Palace of Silents

Palace of Silents

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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.

Laurence Austin

Michael F. Blake

Mike Hawks

Charlie Lustman

Douglas S. Matthews

Robert Mitchell

Dean Mora

David Slaughter

George Wagner

Valerie Yaros

John Hampton

Dorothy Hampton