#forgotten faces

I was in your home.

Someone I haven't seen or spoken to in a very long time.

Your face was a blur,

because I had forgotten it.

I watched as you painted pictures,

colored your walls,

cleaned your room.

Always moving through the room

to keep from going still.

I was a ghost

in your small room.

I tried to speak to you,

but you couldn't hear me.

I tried to write to you,

but my words disappeared.

For days,

I watched the same quiet rhythm,

until you finally left.

There was an emptiness there.

I stepped outside

and saw shooting stars,

but my vision filled with light,

and I couldn't see.

You've been gone for years now,

but your faded silhouette

still burns

into the cracked paint

We are proud to be co-presenting Victor Schertzinger’s "Forgotten Faces" (1928) at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s Day of Silents, Saturday, December 2 at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre. FNF prez Eddie Muller will be introducing the film.

Heliotrope Harry (Clive Brook) and Froggy (William Powell) are partners in crime—genteel armed robbery—at least until the cuckolded Harry commits an even bigger offense. Before Harry goes to prison, he leaves his baby girl on the doorstep of a wealthy couple to keep her out of the clutches of his no-good wife Lilly (Olga Baclanova) and tasks Froggy with keeping close tabs. But Froggy is no match for Lill. Live musical accompaniment will be performed by the Sascha Jacobsen Ensemble. Tickets are available at the SFSFF’s website https://silentfilm.org/ados-2023-schedule/