It’s been a moment since the world’s first real motion picture debuted, the 1895 black-and-white documentary “Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon.” But in some minds silent films are as magical as ever, as evidenced once again in the return of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.

The Jazz Age comedy “Saxophone Susy,” lovingly animated clown tale “Koko!” and Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” — these and many more classics will grace the silver screen at the Orinda Theatre, named this year by Time Out as one of the “most beautiful cinemas in the world.”

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Accompanying the films will be world-recognized musicians and sound-effects wizards, including Latin Grammy-nominated Sascha Jacobsen and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra. On Nov. 13, there’s a

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