Suzanne Lloyd News

Explore the rich history of cinema at the 37th Annual Avalon Silent Film Showcase, hosted by the Catalina Museum for Art & History. Enjoy a unique cinematic experience like no other.

Sierra Madre Playhouse presents a diverse lineup of seven programs in February 2024, featuring comedy, jazz, classical music, and family-friendly events.

Sierra Madre Playhouse celebrates its centennial with a two-day silent film festival, featuring iconic films and a gala celebration. Join the festivities on February 3 and 4, 2024.

Sierra Madre Playhouse is gearing up to celebrate its 100th anniversary with a diverse lineup of programming in Spring 2024.

Bandrika Studios and Biscetti Productions present Silent Films Live III hosted by Suzanne Lloyd, granddaughter of silent film star Harold Lloyd and under the baton of award-winning conductor Angel Velez (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Miss World 2022).

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) named as the presenting sponsor for Silent Films Live: Halloween UNcanceled. Celebrating over 80 years of service to songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses, BMI is a global leader in music rights management, serving as an advocate for the value of music.

The Advanced Imaging Society's Lumiere Awards, presented by Dell and Cisco, awarded 23 statuettes for distinguished creative and technical achievement during its eleventh annual awards ceremony tonight at Warner Bros. Studios.

The Advanced Imaging Society will honor Walt Disney Imagineering at the 11th Annual Lumiere Awards, joining previously announced Harold Lloyd Award recipient, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker James Mangold. Four-time Golden Globe nominee Caitriona Balfe (Ford v Ferrari, Outlander) will join Suzanne Lloyd, Chairwoman of Harold Lloyd Entertainment in presenting to Mangold. The Lumiere Awards will be held on Wednesday, January 22 at Warner Bros. Studios.

Opened in 1928, the lavish Ohio Theatre was built to be a movie house, complete with an extravagant theatre organ to provide the soundtrack of the day's silent films. On July 20 and 21, the Ohio returns to its roots with the CAPA Summer Movie Series presentation of silent film The Freshman starring Harold Lloyd.

The Advanced Imaging Society announced today that Marvel Studios' Executive Producer Victoria Alonso will receive the Society's 2016 Harold Lloyd Award for filmmaking at the Society's annual Creative Arts Award Show held on January 28th at Warner Bros. Studios.

Members of the original Mickey Mouse Club will join the fun at D23 EXPO 2015 during a special presentation to commemorate the show's 60th anniversary.

"Gravity" (Warner Bros.) swept several categories including: best "Live Action 3D Feature," best "Stereography - Live Action," best "3D Scene of the Year," and best "2D to 3D Conversion." Two of the Society's Lumiere statuettes were presented to "Frozen" (Walt Disney Animation Studios) for best "Animated 3D Feature" and best "Stereography - Animation."

The International 3D and Advanced Imaging Society will present the 2014 Harold Lloyd Award for filmmaking to Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, at its annual Creative Arts Awards on January 28th.

This fall, Music Box Theatre's monthly Second Saturday Silent Cinema series screens a trio of excellent matinees. John Ford's remarkable first picture Straight Shooting - a Western, naturally - bows September 14, followed by Buster Keaton's must-see masterpiece The General today, October 12 and the stop-motion sci-fi classic The Lost World on November 9.

This fall, Music Box Theatre's monthly Second Saturday Silent Cinema series screens a trio of excellent matinees. John Ford's remarkable first picture Straight Shooting - a Western, naturally - bows today, September 14, followed by Buster Keaton's must-see masterpiece The General on October 12 and the stop-motion sci-fi classic The Lost World on November 9. Named by Chicago magazine as the Best New Film Series of 2011 and hailed by the Chicago Reader's J.R. Jones as one of the best movie matinee series in the city, the Silent Cinema Series is presented the second Saturday of each month at noon. All films are shown authentically in 35mm at proper silent film speed and aspect ratio with live accompaniment by Dennis Scott at the Music Box theatre organ.

This fall, Music Box Theatre's monthly Second Saturday Silent Cinema series screens a trio of excellent matinées. John Ford's remarkable first picture Straight Shooting - a Western, naturally - bows September 14, followed by Buster Keaton's must-see masterpiece The General on October 12 and the stop-motion sci-fi classic The Lost World on November 9. Named by Chicago magazine as the Best New Film Series of 2011 and hailed by the Chicago Reader's J.R. Jones as one of the best movie matinée series in the city, the Silent Cinema Series is presented the second Saturday of each month at noon. All films are shown authentically in 35mm at proper silent film speed and aspect ratio with live accompaniment by Dennis Scott at the Music Box theatre organ.

Music Box Theatre presents a long lost film from the Hollywood Golden Age when its monthly Silent Cinema Series revives the 1922 Gloria Swanson/Rudolph Valentino treasure Beyond the Rocks. Chicagoans will have the rare opportunity to see this silent romance on the big screen with live musical accompaniment when Beyond the Rocks screens Saturday, June 8, noon, at Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Avenue.

Hailed as one of the great film comedies of all time, the 1923 romantic comedy Safety Last includes one of the most famous images from the silent film era: Harold Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock as he dangles from the outside of a skyscraper above moving traffic. For four days only, the Music Box Theatre gives audiences the rare opportunity to experience this comedy classic in celebration of its 90th anniversary. Lloyd was crowned the king of daredevil comedy thanks to Safety Last and - after decades of chases, explosions and CGI - the film's death-defying stunts still have the power to send audiences reeling. Safety Last will be screened in a new digital restoration made from the original nitrate camera negative, Friday-Monday, May 24-27 at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Avenue.

The silent 1928 Buster Keaton classic THE CAMERAMAN comes to the Music Box as part of its monthly Silent Cinema Series with live pipe organ accompaniment. Second Today Silent Cinema presents THE CAMERAMAN today, November 10, noon, at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Avenue.