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Tag: Roscoe Arbuckle

Arbuckle-Spotting, or: What Emma Clifton and I Saw Last Night

November 26, 2018 Ben Model 1 Comment

The things you see during a silent film show when you’re the one who’s closest to the screen! As a…

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Posted in: Silent Comedy International, silent film accompaniment Filed under: Charlie Chaplin, keystone, Roscoe Arbuckle
Marcel Perez

Charlie Chaplin, Marcel Perez, and a Pair of Drowning Ladies

February 19, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

There was a lot of borrowing and sharing of material in the days of silent comedy shorts, a tradition that…

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Posted in: Library of Congress, Marcel Perez, MoMA, Undercrank Productions Filed under: Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Louise Carver, Marcel Perez, Mutual Comedies, Nilde Barrachi, Roscoe Arbuckle

Cruel & Unusual: shows #1 – #4

May 31, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

Our first four Cruel and Unusual Comedy shows at MoMA have gone extremely well. We’ve had great houses – I’d…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, cruel and unusual comedy, Dave kehr, eileen bowser, Lupino Lane, MoMA, Roscoe Arbuckle

Boise day 3 – evening

February 8, 2008 Ben Model Leave a comment

Well, the Musical Movies event was a big success. We had a great crowd, the orchestra sounded great, Dr. Saunders…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, boise philharmonic, buster keaton, egyptian theater, nell shipman, Roscoe Arbuckle, treasure valley youth symphony

article in “Idaho Statesman” – Boise shows

February 4, 2008 Ben Model 1 Comment

An article appeared in this weekend’s edition of the Idaho Statesman. Click here to read the whole piece. Below is…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, boise philharmonic, carl davis, Charlie Chaplin, egyptian theater, nell shipman, Roscoe Arbuckle, theatre organ, treasure valley youth symphony

Tromsø, Norway – day 1

September 7, 2007 Ben Model Leave a comment

Here’s a first report from Tromsø and the first installment of what I hope will be a regularly posted (weekly?)…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, martha otte, Roscoe Arbuckle, silent film days, stumfilm dagere, tromsø

me and Roscoe in Norway again

August 30, 2007 Ben Model Leave a comment

Here’s a page from the “Stumfilm Dagere” festival catalog, which was just sent to me as a PDF. Click on…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, Roscoe Arbuckle, silent film, tromsø

Reel Baseball at the MCNY

July 29, 2007 Ben Model Leave a comment

Presented and accompanied a program of films from the Kino Reel Baseball DVD set at the Museum of the City…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, buster keaton, kino video, Reel Baseball, Roscoe Arbuckle, silent film, slapsticon

Arbuckle, L&H and Stooges…at MoMA

February 4, 2007 Ben Model Leave a comment

Presented a program of comedy shorts at MoMA Sat Feb 3 that featured slapstick teams. We showed Fatty and Mabel…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, kurzweil, Laurel and Hardy, Mabel Normand, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, Roscoe Arbuckle, Three Stooges

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