Located in the Fremont’s historic district of Niles, once the heart of the silent movie industry, the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum and Theatre is dedicated to preserving, honoring, and showing silent films and their history, with a focus on the celebrated pioneering movie companies that worked in the Bay Area. The museum is located in the Edison Theater, a historic 100-year-old nickelodeon movie theater. A half a block from the museum is the site of the famous Niles Essanay Studios, where Charlie Chaplin made movies in the 1910s and Bronco Billy filmed several cowboy movies a week in the scenic Niles Canyon.
37417 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536, Phone: 510-494-1411
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