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Tag: Mary Pickford

Alice Howell – Front and Center

February 20, 2019 Ben Model 2 Comments

One of the things that struck me about the “Slapstick Divas” program of silent comedies that I’ve presented with Steve…

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Posted in: Alice Howell, DVD distribution, Library of Congress Filed under: Alice Howell, Mabel Normand, Mary Pickford
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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
Mary Pickford Rosita

The film Mary Pickford didn’t want you to see – now restored by MoMA

May 31, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

Lubitsch-Directed “Rosita” (1923) Is On Screens Again After 95 Years and Worth Seeing I was on the fence about attending…

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Posted in: film festivals, Mary Pickford, MoMA Filed under: cue sheet, Dave kehr, douglas fairbanks, eileen bowser, Ernst Lubitsch, Gillian Anderson, Mary Pickford, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art

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