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Faster Than the Speed of Sound

January 25, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

An Important Figure in Talkies Leaves Us an Intriguing Clue About Projection Speeds in the Silent Film Era As much…

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Posted in: Silent Film Speeds Filed under: Movietone, Scott Eyman, Stanley Watkins, undercranking, Vitaphone

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

new Chaplin clip deconstructed – “The Immigrant”

April 15, 2011 Ben Model Leave a comment

I sit about ten feet from the screen when I play for Chaplin’s “The Immigrant” at the Museum of the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Charlie Chaplin, undercranking

Mar 6: The Freshman at MoMA

March 7, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

Mar 6: played for Lloyd’s The Freshman at MoMA. Had a pretty full house and the film went over really…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: college, freshman, speedy, undercranking

Chaplin undercranking study – boxing

February 12, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

Here’s a clip I just (finally) uploaded to YouTube. It’s one of the studies I did for my talk at…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Charlie Chaplin, undercranking

undercranking clip: Keaton

May 8, 2008 Ben Model 2 Comments

Don’t know if I’ve mentioned this here before, but I’ve been making a study of silent comedy filmmaking and how…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: buster keaton, undercranking

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  • ep. 08 (re-posted): “A Trip to the Moon” in Tromsø, an Organ in Oslo, live comedy show “Everybody Gets Cake”, Marcel Perez
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  • 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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  • ep. 04 (re-posted): “Accidentally Preserved” Kickstarter, getting clues from film intros, return to Boise
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  • ep. 02 (re-posted): Unidentified films, DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments”, YouTube ethics, The Crowd, and more

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