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“Let’s Go In to a Picture Show” – popular songs about silent movies

January 18, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

I first heard about this CD project during the Arbuckle retrospective I co-curated for MoMA in 2006 with Ron Magliozzi,…

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Posted in: film festivals, MoMA, Sheet Music Filed under: Giornate del Cinema Muto, Harbinger Records, MoMA, Pordenone Silent Film Festival, Ron Magliozzi, sheet music

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