Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival to celebrate essential centennial films

The Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival will be celebrating nine essential films that are turning 100 this year when it gets underway Sunday, Sept. 29. The nine movies will screen at seven different venues in the Pittsburgh area, with musicians providing live accompaniment for each film. 

Conrad Veidt, who appeared in the silent classic The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari and later played a Nazi major in Casablanca, stars in The Hands of Orlac, scheduled to be screened at The Lindsay Theater in Sewickley on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. It will be accompanied by the Pittsburgh Composers Quartet.