm

Free Presentation: The Legend and Lore of Ramona in American Pop Culture at the turn of the last century, by Hugh Neely, Rodney Sauer, and Janet Barton.

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Saturday, November 2 - 2:00pm

Accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis.

DAUGHTER OF DAWN (1920)

This silent Western is one of the few films of the era to have an entirely Native American cast, and was a lost film until a print was discovered in 2005.

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Saturday, November 2 - 11:00am - SMOKE SIGNALS (1998)

Two young men made into brothers by circumstance reluctantly band together to retrieve their father’s ashes. Filmed on the Coeur d’Alene Reservation in northwestern Idaho.

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After the documentary feature, a Q & A with filmmaker Neil Diamond (live onscreen from Canada).

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Friday, November 1, 7:30 pm (Tonight!)

Museum Members: FREE; $10 for Not Yet Members

RED FEVER (2024, Rezolution Films)

This witty and entertaining feature documentary is about the profound — yet hidden — Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity.

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October 25th (yes, tonight!) at 7:30pm

Odyssey Film Institute
Friday Screening:
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)

George A Romero’s groundbreaking independent film that will scare the pants off you!

Preceded by a vintage cartoon and spooky trailers.

All on 16mm film.

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Saturday, October 19, 7:30pm - SPOOOOOKEY COMEDY SHORTS NIGHT - Greg Pane, Piano

HAUNTED SPOOKS (1920) Harold Lloyd
HABEAS CORPUS (1928) Laurel & Hardy
FRANKENSTEIN (1910)
FRAIDY CAT (1924) Charley Chase
THE HAUNTED KITCHEN (1903)

#silentfilm #halloween #spooky #spoooky

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Sunday, October 13, 3:00pm

Laurel & Hardy / Our Gang Talkie Matinee

SPOOKY HOOKY (1936) Our Gang

OLIVER THE EIGHTH (1933) Mae Busch

PUBLIC GHOST #1 (1935) Charley Chase

THE LIVE GHOST (1934) Laurel & Hardy

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Later, Ackerman gave free tours through Hollywood Hills home, showing off his significant prop and memorabilia collection with the likes of his Dracula ring, props from the Ray Harryhausen movies, and Maria, Metropolis' lady robot.”

Q & A with filmmaker Strephon Taylor

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Sunday, October 13, 1:00pm

UNCLE FORRY'S AckerMansions

For those of us who grew up with a love of monster movies, Forrest J. Ackerman was our source of more, more, more (!!!) as the editor of the great magazine "Famous Monsters of Filmland."

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Preceded by Shorts:

THE THIEVING HAND (1908) Paul Panzer

FELIX SWITCHES WITCHES (1927) Felix the Cat

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Saturday, October 12, 7:30pm
Greg Pane, Piano

NOSFERATU (1922) Count Orlock engages an estate agent to help him with a transaction. F.W. Murnau’s astonishing masterpiece based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a visual feast and an absolute must see!

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Lots more spooky movies coming all month, too! #silentfilm https://t.co/q98vyQRf6X

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Preceded by Shorts and at intermission author Laura Jerrolds will sign copies of her new book: Laura La Plante: Silent Cinderella.

KOKO’S HAUNTED HOUSE (1928, Inkwell Studios) Koko the Clown

THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1921, Comique, 35mm) Buster Keaton

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Saturday, October 5, 7:30pm - HAUNTED HOUSE NIGHT! - Bruce Loeb, Piano Accompaniment
THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1927) This pioneer haunted house movie is still one of the best! See Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale and Forrest Stanley gathered for the reading of the family will....