If you walked past Joe Rinaudo’s house in La Crescenta-Montrose, you probably wouldn’t think anything extraordinary of it. You wouldn’t expect, for example, that it contains a 20-seat silent movie ...

Joe Rinaudo, the foremost expert on photoplayers, sits next to his photoplayer in his living room. If you walked past Joe Rinaudo’s house in La Crescenta-Montrose, you probably wouldn’t think anything ...

Silent Films Night at the Venango Museum in Oil City features the same Wurlitzer organ used at the old Latonia Theater in the ...

Going to the movies, and taking in the silver screen, has been a pastime for people for more than 100 years. Movies have changed over the years, but even during the age of silent film, sound has been ...

For the past year, Nate Otto has been re-creating a moviegoing experience that was last experienced 100 years ago. He’s been screening classic silent movies to as many people who can fit into his ...

The 35mm films are in place, and the University of Colorado Denver music students have their instruments ready. The Denver Silent Film Festival runs tomorrow through Sunday at the King Center on the ...

Stationed in Music Hall’s ballroom is an instrument few know about: the Wurlitzer organ—a special type of theater organ manufactured by the renowned Cincinnati-based Wurlitzer Company to accompany ...

Dr. Marvin Faulwell’s Allen GW4 theater organ looms large in his Lee's Summit living room, where he's created a score for the silent film "Peter Pan." Faulwell will perform it Sunday at the Kansas ...

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival runs Nov. 12-16 with special-effects wizards and lovingly restored works.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Joe Rinaudo has spent decades restoring photoplayers, rare instruments that once accompanied silent films. He is a ...