Bessie Love: Watch a Film Staring this Gem in Encinitas History

Silent film The Artist debuted this year with critical acclaim, even earning the Academy Awards' top spot of Best Picture. That movie is a throwback to Hollywood’s earliest days, a time when Bessie Love — an Academy Award-nominated actress who called Encinitas home — was a leading lady in silent films.

In 1929 Love managed to make a triumphant transition into ‘talkies’ (movies with audio) when she stared in Hollywood’s first musical, Broadway Melody. This weekend the community is invited to come celebrate the work of this once-upon-a-time Encinitas resident.

The Encinitas Historical Society will be screening Broadway Melody at , which has been standing since 1883 and is our community’s oldest building. The screening begins at 7 p.m. and is $8 per person. You can reserve a seat by calling 760.753.5726 or emailing info@encinitashistoricalsociety.org. 

If you’d like to make it a double feature that night, you could watch The Artist at in downtown Encinitas — which is screening the silent film, though interestingly, it was one of the first theatres in the nation to show ‘talkies.’