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“What I like about The CineForum and Reg Hartt and what makes him a valuable figure is his belief in cinema as a living, breathing thing, something to be enjoyed and argued about, not genuflected at or framed on a wall and revered at a respected distance. In his presentations he refutes the conventional wisdom that films like THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915), THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925), and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) are better appreciated as historical artifacts than entertainments. To see KID DRACULA, his show that pairs F. W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU (1922) with Radiohead to surprisingly effective results is to be reminded that the classics were made for the raw public before they were made for cinema studies syllabi. I have rarely felt a film’s greatness in a classroom but I have often felt it at Reg Hartt’s CineForum.”—a cinema studies student.

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One night only. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915) With Compositional collage created by Reg Hartt.

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February 23, 2026

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A friend from New York is coming to Toronto. He has asked to see D. W. Griffith’s THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915) with the compositional collage I created for it after meeting with Bernard B. Brown who, at 16, played first violin in the orchestra which accompanied the picture throughout its original run at Clune’s Auditorium in in 1915 in Los Angeles.

There is room for 12 more people.

THE BIRTH OF A NATION was the first motion picture shown at top Legit Theatre prices which, in 1915, was $2 (see attached below).

This very limited presentation is minimum donation $100 which is what people pay to see a show at THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE in Toronto today.

Said Shirley Hughes of THE TORONTO SILENT FILM SOCIETY, “Reg Hartt has a real feel for movie music. No one on earth scores silent films better.”

You will not see this presentation at THE REVUE,THE FOX, THE PARADISE or Cineplex.

You can see this special, unique presentation only at The CineForum in Toronto which Brit Painter Peter Moore calls, “the best place on earth in which to see a movie.” https://www.artisgallery.eu/pm/.

He’s not alone.