Can’t Miss Events in Pittsburgh in September

“The films may be silent, but the events won’t be.

The Pittsburgh Silent Movie Festival turns what was a one-day affair into a weeklong celebration of vintage cinema — many with live musical accompaniment. On Sept. 24, Buster Keaton’s “Our Hospitality” will receive a 100th-anniversary screening at Keystone Oaks High School, where organist Jay Spencer will accompany the film on a rare Wurlitzer theater organ. A week later, Charlie Chaplin’s “A Woman of Paris” will appear at Downtown’s Harris Theater, 100 years to the day since its world premiere. Horror fans can catch a screening of the foundational “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” on Sept. 28 at Sewickley’s Lindsay Theater, accompanied by the Pittsburgh Composers Quartet; on Sept. 30, the first-ever Best Picture winner, “Wings,” will take flight at Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville. The festival is the work of the Pittsburgh Silent Film Society and its director Chad Hunter, who in 2021 established Silent Movie Day, a worldwide collection of screenings and celebrations that counts Martin Scorsese among its supporters.”