"Modern Times" Plaque

11/10/2022

Come See Where the Magic is Made at Melody Ranch!

02/12/2021

Fellow silent film aficionados! Tune in this weekend for the 2nd annual Newhallywood Silent Film Festival, streamed into your very own homes from historic Newhall, California. There will be scores of interesting interviews (Leonard Maltin, Serge Bromberg, John Bengtson, Marc Wanamaker to name a few), tours, and "live" music by the lovely and talented Janet Klein, and the spectacular Natalie Mendoza. This year's theme is "Scandals and Tragedies" - as we know, there were countless dramas in Tinseltown back in the days of the silents (Fatty Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, William Desmond Taylor). Hope you can tune in for a segment or two! Happy viewing!

.. 2021 Newhallywood Silent Film Festival Film’s “Silent Era” lasted roughly from 1895 to 1930. During this time thousands of dialogue-free films were shot in Southern California, many in the area around Newhall in the Santa Clarita Valley. The second annual Newhallywood Silent Film Festival i...

06/15/2018

A sneak preview to coming attractions in February 2020 ...The Newhallywood Silent Film Festival!

hollywood film festival silent films newhall santa clarita

04/12/2018

Tours of movie and television sites in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and the Santa Clarita Valley.

06/02/2017

Available for pre-sale! To celebrate the release of our ninth book, we have scheduled a tour of Hollywood Forever Cemetery, led by Karie Bible (Valentino's current Lady in Black) on July 22nd. Tickets are available for purchase at www.newhallywoodtours.com. Thanks and hope to see you on the tour!

Legends of Hollywood Forever Cemetery

11/25/2015

The final manuscript for our eighth book is in the hands of the publisher. Whew!

05/19/2015

E.j. Stephens, Alan Pollack, and Yours Truly will be presenting our books at the Valley Relics Museum this Saturday. If you love local history, come out and see us!

The Valley Relics Museum is honored to host this free history presentation! Valley Relics invited the Santa Clarita Historical Society to come share the wonderful history and of SCV and its ties to The San Fernando Valley with our community. Dr. Alan Pollack along with his co authors will be heading this amazing free event featuring a book signing and free light refreshments. The event will take place on Saturday May 23rd @ 2:00 PM at The Valley Relics Museum. 21630 Marilla St. Chatsworth CA. 91311. Seating is limited so get there early. We will see you there! Please support and share this post. Thanks!

05/08/2015

Watch for our friend Charles Epting's latest fantastic endeavor, the Silent Film Quarterly! We can't wait!

Silent Film Quarterly: The only magazine dedicated to the silent era! Coming Fall 2015.

11/03/2011

After much hard work, our fundraising efforts for the "Modern Times" monument have finally paid off! Thanks to your generosity, we have fully paid off the beautiful black marble marker created by the talented Charles and Maria Sotelo, owners of High Desert Monuments in Hesperia, California.

The Sotelos donated 100% of the labor required to create the beautiful black marble monument, and took it on faith that the money to pay for the materials would somehow materialize. Thank you all for your support and contributions to help pay these kind people for their belief in us!

We are continuing our fundraising efforts to pay for the stand that will house the marker on Sierra Highway. We will post fundraising events as they come about.

Again, thank you all for your support, and Maria and Charlie Sotelo for their patience and passion for film entertainment history!

10/20/2011

GREAT NEWS! Our weekend class/fundraiser at Disney's Golden Oak Ranch has nearly paid for the beautiful black marble marker unveiled at ChaplinFest this past February. Maria and Charles Stoelo (creators of the monument) were on hand for the incredible tour of the Ranch. And equally as exciting, the Stoelos' skill and talents have earned them some work with the City of Santa Clarita! It's so satisfying to see good things come to good people. :)