Ben Model’s blog
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episode 12: cineconventions, music from out-of-print DVDS, being easy to work with, Marcel Perez review WelcomeSilent Film Sound and Music Archive35th annual/final Cinefest, the future of cineconventionssilent film in a church and at Columbia U. film schoolRecording: from out-of-print DVD from Unknown Video “Flaming Flappers”, performed on Miditzer organJim Henry,…
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episode 11: song cues gone wrong, scoring One Week, Lee Erwin, silents in schools
episode 11: song cues gone wrong, scoring One Week, Lee Erwin, silents in schools WelcomeSilent Film Sound and Music ArchiveLibrary of Congress shows: Leap Year, The Patent Leather KidCinema Arts Centre show: Linda, dir Dorothy DavenportRecording: Patent Leather Kid, live in performance at the LoC Packard Campus Theatre, on their…
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episode 10: presenting silent films to kids and to seniors, interview with Harry Weiss pt 2, listening to the audience
episode 10: presenting silent films to kids and to seniors, interview with Harry Weiss pt 2, listening to the audience WelcomeSilent Film Sound & Music ArchiveThe Cinema Arts Centre on Long Island – “Within Our Gates”, virtual theatre organPalace Theatre family programming, Stamford CTRecording: Charlie Chaplin in “The Adventurer”, live…
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episode 9: Boise Philharmonic, musical cross-cutting, interview with Harry Weiss pt 1, inspiration for main themes
episode 9: Boise Philharmonic, musical cross-cutting, interview with Harry Weiss pt 1, inspiration for main themes WelcomeSilent Film Sound & Music ArchiveBoise, ID: working with Boise Philharmonic, playing at the historic Egyptian Theater, showing One Week to 700 5th-gradersRecording: Charley Chase in “Dog Shy”, live in performance on the Robert-Morton…
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new DVD release: “The Marcel Perez Collection”
I’m very excited announce the release today of my new DVD, The Marcel Perez Collection! The DVD contains 10 rare short silent comedies in new digital transfers from prints preserved by the Library of Congress and by the EYE Filmmuseum (Netherlands), and each has a brand new piano score by…
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NEW DVD COLLECTION OF FORGOTTEN SILENT FILM STAR MARCEL PEREZ
THE MARCEL PEREZ COLLECTION SHOWCASINGFORGOTTEN SILENT FILM COMEDIAN CONFIRMED FOR RELEASE ON FEBRUARY 3 IN NEW DVD FEATURING NEW DIGITAL TRANSFERS OF RARE ARCHIVAL PRINTS Undercrank Productions Collaborates with Library of Congress and EYE Filmmuseum (Netherlands) to Shine Spotlight onOverlooked Silent Clown & Director; New Book on Perez by Steve…
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William S. Hart in THREE WORD BRAND (1921) – new release
Happy new year! Today I’m releasing William S. Hart in THREE WORD BRAND (1921) for streaming only. It’s available for just $2.99 on my YouTube channel. Why am I releasing this in this manner? my YouTube channel was recently approved for offering videos for a fee, as well as for…
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a lost Christmas song by the composer of “Charlie Brown”
Used record bins turn up the most unusual items sometimes. I usually will flip through them, past the usual suspects that turn up (My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, The First Family, My Name is Barbra, Vox classical), to see if there aren’t any stereo/hi-fi demonstration records from the…
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** coming in 2015…the podcast is back! **
** coming in 2015…the podcast is back! ** WelcomeA brief recap of how it came to pass that the podcast is being resuscitated for 2015Closing
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Resuscitating My Podcast
It’s the slower months when projects that have been mentally circling the airport can actually contact the tower and request permission to land. In 2014 I got a little better at this, by anticipating the space I’d have in my calendar and brain, and planning to produce my DVD releases…