This episode is the first in a series highlighting the short form content aired as a timed exclusive on our Golden Silent Films Podcast YouTube channel.

In this episode you will learn about Oakland, California's forgotten amusement park, Idora Park and its connections to silent film. After that, we update you on our adventures at the 2025 Columbus Moving Picture Show convention. Lastly, we resurrect a lost episode and enjoy our first Russian silent film.

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This episode is a special Pittsburgh-based double feature. Starting in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood, we'll be watching 1927's "Cave of the Silken Web" and learning about ScreenShot: Asia.

We'll follow that screening up by going to downtown Pittsburgh and the famous Harris Theater where we'll be checking out the 1928 gusty classic, "The Wind". This segment also features a chat with the talented silent film accompanist, Tyler Stoner.

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A discussion about and look into the stories, the history and personalities that came together to make the silent film "The False Faces" in 1919. Directed by Irvin V. Willat and starring Henry Walthall and Lon Chaney.

This episode was released in conjunction with the film being screened on the opening day of the Columbus Moving Picture Show on May 22, 2025.

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