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Category: silent film accompaniment

Betty Balfour

Looking for Squibs

November 13, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

Two main elements in film programming, I’ve found, are knowing the films and knowing where prints of them are. The…

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Posted in: MoMA, Silent Comedy International, silent film accompaniment Filed under: Betty Balfour, Dave kehr, funny ladies, George Eastman Museum, MoMA, NYU Cinema Studies, silent comedy international, steve massa, william K. everson
silent film scores

Alternate Scores for Silent Films on Home Video

October 11, 2018 Ben Model 3 Comments

A couple weeks ago TCM aired The Love Light with Mary Pickford, and there was some Twitter chatter I picked…

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Posted in: Mary Pickford, silent film accompaniment Filed under: altscore.com, buster keaton, Mary Pickford, rifftrax

How to Play the Piano or Organ for a Halloween Silent Movie

October 4, 2018 Ben Model 4 Comments

As a fan and proponent of silent films, I’ve enjoyed seeing that every year at Halloween time, more and more…

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Posted in: Recognizable Music, Sheet Music, silent film accompaniment, Song Title Puns Filed under: caligari, film scoring, Lon Chaney, nosferatu, SFSMA, silent film accompaniment, theatre organ, wurlitzer

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