Mabel Normand had a head start. I’ll give you that. Her association with Mack Sennett and with Roscoe Arbuckle has…
The rehearsals and performance of my orchestral score for the Charley Chase short “Dog Shy” in February were probably the…
I never got to meet Diana Serra Cary, but I did have a couple of phone conversations with her. This…
We classic film fans typically own several “The Films of…” books that cover the careers of important stars or directors.…
Owners of Blackhawk Films 16mm and 8mm prints of “A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studios” probably had no idea…
On Tuesday night I rolled the dice and presented yet another obscure, unknown silent comedy film I’d taken a liking…
I first saw one of the “Mishaps of Musty Suffer” at the annual, now-defunct Slapsticon festival. I assumed it was…
Running a group of shorts in chronological order at a show isn’t always ideal. For a film class where you’re…
Wait…don’t I have a print of a March of Time episode about the opening of MoMA’s new building and film…
This summer, I read two books, inspired by my being booked for a film series that will run at MoMA…