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Category: MoMA

Arthur Kleiner – Mid-Century Silent Film Pianist

November 17, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

On Wednesday, Nov 20 at 7pm, there will be a presentation at MoMA about Arthur Kleiner, silent film accompanist. It’s…

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Posted in: MoMA, silent film accompaniment Filed under: Arthur Kleiner

A 1950s Baby Grand for 1910s-1920s Films

October 18, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

“It was Blanchette Rockefeller’s piano,” I was told when I was introduced to the instrument in 2003. This was at…

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Posted in: MoMA, silent film accompaniment Filed under: Steinway

Getting Better All The Time: Fall-Winter 2019 Edition

October 17, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

Getting to accompany silent films for MoMA’s  Modern Matinees series Iris Barry’s History of Film gives me two ways to…

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Posted in: MoMA, silent film accompaniment Filed under: anne morra, iris barry

The March of the Movies – and MoMA

October 14, 2019 Ben Model 2 Comments

Wait…don’t I have a print of a March of Time episode about the opening of MoMA’s new building and film…

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Posted in: MoMA, Silent Comedy Film History, Silent Film Shows Filed under: iris barry

MoMA’s Arthur Kleiner – Moods on Vinyl

October 13, 2019 Ben Model 2 Comments

When I was in college, I played for a silent film course taught by MoMA’s Charles Silver. Charles loaned me…

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Posted in: MoMA, silent film accompaniment Filed under: Arthur Kleiner, charles silver

Improvising A Silent Film Score: Now, and Then

March 14, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

There was no one way all film was accompanied musically during the silent film era. There was a range. A…

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Posted in: MoMA, silent film accompaniment Filed under: cinema arts centre

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

“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
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Red Noses in Black & White: Clowns in Silent Movies

November 27, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

For a clown, a real honest-to-goodness Clown, the core of what they are doing is rooted in the honest, raw,…

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Posted in: MoMA, Silent Comedy International Filed under: Circus, clowns, Grock, Hal Roach, Musty Suffer, vaudeville
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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

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