Newsday article on Joan of Arc show
This is an article/interview from 3/19/09’s issue of Newsday promoting the Cinema Arts Centre show of The Passion of Joan of Arc which we did on 3/24/09. Click on the image to see it larger.
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Wild Bill Hickok and The Passion of Joan of Arc
Tuesday morning, after a day off to rest and recover from Cinefest, I was at MoMA for a press screening of Wild Bill Hickok (1923) starring William S. Hart. At right is a still I found online of Hart as… Read More »Wild Bill Hickok and The Passion of Joan of Arc
Cinefest 2009 in Syracuse
March 20-22: Syracuse, NY – I’m killing some time before my JetBlue flight outta Syr, and thought I’d post here. Just finished 3 days at the 29th annual Cinefest here in Syracuse. The festival runs 4 days, but I couldn’t… Read More »Cinefest 2009 in Syracuse
Mar 6: The Freshman at MoMA
Mar 6: played for Lloyd’s The Freshman at MoMA. Had a pretty full house and the film went over really well. This is the 3rd time I’ve gotten to play for it in the last several months. While it’s one… Read More »Mar 6: The Freshman at MoMA
Mar 5: Underworld at MoMA
Mar 5 – arrived at MoMA early to throw the Miditzer together for a show of Josef von Sternberg’s Underworld with George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent and Clive Brook. Oh, yeah, and Larry Semon in a character part. Brook comes off… Read More »Mar 5: Underworld at MoMA
Mar 4: Beau Brummel & The Iron Horse
Mar 4 – I can’t put my finger on why, but Valentino’s Monsieur Beaucaire and Barrymore’s Beau Brummel are two of my least favorite mid-20’s silent dramas. Perhaps there’s something about putting either of these two dynamic personas in a… Read More »Mar 4: Beau Brummel & The Iron Horse
Mar 3: The Whirl of Life – Vernon and Irene Castle
Tues, March 3 – played for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) and The Whirl of Life (1915) at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, where the Donnell programming is now presented. This was part of a series of films curated by… Read More »Mar 3: The Whirl of Life – Vernon and Irene Castle
Mar 2: NYU Cinema Studies – Antonia Lant’s class
Monday, March 2 – I played for a selection of animated shorts and films made by women at Antonia Lant’s film history class at NYU. Antonia came to a Silent Clowns show several years ago and introduced herself, and I’ve… Read More »Mar 2: NYU Cinema Studies – Antonia Lant’s class
White Fawn’s Devotion – DVD score
Last Friday I recorded a piano score for the 1910 1-reeler White Fawn’s Devotion which will be an extra on Milestone’s upcoming DVD of The Exiles. White Fawn was recently added to the National Film Registry, and this scoring opportunity… Read More »White Fawn’s Devotion – DVD score
Safety Last in Hewlett-Woodmere (Long Island)
Okay, this is a photo of the beautiful 200-seat auditorium at the Hewlett-Woodmere library before everybody showed up for today’s show of Safety Last. If I’d remembered to charge my camera battery there’d be a photo or two of me… Read More »Safety Last in Hewlett-Woodmere (Long Island)