DeMille, Dreyer, Lubistch and Chaplin
Today’s post is a videoblog: See you at the silents! Ben
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Ten Commandments, perf #1
I’ve now completely recovered from Slapsticon and am back in the swing of things. Bookings continue to come in nearly every day. Today I got a show at a library in East Meadow (L.I.) that’ll happen in November, which I’ll… Read More »Ten Commandments, perf #1
Slapsticon 2008 photos
Haven’t had a chance to post since returning from Slapsticon, and am squeezing this post out. There’s lots to report, but this posting of photos taken last week will have to suffice and I’ll post again soon. Here are (L… Read More »Slapsticon 2008 photos
(Safety Last + shorts show) x 2; AllDay recording
July 15 – yesterday I accompanied Safety Last (plus the Lloyd 1-reeler Luke’s Shattered Sleep) and a shorts program at MoMA on piano. I’ll repeat the shows tomorrow on theatre organ. Safety Last knocked the audience out, as usual, and… Read More »(Safety Last + shorts show) x 2; AllDay recording
ad for St Pauls show
Just picked up a copy of “The West Sider”, a free weekly paper that I’d heard that Father Gil had placed an ad in for the St. Paul the Apostle silent film programs. I was looking for somethinga few inches… Read More »ad for St Pauls show
5 shows performed, 2 bass strings replaced, 1 recording for Kino
July 12 – Weds and Thurs I played to Keaton’s The General, Lloyd’s The Freshman, and Keaton’s Sherlock, Jr. in the Titus 1 theater at MoMA. The Miditzer theatre organ sounded great in there (T1 is the bigger of the… Read More »5 shows performed, 2 bass strings replaced, 1 recording for Kino
Max Davidson and Dmitri Kirsanov
Here’s a shot of the Yiddish Book Center, on the campus of Hampshire College. Nearly every summer for the last 5 years or so Bruce Lawton and I do a show there. This year was (yet) another program of Max… Read More »Max Davidson and Dmitri Kirsanov
Recording; Kirsanov prep
July 3 – watched Menilmontant and Brumes d’automne this morning; these films are on one of the discs of Avante Garde, a multi-disc DVD set of experimental and avante garde art films in the Rohauer collection that came out a… Read More »Recording; Kirsanov prep
“De Luxe Annie” – audio clip
July 2 – De Luxe Annie at the Donnell Media Center went well today. We had around 175 people and the film went over really well. Piano sounded great; they have a nice Steinway D, which is moving to the… Read More »“De Luxe Annie” – audio clip
last minute prep for Donnell show
July 1: Took a little time this afternoon to take a second glance at the screener of De Luxe Annie with Norma Talmadge, which I’m accompanying tomorrow at the Donnell Media Center auditorium. The show is part of the “Meet… Read More »last minute prep for Donnell show