She also lectures for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UCLA, Poster House, and Seattle’s Silent Film Mondays.
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ONLINE WITH SFFP returns next month! Stay tuned for details.
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Mallory is the author of five books, including First Women of Hollywood, and has written for American History magazine, Noir City magazine, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and the Women Film Pioneers Project.
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We’re one day away from the world premiere of our 4K restoration of F.W. Murnau’s masterpiece SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS! Here’s one more sneak peek. 👀
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It’s almost time for the big reveal! On June 20, our 4K restoration of F.W. Murnau’s “SUNRISE” makes its world premiere at Il Cinema Ritrovato. Nearly a century after it first stunned audiences, this silent masterpiece returns sharper, richer, and more radiant than ever. Here’s a sneak peek! 👀🌅
German Expressionism gave director F.W. Murnau a radical tool: the camera as a window into the human psyche. In this shot from SUNRISE, cinematographers Charles Rosher & Karl Struss layer images of the City Woman (Margaret Livingston) over, above & through George O’Brien from multiple angles at once
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Missed last Friday’s ONLINE WITH SFFP? Catch “First Women of Hollywood” now on YouTube.
June’s edition of our free, monthly online series welcomed historian Mary Mallory for a deep dive into the women who built the silent film industry from the ground up.
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Her talk spotlights pioneers like Hattie Tabourne, Elizabeth McGaffey, Julia Heron, and Viola Lawrence, whose work helped legitimize the medium, until the industrialized studio system pushed them out.
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It’s a technical flourish that doubles as psychological portraiture: that feeling of being overwhelmed, consumed, and confused by passion and desire. 📽️
Our spectacular new 4K restoration of SUNRISE premieres at Il Cinema Ritrovato on June 20. 🎞️
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Women popularized and legitimized silent films, first by skyrocketing attendance and then by providing an invaluable part of its workforce. The film business exploded in size and popularity thanks to the labor of women and other people outside of the traditional ruling class—immigrants and people of
