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Working with People Who Haven’t Been Dead for 60 Years

December 4, 2017 Ben Model Leave a comment

“Have you ever scored any new films, like regular movies, not silent ones?” It’s a question I get asked by…

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Posted in: Physical Comedy Theater Filed under: ben model, Big Apple Circus, buster keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Circus, comedy, Lost Film, parallel exit, silent film, The Final Reel

Stuart Oderman (1940-2017) – silent film pianist

August 2, 2017 Ben Model 1 Comment

The Adventures of Prince Achmed concluded, and as the curtain in MoMA’s Titus 2 theatre closed and the lights came…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, from automatic vaudeville to seventh art, Modern Starts, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, stuart oderman

coming in January 2017: 3 special episodes of the podcast

December 28, 2016 Ben Model Leave a comment

coming in January 2017: 3 special episodes of the podcast This mini-episode is more of a trailer of sorts for…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Accidentally Preserved, ben model, cruel and unusual comedy, Dave kehr, eileen bowser, MoMA, Ron Magliozzi, silent film accompaniment, slapstick, Undercrank Productions

new DVD release: “The Marcel Perez Collection”

February 3, 2015 Ben Model Leave a comment

I’m very excited announce the release today of my new DVD, The Marcel Perez Collection! The DVD contains 10 rare…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, EYE Filmmuseum, library of congress, Marcel Perez, silent film, slapstick, Undercrank Productions

NEW DVD COLLECTION OF FORGOTTEN SILENT FILM STAR MARCEL PEREZ

January 13, 2015 Ben Model Leave a comment

THE MARCEL PEREZ COLLECTION SHOWCASINGFORGOTTEN SILENT FILM COMEDIAN CONFIRMED FOR RELEASE ON FEBRUARY 3 IN NEW DVD FEATURING NEW DIGITAL…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, comedy, EYE Filmmuseum, library of congress, Marcel Perez, silent film, slapstick, Undercrank Productions

** coming in 2015…the podcast is back! **

December 9, 2014 Ben Model 2 Comments

** coming in 2015…the podcast is back! ** Welcome A brief recap of how it came to pass that the…

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Posted in: Podcast Filed under: ben model, Kendra Leonard, Mighty Movie podcast, piano, podcast, Silent Film Sound and Music Archive, silent movie, silent movie music

Undercranking’s “smoking gun” courtesy of Milton Sills

September 18, 2013 Ben Model 4 Comments

I knew it.  I just knew it. I’ve been looking for years for written evidence that silent film actors had…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, fps, movie camera, projection speed, silent film, undercranking

Newsday: “Silent Films Amass a Quiet Following”

January 4, 2012 Ben Model Leave a comment

From today’s Newsday: Silent films amass a quiet following January 3, 2012 by JIM MERRITT. Special to Newsday Tonight’s Keaton…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, cinema arts centre, miditzer, silent film

talking with Joe Franklin

November 13, 2011 Ben Model Leave a comment

I was interviewed by the one and only Joe Franklin for his radio show a week or two ago, and…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, joe franklin, silent movies, theatre organ, wurlitzer

Happy birthday Harold Lloyd – watch “Bliss” (1917)

April 20, 2011 Ben Model Leave a comment

In honor of Harold Lloyd’s birthday, I’ve uploaded a fun, rarely seen early “glasses” one-reeler with Harold to my YouTube…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, harold Lloyd, library of congress, piano

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  • 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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