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Tag: william s. hart

ep. 37: Mostly Lost, Keaton’s The Cameraman and The General, an electric organ and Laurel & Hardy

June 24, 2020 Ben Model 3 Comments

On this episode Ben talks about: the annual Mostly Lost film identification workshop at the Library of Congress, currently postponed…

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Posted in: Podcast Filed under: cinema arts centre, douglas fairbanks, MoMA, william s. hart

ep. 36: scoring Robin Hood and a 1927 Carmen, using the orchestral and cartoony sounds of a theatre organ, more live-streaming

June 10, 2020 Ben Model 1 Comment

On this episode Ben talks about: using music an audience may or may not expect to hear during a film…

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Posted in: Podcast Filed under: cinema arts centre, douglas fairbanks, MoMA, william s. hart

William S. Hart in “Three Word Brand”

March 18, 2020 Ben Model Leave a comment

Turns out I have a few silent films on hard drives here that I’ve never published or released. While looking…

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Posted in: Silent Film Shows Filed under: william s. hart

William S. Hart in THREE WORD BRAND (1921) – new release

January 3, 2015 Ben Model 4 Comments

Happy new year! Today I’m releasing William S. Hart in THREE WORD BRAND (1921) for streaming only. It’s available for…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cowboy, silent film, western, william s. hart, YouTube

Oct 14-15: D.W. Griffith Biographs @MoMA; press interview

October 25, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

October 13 and 14 found me at MoMA playing for a program of Griffith Biograph shorts, as part of Charles…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: biograph, blanchette rockefeller, bold riders, columbia spectator, d.w. griffith, modus, the eye, william s. hart

Wild Bill Hickok at MoMA

April 2, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

Just played show #2 of Wild Bill Hickok (1923) will William S. Hart. Yesterday’s show went well, and today’s went…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: egyptian theater, leo willis, old dan tucker, robert morton, treasure valley youth symphony, wild bill hickok, william s. hart

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

William S. Hart DVD of “SAND” now available

November 25, 2008 Ben Model Leave a comment

A DVD that I scored for Unknown Video about a year ago has just been released (on Nov 15). It’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cinema arts center, hirschl and adler, snub pollard, Unknown Video, william s. hart

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