SUN SEP 14, 2025 8:00 PM "Liberty" / THE MAN WHO LAUGHS $12.00 (member) ; $17.00 (general admission) Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee. Los Feliz 3 | Introduction by UCLA Film & Television Archive Associate Motion Picture Curator Steven K. Hill, film historian Randy Haberkamp, Manager, Restoration & Preservation, NBCUniversal Jen Hashida and grandson of Hal Roach, Addison Randall. Live score by Cliff Retallick. Rare L.A. Screening! Co-presented by Retroformat Silent Films and Mount Saint Mary’s University Graduate Programs in Film, Television and New Media ‘Los Angeles Silent Film Festival’ Book signing with author Mary Mallory for her book First Women of Hollywood prior to the screening at 7:30pm at the Los Feliz 3. Checking Event Status... *This is an RSVP which means first come first served. This RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please select the quantity and fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP First Name Last Name Email Quantity Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE FILMS: “Liberty,” 1929, Leo McCarey, 20 Mins, Blackhawk Films, USA Two escaped convicts, Laurel and Hardy, embark on a frantic, pants-swapping odyssey that escalates from back alleys to the dizzying heights of downtown L.A. on an unfinished skyscraper. FORMAT: DCP THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, 1928, Dir. Paul Leni, 110 Mins, Universal Pictures, USA Paul Leni’s THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (1928) is a hauntingly beautiful fusion of Hollywood spectacle and German Expressionist artistry, adapted from Victor Hugo’s classic novel. Conrad Veidt delivers one of silent cinema’s unforgettable performances as Gwynplaine, a man mutilated in childhood into an image that would inspire Batman’s arch-nemesis, the Joker. Yet behind his grotesque smile lies a soul racked with loneliness and longing, his only solace found in the love of the blind Dea (Mary Philbin). Director Paul Leni was brought to Universal after his visionary work in Germany on such pictures as WAXWORKS (1924). His direction infuses the film with stylized shadows, breathtaking compositions, and sequences of staggering visual power, from a snow-lashed deportation ship to the political intrigues of the House of Lords. Part romance, part social critique, and part gothic melodrama, The Man Who Laughs stands as a triumph of silent-era artistry and an emotionally devastating tale of love, cruelty, and resilience. FORMAT: DCP