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Category: Silent Comedy Film History

Reading Up on Iris Barry and MoMA Film’s Beginnings

October 11, 2019 Ben Model 1 Comment

This summer, I read two books, inspired by my being booked for a film series that will run at MoMA…

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Posted in: Silent Comedy Film History, silent film accompaniment Filed under: iris barry, MoMA

Cut To The Horse

October 2, 2019 Ben Model 2 Comments

Accompanying Keaton’s Our Hospitality this past weekend reminded me of a silent comedy trope I’ve become aware of. It’s one…

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Posted in: Language of Silent Film, Silent Comedy Film History

Keaton’s Leap to Features

September 28, 2019 Ben Model 2 Comments

Keaton’s Our Hospitality is one of my favorites of his feature films, and for the same reason One Week is…

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Posted in: Buster Keaton, Silent Comedy Film History

Finding a Chestnut in a Haystack

September 21, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

The Mack Sennett films released through Paramount in the late ‘teens give you the impression that an effort was underway…

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Posted in: Silent Comedy Film History Filed under: cruel and unusual comedy, MoMA, National Film Preservation Fund

16mm Film Collecting on DVDs

September 16, 2019 Ben Model 4 Comments

Over the last couple years, I’ve had conversations with people who’ve told me how much they like the Accidentally Preserved…

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Posted in: Accidentally Preserved, DVD distribution, Silent Comedy Film History Filed under: Accidentally Preserved

Cliff Bowes Made Lots of Cameos

September 14, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

Every once in a while, a Cliff Bowes comedy turns up. Their rarity and scarcity explains why you probably don’t…

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Posted in: Accidentally Preserved, Silent Comedy Film History Filed under: educational pictures

Charlie Chaplin, “The Eel”

September 13, 2019 Ben Model 1 Comment

In going through Chaplin’s The Adventurer for a project I’m working on, I wound up staring at a shot that…

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Posted in: Silent Comedy Film History Filed under: Charlie Chaplin, The Adventurer

Live Music at Silent Film Courses

September 12, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

When I started accompanying films it was still common practice to show silent films, well…silent. They were only available in…

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Posted in: Silent Comedy Film History, silent film accompaniment, Silent Film Shows

The Silent Comedy Landscape 1921-1922

September 3, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

I’ve just been down a bit of a rabbit hole, thinking about the trajectory of the feature-length comedy in the…

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Posted in: Silent Comedy Film History Filed under: Douglas MacLean

Buster Keaton Meets Jimmy Johns

September 2, 2019 Ben Model 3 Comments

I almost fell off the couch today, just like when I saw the Spongebob cartoon whose punchline was “Nosferatu!” several…

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Posted in: Buster Keaton, Silent Comedy Film History

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