Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival

Schedule Of Events:

10:00 Am - Special Early Bird Presentation (Free)

Mark Archuleta
The Reel Thrilling Events Of Bank Robber Henry Starr, From Gentleman Bandit To Movie Star And Back Again Is Being Published In July 2025 By The University Of North Texas Press. Henry Starr Was A Real Horseback Bandit Who Lived Long Enough To See The Invention Of The Motion Picture Camera. When He Was Released From The Oklahoma Penitentiary In 1919, He Was Flooded With Offers From Movie Producers To Star In His Own Movies. He Made A Debtor To The Law, But Because Of Censorship By The Women's Christian Temperance Union, His Film Couldn't Play In The Big Theatres. To Fund His Next Motion Picture, He Decided To Rob One Last Bank.

Books Will Be Available For Sale After The Program.

10:45 Am - Presentation (Free): 

Marc Wanamaker 
Deconstructing Broncho Billy - An In-Depth Conversation About The First Cowboy Movie Star.

Broncho Billy's Stories Of The Old West Were Filmed Amid The Spectacular Scenery Of The Real West, And Set The Pattern For Western Movies As We Know Them Today.

Marc Does A Deep Dive Into What Made Broncho Billy Tick And Why His Films Still Matter Today.

12:30 Pm - Presentation (Free): Film Preservation With The Prelinger Archives 

Prelinger Archives Is Collaborating With Filecoin Foundation For The Decentralized Web And Internet Archive To Scan Moving Images On Film And Make Digitized Files Freely Accessible To Community Groups, Media Makers, Educators, Students, Researchers And The Public At Internet Archive And On The Decentralized Web. Prelinger Archives’ Collections Of More Than 40,000 Items Include Home Movies, Educational And Industrial Films, Artists’ And Activists’ Films, Silent Films, Documentary Footage, And More.

2:30 Pm 

Films: David Drazin, Piano Accompaniment

Silent Oddities On Our Big Screen (Free) (60 Min)

4:00 Pm - Films: American Biograph Restorations 
From The Biograph Project

Bruce Loeb, Piano Accompaniment
$8 Museum Members; $10 Not Yet Members 
Film Preservation Society Is Currently Working To Preserve And Restore All 460+ American Biograph Films Directed By D. W. Griffith Between 1908 And 1913. We Are Grateful For Tracey Goessel For Her Tireless Efforts To Make This All A Reality. She Is Here To Introduce The Films This Weekend.

I Did It (1909) Starring Anita Hendrie, Adele De Garde, Gladys Egan (6 Min) 

Medicine Bottle (1909) While She Attends A Party, Mrs. Ross Leaves Her Young Daughter To Care For Her Bed-Ridden Mother. At The Party, Mrs. Ross Realizes She Left The Wrong Medicine, And Desperately Tries To Contact Her Daughter Before It's Too Late. (8 Min) 

Leather Stocking (1909) A Short Version Of James Fenimore Cooper's Famous Tale About Natty Bumppo, Or "Hawkeye," And His Exploits During The French And Indian War. (17 Min) 

The Rocky Road (1910) The Evils Of Drink Cause A Man To Separate From His Family. In Time, He Becomes Sober And Prosperous. Then He Meets And Falls In Love With A Young Woman, And They Become Engaged. (17 Min) 

On The Reef (1910) Starring Verner Clarges, Gladys Egan, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall (17 Min) 

The Cord Of Life (1909) Antonine, A Worthless, Good-For-Nothing Scoundrel, Demands Money Of His Cousin Galora, An Energetic, Provident Husband And Father. (15 Min) 

A Cry For Help (1912) An Intoxicated Tramp Is Taken To The Doctor's House, Received And Treated To A Square Meal. The Husband Of A Patient Has Just Died, Calls On The Doctor, Intending To Kill Him. (17 Min) 

Love In An Apartment Hotel (1913) Starring Blanch Sweet And Henry Walthall (17 Min) Bruce Loeb, Piano Accompaniment 

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