The Silent Clowns Film Series is New York City’s longest-running regularly-scheduled showcase for classic silent film comedy. Our screenings are presented in Manhattan’s Upper West Side at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space and in Brooklyn, NY at the Cobble Hill Cinemas.

The Silent Clowns Film Series is a production of Silent Cinema Presentations, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to presenting silent movies with live musical accompaniment to audiences of all ages, in order to preserve the experience of silent cinema. We produce silent film shows at a variety of venues around NYC on a year-round, monthly-basis.

Ella Cinders

Sunday, September 20, 2026
2:30pm
Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space

One of the most popular silent screen stars, Colleen Moore arrived in Hollywood at age fourteen in 1916 and by 1923 was a star. With her trademark bobbed hairdo she appeared in star vehicles like Irene, Twinkletoes (both 1926), and Orchids and Ermine (1927). Ella Cinders (1926) is her best-remembered film – a solidly crafted story about making it in Hollywood generously peppered with sight-gag sequences. Opening the program for Ms. Moore are Dorothy Devore in Twas Midnight (1919) and Gale Henry in One Day in Hollywood (1924).

NOTE: Admission for Friends of the Silent Clowns members at this screening is FREE – but you must email tickets@silentclowns.com or leave a voicemail at (212) 712-7237 to reserve your seat ahead of time. If you wish to make a donation and become a member, click here. If you are not a friend of the Silent Clowns Film Series you can go directly to the Symphony Space website and buy tickets for each show.

We are proud participants in the Museums for All program. $2.00 admission will be granted to those enrolled in the SNAP program, by presenting their EBT card to a Silent Clowns Film Series rep at the show.