On May 10th, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will screen its new restoration of Herbert Brenon's The Street of Forgotten Men. The Festival screening marks a return to The City for the once well regarded silent film, which first showed in San Francisco nearly 100 years ago.
Set and shot in New York, The Street of Forgotten Men premiered at NYC's Rivoli Theater on July 20, 1925. A few weeks later, the film made its local debut at the Granada Theatre (1066 Market Street, at Jones) in San Francisco, where it opened on August 8 and playing for a week. It was a successful, and much ballywho'd run.