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Category: Silent Film Shows

“The Sound of the Silents”

June 25, 2022 Ben Model Leave a comment

This punny title was applied to a number of LPs of theatre organ music in the 1970s, and was often…

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Posted in: film scoring, organs, Silent Film Shows, Theatre Organ, Virtual Theatre Organ

Whither the Virtual Silent Movie Theater

May 10, 2022 Ben Model 3 Comments

Virtual Cinema, for most art-houses and film viewers, was a stop-gap measure during the pandemic. It was a way to…

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Posted in: Live-Streaming, Silent Film Shows

Keaton’s “Go West” live-streamed

August 18, 2021 Ben Model 2 Comments

I thoroughly enjoyed presenting and live-scoring Keaton’s Go West (1925) for the Cinema Arts Centre via live-stream last night! Our…

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Posted in: Buster Keaton, Silent Film Shows

William S. Hart in “Three Word Brand”

March 18, 2020 Ben Model Leave a comment

Turns out I have a few silent films on hard drives here that I’ve never published or released. While looking…

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Posted in: Silent Film Shows Filed under: william s. hart

There Ain’t No “Santa Claus” Silent Film

November 26, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

If a venue and I are looking at a December date, I get asked the same thing other film accompanists…

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Posted in: Silent Film Shows Filed under: peter pan

Four Seconds

November 22, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

The pause between songs on a record album or CD is usually four or five seconds. I don’t know how…

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Posted in: Silent Film Shows

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

“Silent Speed” and 16mm Projectors

October 9, 2019 Ben Model 3 Comments

There is a notion that silent films should be shown at what is often referred to as “silent speed”, or…

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Posted in: Language of Silent Film, Silent Film Shows

Silent Comedy Laughs

September 19, 2019 Ben Model 1 Comment

Every once in a while I question something I’ve been saying about the way people react to silent films. It’s…

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Posted in: Silent Film Shows

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

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Recent Posts

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  • “The Sound of the Silents”
  • Ernie Kovacs’ Enduring Theme Song
  • Lawrence Gray: Plate Manipulator
  • ep. 48: interview with Rick Benjamin, of the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
  • ep. 47: accompanying The Patsy, The Cameraman, and Gilbert Gottfried
  • Episode 47 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
  • “The Language of Silent Film”, Beyond the Blog
  • Etched Into My Memory Forever
  • Whither the Virtual Silent Movie Theater
  • Estey Pipe Organ at Epsilon Spires
  • Episode 46 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
  • ep. 46: Kansas Silent Film Festival…and Other In-Person Shows, plus some new Undercrank Projects
  • Ernie Kovacs on Game/Contest Shows
  • Episode 45 show notes: The Silent Film Music Podcast
  • ep. 45: Home Video Releases, Kickstarters, Marion Davies, Wesleyan and MoMA
  • ep. 08 (re-posted): “A Trip to the Moon” in Tromsø, an Organ in Oslo, live comedy show “Everybody Gets Cake”, Marcel Perez
  • ep. 07 (re-posted): News From the Road, “Peter Pan”, Hitchcock’s “Blackmail”, physical comedy show “Everybody Gets Cake”
  • ep. 44: Exploring the Music of “City Lights”…From Inside the Score
  • ep. 06 (re-posted): Re-Starting the Podcast, Recap of 2014, “The Spice of the Program”, Marcel Perez on DVD, Arthur Kleiner, SFSMA

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