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Buster Keaton The Scarecrow

A Mysterious Woman in Buster Keaton’s “The Cameraman”

April 15, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

Honoring the Gag Work in a Silent Comedy Sometimes Involves a Doing a Little Homework and Then Sharing Your Findings…

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Posted in: Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Uncategorized Filed under: buster keaton, Earl Mohan, harold Lloyd, Lily the Pink, Lydia Pinkham, patent medicine, silent clowns film series

vote for The Silent Clowns on Chase Community Giving

December 2, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

Are you on Facebook? Please help support The Silent Clowns Film Series by voting for it (a/k/a Silent Cinema Presentations,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: chase community giving, facebook, silent cinema presentations, silent clowns film series

Fall 2009 kicks off

September 11, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

Here’s a snapshot of what’s what with me. It’s going to be a very busy and exciting fall, with 15-20…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, martha otte, modus, silent clowns film series, silent film, silent movie, stumfilm dagere, will rogers, yamaha

April update

April 21, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

Today Steve Massa and I were at MoMA screening Thanhouser films with Charles Silver for a program we’re working on…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: charley chase, cruel and unusual comedy, jeanine basinger, miditzer, silent clowns film series, ted simons, thanhouser film, wesleyan

Wild Bill Hickok and The Passion of Joan of Arc

March 27, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

Tuesday morning, after a day off to rest and recover from Cinefest, I was at MoMA for a press screening…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: carl theodore dreyer, erich von stroheim, foolish wives, mae busch, silent clowns film series, wild bill hickok, william s. hart

Will new FilmLinc staff cuts affect “Golden Silents”?

February 13, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

I saw an article online this morning announcing the layoffs of eight staff members at the Film Society of Lincoln…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cinema arts center, Donnell Media Center, film society of lincoln center, Joseph Yransky, mara manus, MoMA, sayre maxfield, silent clowns film series, silent film, steven higgins

Silent Clowns on Facebook and MySpace

February 8, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

The Silent Clowns Film Series now has a presence on FaceBook and on MySpace! If you spend online time at…

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