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Category: film festivals

Enjoying Douglas MacLean – It’s Not Just Me

January 16, 2020 Ben Model 1 Comment

On Tuesday night I rolled the dice and presented yet another obscure, unknown silent comedy film I’d taken a liking…

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Posted in: DVD distribution, film festivals, Silent Comedy Film History

When a 1932 Film Score Isn’t A Film Score

April 21, 2019 Ben Model 9 Comments

I’m very interested in how music was and wasn’t used in sound films made 1929-36. The TCM Classic Film Festival’s…

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Posted in: film festivals, film scoring Filed under: After the Silents, Michael Slowik, wesleyan

Where is the Hollywood Series?

April 20, 2019 Ben Model 5 Comments

On April 13, 2019 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Kevin Brownlow was presented with the 2nd Robert Osborne Award.…

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Posted in: film festivals Filed under: kevin brownlow

Bringing the Movie Palace Sound To A Theater Near You

April 19, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

Some shows I do are B.Y.O.O. — Bring Your Own Organ. Perhaps I should say “bring my own organ”, as…

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Posted in: film festivals Filed under: miditzer

Called On The (Red) Carpet

April 17, 2019 Ben Model 2 Comments

This was my second time doing the red carpet event on opening night of the TCM Classic Film Festival. Why…

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“Let’s Go In to a Picture Show” – popular songs about silent movies

January 18, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

I first heard about this CD project during the Arbuckle retrospective I co-curated for MoMA in 2006 with Ron Magliozzi,…

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Posted in: film festivals, MoMA, Sheet Music Filed under: Giornate del Cinema Muto, Harbinger Records, MoMA, Pordenone Silent Film Festival, Ron Magliozzi, sheet music
found at mostly lost

Found at “Mostly Lost”: volume 2 – new DVD

October 14, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

My DVD label Undercrank Productions has a new release, the second in a series that showcases the identification fun we…

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Posted in: animation, DVD distribution, film festivals, Library of Congress, Undercrank Productions Filed under: Andrew Simpson, james young deer, Monty Banks, Mostly Lost, philip carli, Rachel del Gaudio, Rob Stone, snub pollard
Marion Davies Beauty's Worth 1922

Marion Davies Makes an Appearance in Italy

August 5, 2018 Ben Model 2 Comments

Marion Davies’ 1922 Film Beauty’s Worth Gets a Deluxe Outdoor Screening In the Birthplace of Its Director Robert G. Vignola At…

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Posted in: DVD distribution, film festivals, Library of Congress, Marion Davies, Turner Classic Movies, Undercrank Productions
Mary Pickford Rosita

The film Mary Pickford didn’t want you to see – now restored by MoMA

May 31, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

Lubitsch-Directed “Rosita” (1923) Is On Screens Again After 95 Years and Worth Seeing I was on the fence about attending…

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Posted in: film festivals, Mary Pickford, MoMA Filed under: cue sheet, Dave kehr, douglas fairbanks, eileen bowser, Ernst Lubitsch, Gillian Anderson, Mary Pickford, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art
TCM film festival 2018 Ben Mankiewicz

Walking the Red Carpet at the TCM Classic Film Festival

May 13, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

How I Learned Why It’s Called a “Step-And-Repeat” by Stepping And Repeating I have posed for photos at events for…

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Posted in: film festivals, Turner Classic Movies Filed under: Ben Mankiewicz, Mel Brooks, Muybridge, Nitrate Diva, Racquel Stecher, step and repeat, TCM Classic Film Festival

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