Skip to content
Ben Model
silent film composer and accompanist
  • Home
  • About
  • Shows
  • Blog
    • Podcast
  • Contact
  • Emails
  • Scores
  • DVD/Blu-ray

Tag: yamaha

musical theme: “An Auteurist History of Film”

January 6, 2010 Ben Model Leave a comment

This is a theme I came up with for the series at MoMA, which I play as the lights go…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: an auteurist history of film, ben model, modus, MoMA, yamaha

Oct 7 & 8: trick films @ MoMA

October 10, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

George Melies and his RivalsLe Voyage dans la lune (A Voyage to the Moon) 1902. France. Directed by Georges Méliès.…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: charley bowers, Ferdinand Zecca, modus, serge bromberg, yamaha

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…

Continue Reading →

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

music scanning and other progress

June 18, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

June 18 — My brains and time are primarily occupied with any and all work on finishing up the sheet…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: baptist temple, hamilton movie theater, keith bigger, kid brother, modus, steere and sons, yamaha

Keaton in Manchester VT

August 18, 2008 Ben Model Leave a comment

Manchester Center, VT – we had a nice crowd for Sunday’s showing of Steamboat Bill, Jr. at the Vilage Picture…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, buster keaton, elmo 16-cl, phantom of the opera, steamboat bill jr., the prisoner's song, yamaha

Max Davidson and Dmitri Kirsanov

July 9, 2008 Ben Model Leave a comment

Here’s a shot of the Yiddish Book Center, on the campus of Hampshire College. Nearly every summer for the last…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: bard summerscape, dmitri kirsanov, Jane gronau, john pruitt, max davidson, nora gerard, red hook, yamaha, Yiddish Book Center

Subscribe to the blog

Subscribe to my blog:

Search the blog:

Ben Model's email list

  • Sign up for my email list for news about shows, DVD releases and more – and get exclusive access to watch a rare silent comedy short from my collection!

Recent Posts

  • There Ain’t No “Santa Claus” Silent Film
  • Four Seconds
  • “Little Old New York” Released on DVD
  • Arthur Kleiner – Mid-Century Silent Film Pianist
  • Bob Hoskins and “Musty Suffer”
  • When a Whistle Isn’t a Whistle
  • Revisiting What Goes Last on a Laurel & Hardy Silents Show
  • Because Not Everything Will Stream
  • Helping Make More Showings of the 1931 Dracula Happen
  • Dracula (1931) – a Horror Movie Without Horror Movie Music
  • Early Film, and Helping An Audience Know Where to Look
  • My New Vlog – And Theda Bara
  • Scoring a Chaplin Mutual –What’s in a Name?
  • A 1950s Baby Grand for 1910s-1920s Films
  • Getting Better All The Time: Fall-Winter 2019 Edition
  • The March of the Movies – and MoMA
  • MoMA’s Arthur Kleiner – Moods on Vinyl
  • Reading Up on Iris Barry and MoMA Film’s Beginnings
  • “Silent Speed” and 16mm Projectors
  • Story Structure, John Badham and Lajos Egri

Follow Ben Model

Contact Us

    Copyright © 2019 Ben Model / Undercrank Productions — Velux WordPress theme by GoDaddy