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Category: Library of Congress

A Stetson Hat Boomerangs Back

July 16, 2019 Ben Model 1 Comment

I hadn’t any more use for my 16mm print of Making a Stetson, so I sold it on eBay. I’d…

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Posted in: Library of Congress, Silent Films

Curatorial Crowd-Sourcing For The “Mostly Lost” DVDs

June 17, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

I have released two DVDs of films identified at the Mostly Lost film identification workshop. Whether they realize it or…

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Posted in: DVD distribution, Library of Congress

Scoring a Silent Film in a Vacuum

March 17, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

Recording a New Piano Soundtrack for The Bride’s Play starring Marion Davies, Aided by a Live Show Experience The hardest…

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Posted in: DVD distribution, Library of Congress, Marion Davies Filed under: Edward Lorusso

Scoring Something Good

March 13, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

Every once in a while, I’ll hear or be told about some new amazing silent film discovery being shown at…

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Posted in: Library of Congress, MoMA, National Film Registry, silent film accompaniment, Song Title Puns, USC Hefner Archive Filed under: Orphan Film Symposium

Will the Real Reelcraft Main Title Please Stand Up?

March 12, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

One of the bits of restoration work that went into The Alice Howell Collection DVD set was creating new main…

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Posted in: Alice Howell, Library of Congress

Alice Howell – Front and Center

February 20, 2019 Ben Model 2 Comments

One of the things that struck me about the “Slapstick Divas” program of silent comedies that I’ve presented with Steve…

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Posted in: Alice Howell, DVD distribution, Library of Congress Filed under: Alice Howell, Mabel Normand, Mary Pickford
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“Jimmy Aubrey Comedy” is Not Always an Oxymoron

November 19, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

Worries and Wobbles (1917) has what might appear to be three strikes against it on the surface: “Jimmy Aubrey comedy”,…

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Posted in: Library of Congress, MoMA, Silent Comedy International Filed under: Charlie Chaplin, Fred Karno, larry semon, Laurel and Hardy, National Film Preservation Fund, Stan Laurel
Charles Puffy in Not Guilty

Charles Puffy’s Film Career Sandwich

November 15, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

You may know that face. No, it’s not Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle. Nor is it Oliver Hardy, sans mustache, nor is…

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Posted in: Library of Congress, Silent Comedy International
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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

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