Creating old silent movie look?

Hi all, i'd like to ask if premiere pro (i used premiere pro 2) or after effects can create that old silent movie look (u know, yellowish/sepia at noon and bluish at night), and how to do it if it can, or if anybody have a link on this kind of tutorial? i'd like to make my video footage in this look. Thx very much.

Also, and I know I'm going to get flac for mentioning this, Matrox has a pretty good "Old Movie" effect. We've got the RT.X2 card and I used the effect for some footage a client needed for a Western-themed event. It let you control the amount of dust and scratches, the jitter effect and the grainness as well as making it pure black and white or sepia colored.
If you're looking for a free method, you can create the effect manually using After Effects, but it takes some effort. I'm pretty sure there are some tutorials out there to show you how to do it.
Take a look at this:
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/old_film_look/

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