The Cinema Museum, London

Entries from November 1st, 2013

Don’t miss our haunted live cinema encounter

November 2013 · News

 … you have until 9 Nov to catch it! Check out the tweets over at

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An Evening with Carl Davis: Scoring the Mutuals

October 2013 · Events

The creator of many memorable soundtracks for film/TV, including The French Lieutenant’s Woman and the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice, Davis has scored over 60 silent classics, from Napoleon, Ben Hur and Safety Last to Chaplin’s much-loved Mutual shorts.

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Prize-winners: The Films of Director John Krish

October 2013 · Events

The day after his 90th birthday, the award winning director presents an assortment of five perfectly crafted, minutely observed, and often brilliantly inventive, films from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s, including The Elephant Never Forgets and Children’s Film Foundation film Friend or Foe.

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The Merry Widow (1925) – screening (POSTPONED – NEW DATE TBA)

October 2013 · Events

Donald MacKenzie, the organist from the Odeon Leicester Square, presents Erich von Stroheim’s silent version of The Merry Widow and plays the piano accompaniment.

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Transculture at the Cinema Museum: Normal (2003)

October 2013 · Events

Alexandria Aileen Adamson will be here to entertain us, followed by a screening of acclaimed HBO film Normal, starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson, about the gender transition of Ruth Applewood, a transsexual woman who had been living as a man for 25 years of marriage.

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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Party

October 2013 · Events

Enjoy this milestone of Whovian history in the company of fellow fans, special guests, and big screen Technicolor Daleks. More details to be announced!

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Wonder Reels: Malphino present Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria (1957)

October 2013 · Events

Watch the trailer for a fabulous event! Be transported by the tropical rhythms of wonderful band Malphino, who will play a unique Fellini-inspired set created especially for this event. The concert will be followed by a screening of Fellini’s beautiful and haunting Nights of Cabiria.

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Conrad Veidt: The British Years + screening of Under the Red Robe (1937)

October 2013 · Events

Star of Weimar silents including The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, later a villain in Casablanca, from 1932-1940 Veidt starred in 13 British features and became a potent symbol of anti-Nazi opposition. Film maker and historian Tom Hamilton gives an illustrated talk on this fascinating period in Veidt’s life and career.

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