Ben Model’s
Silent Film Performances:
Past Shows
2019
December 2019
Sun, Dec 1 at 7:00 – The Racket (1928) dir. by Lewis Milestone – new digital restoration by Academy Film Archive – Texas Theater – Dallas TX – piano
Tues, Dec 3 at 7:30 – Ernie Kovacs Centennial Retrospective – Alamo Drafthouse – Richardson TX – panelist
Weds, Dec 4 at 7:00 – John Cleese Receives The Ernie Kovacs Award – presented by Dallas Video Festival – The Texas Theater – Dallas TX – special guest attendee (as archivist of Kovacs collection)
Modern Matinees: Iris Barry’s History of Film – MoMA – NYC – M-F at 1:30 – piano/organ
Series runs October 21-Dec 31. Detailed film listings for the series can be found here.
- Weds, Dec 11 – Hamlet (1920) with Asta Nielsen
- Thurs, Dec 12 – Greed (1924) dir. by Erich von Stroheim
- Fri, Dec 13 – “Great Actresses of the Past (1911-1916)” program
- Mon, Dec 16 – Arsenal (1929), dir by Alexander Dovzhenko
- Tues, Dec 17 – Fragment of an Empire (1929)
- Thurs, Dec 19 – The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
- Mon, Dec 23 – Buster Keaton in The Navigator (1924)
- Tues, Dec 24 – Harold Lloyd in The Freshman (1925)
Weds, Dec 11 a 7:30 – René Clair’s Les Deux Timides – new restoration by San Francisco Silent Film Festival, presented on 35mm film with live intertitle translation – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Fri, Dec 20 at 2:00 – “Silent Movie Day” shorts program: Universal Animated Weekly #50 (1913), Through the Canadian Rockies (1915), China and the Chinese (1917), D.W. Griffith’s A Corner in Wheat (1909), Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle in The Knockout (1914), Al St. John in The Iron Mule (1925), Charley Chase in Leo McCarey’s The Uneasy Three (1925), Disney’s Newman’s Laugh-O-Grams and The Four Musicians of Bremen – MoMA – New York NY – piano
Sat Dec 21 at 2:30 – Dorothy Gish in Nell Gwyn (1928) – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts – New York NY – piano
November 2019
- Fri Nov 1 – The Covered Wagon (1923) dir. By James Cruze
- Tues Nov 5 – Harold Lloyd in The Freshman (1925)
- Thurs Nov 7 – Josef von Sternberg’s Underworld (1928) starring George Bancroft
- Fri Nov 8 – Paul Leni’s The Cat and the Canary (1927)
- Mon Nov 11 – Paul Wegener in Der Golem (1920)
- Tues Nov 12 – The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1921) – plus “Iris Barry Talks” post-screening discussion, with Anne Morra and Larry Kardish
- Mon Nov 18 – Rene Clair’s The Crazy Ray (1923)
- Tues Nov 19 – Eric von Stroheim’s Greed (1924)
- Weds Nov 20 at 7:00pm – special presentation: Iris Talks: Celebrating Arthur Kleiner, MoMA’s First Silent Film Pianist
- Thurs Nov 21 – Carl Th. Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
- Fri Nov 22 – Pola Negri in Hotel Imperial (1927)
- Tues Nov 26 – The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
- Fri Nov 29 – Buster Keaton in The Navigator (1924)
Nov 2 at 1:00 – Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality – new 4K restoration by Cohen Media – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – organ
Nov 2 at 3:30 – Ernst Lubitsch’s Forbidden Paradise, with Pola Negri and Antonio Moreno – new 4K digital restoration by MoMA – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – organ
Nov 3 at 4:00 – Laurel & Hardy comedies: Duck Soup (new restoration by Lobster Films), Liberty, Wrong Again, and Two Tars – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – organ
Fri Nov 8 at 8:00 – Buster Keaton’s The General – Patchogue Theatre – Patchogue NY (Long Island) – organ
Sat Nov 9 at 2:30 – Colleen Moore in Irene – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts – New York NY – piano
Tues Nov 12 at 7:30 – Marion Davies in Beverly of Graustark – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Weds Nov 12 at 6:30 – Bed and Sofa – NYPL 16mm Film Night – Stephen A. Schwartzman Building (main branch) – New York NY – piano
Fri Nov 15 at 7:30 – Lillian Gish in The White Sister – new 35mm print – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sun Nov 24 at 4:00 – Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality – Hamilton Theatre – Hamilton NY – piano
October 2019
Sun, Oct 6 at 2:30 & 6:30 – Danny Joe’s Tree House performance/taping – Black Cherry Puppet Theater – Baltimore MD – piano
Weds Oct 9 at 8:00 – Buster Keaton’s The General – Luhrs Performing Arts Center – Shippensburg PA – piano
Thurs Oct 10 at 9:30a & 11:00a – lecture/demo at film music course (not open to public), Shippensburg University – Shippensburg PA – piano
Sat Oct 12 at 2:30 – Mabel Normand in What Happened to Rosa – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts – New York NY – piano
Tues Oct 15 at 3:00 – Josef von Sternberg’s The Docks of New York – St. Francis College, Founders Hall – Brooklyn NY – piano
Sun Oct 27 at 1:00 – F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, plus Frankenstein (1910) – Edmond Town Hall – Newtown CT – piano
Tues Oct 29 at 7:30 – Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Iris Barry’s History of Film – MoMA – NYC – M-F at 1:30 – piano/organ
Series runs October 21-Dec 31. Detailed film listings for the series can be found here.
- Mon Oct 21 – Theda Bara in A Fool There Was (1914)
- Tues Oct 22 – Program of Early Films 1895-1912
- Weds Oct 23 – William S. Hart in The Taking of Luke McVane (1915)
- Thurs Oct 24 – D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance (1916)
- Weds Oct 30 – Josef von Sternberg’s The Last Command (1927) starring Emil Jannings
- Thurs Oct 31 – Paul Wegener in Der Golem (1920)
September 2019
Sun, Sept 8 at 1:00 – Laurel & Hardy in Do Detectives Think?, Wrong Again and Big Business – DOROT – NOTE: *free admission* and space is limited…if you plan to attend please RSVP here – New York NY – piano
Tues, Sept 10 at 9:00am – Josef von Sternberg’s The Docks of New York – Wesleyan University film course (**not open to public or to students not enrolled in course) – Middletown CT – theatre organ
Sat, Sept 14 at 2:30 – Clara Bow in “It” (1927) plus Alice Howell in Cinderella Cinders (1920) – The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
Weds, Sept 18 7:30 – Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle comedy shorts, hosted by Steve Massa – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Tues, Sept 24 at 11:15am – silent film program TBA – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
Weds, Sept 25 at 7:00 – Buster Keaton in The Cameraman & King Vidor’s The Crowd – Center For Moving Image Arts, Bard College – Annandale-on-Hudson NY – piano
Sun, Sept 29 at 12 noon – Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality (1923) – Alamo Drafthouse – Brooklyn NY – theatre organ
August 2019
Fri August 9 at 11:30am – Helen’s Babies (1925) with Edward Everett Horton, Clara Bow and Baby Peggy – new digital restoration by the Library of Congress – Capitol Theatre‘s annual “Capitolfest” – Rome NY – theatre organ
Sun August 11 at 11:50am – Kentucky Pride (1925) directed by John Ford – – Capitol Theatre‘s annual “Capitolfest” – Rome NY – theatre organ
Tues August 13 at 7:00 – “Ernie Kovacs Centennial” – screening and panel event focusing on Kovacs’ video art – Anthology Film Archives – New York NY – panel moderator and programmer of video compilation
Weds August 14 at 7:30 – “Ernie Kovacs Centennial” – screening of Ernie Kovacs TV sketches – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – co-host of evening with Josh Mills, Ediad Productions
Fri August 16 at 7:30 – Marion Davies in Beverly of Graustark (1926) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sat August 17 at 2:00 – Raymond Griffith in You’d Be Surprised (1926) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Tues August 20 at 7:30 – Mary Pickford in Rosita (1923), directed by Ernst Lubitsch – new 4K restoration by MoMA – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
July 2019
Thurs July 11 at 7:30 – F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise (1927) with Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor – 35mm print – Ambler Theater (historic 1928 movie house) – Ambler PA – theatre organ
Fri July 12 at 7:30 – Harold Lloyd in The Kid Brother (1927) – Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts – State Theater (historic 1938 movie house) – State College PA – theatre organ
Tues July 23 at 7:30 – Colleen Moore in Little Orphant Annie (1918) – new 35mm restoration – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Mon July 29 at 8:00 – Buster Keaton comedy shorts TBD – Strand Theater (historic 1941 movie house) – Schroon Lake NY (Adirondacks) – piano
June 2019
Weds June 5 at 7:00 – Charlie Chaplin in The Rink, The Cure and The Adventurer – Park Theater (historic 1911 movie house) – Glens Falls NY – piano
Thurs June 6 at 6:00 – Charlie Chaplin in The Rink, The Cure and The Adventurer – DOROT – NOTE: *free admission* and space is limited…if you plan to attend please RSVP here – New York NY – piano
Sat, June 8 at 2:30 – Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in Wrong Again, Big Business, Double Whoopee and Bacon Grabbers (all 1929) – The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
June 13-15 – 8th Annual Mostly Lost Film Identification Workshop – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater – Culpeper VA – piano
June 14 – Ben Alexander in Penrod and Sam (1923) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Tues June 25 at 7:30 – Ernst Lubitsch’s Forbidden Paradise – new digital restoration from MoMA – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
May 2019
Weds at 1:20, weekly (ends May 8) – “Silent Storytelling” – silent film course – open to Wesleyan students only, no auditing allowed – Wesleyan College of Film and Media Studies – instructor/piano
Sun May 5 at 1:00 – Silent Comedy Shorts: Chaplin’s One A.M, Buster Keaton in The Playhouse, Laurel & Hardy in Big Business – Bedford Playhouse – Bedford NY – piano
Fri May 10 at 7:30 – “An Evening With Changemaker Ernie Kovacs” – co-hosted by Josh Mills and Ben Model – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA
Sat May 10 at 2:00 – Harold Lloyd in Speedy (1928) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sat May 11 at 7:30 – “An Evening With Edie Adams” – co-hosted by Josh Mills and Ben Model – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA
Weds May 15 at 7:30 – Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood – new digital restoration from Cohen Media – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sat May 18 at 1:00 – Buster Keaton in Sherlock, Jr., plus Charlie Chaplin in The Rink – La Mirada Theater – La Mirada CA – piano
Weds May 22 at 10:30am – “The Ernie Kovacs Centennial: 1919-2019” – New Jersey State Museum Auditorium – Trenton NJ – M.C. of event
April 2019
Weds at 1:20, weekly – “Silent Storytelling” – silent film course – open to Wesleyan students only, no auditing allowed – Wesleyan College of Film and Media Studies – instructor/piano
Fri April 5 at 7:30 – Lois Weber’s Hypocrites (1914) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sat April 6 at 7:30 – The Metropolitan Washington Old Time Radio Club performs live reenactments of episodes of The Shadow and Fibber McGee and Molly – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sun April 7 at 3:45 – “Mostly Lost” Workshop – AFI Silver Theatre – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Mon April 8 at 12:30 – guest lecturer at NYU Cinema Studies “Curating Moving Images” course – discussing DVD production/distribution and crowdfunding – New York NY
Sat April 13 at 2:45 – Tom Mix in Outlaws of Red River (1926) and The Great K&A Train Robbery (1927) – 10th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival – Legion Theater Post 43 – Hollywood CA – theatre organ
Tues April 16 at 7:30 – Dorothy Daventport Reid’s The Red Kimona – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Thurs April 18 at 10:30a – guest accompanist at Columbia University Film Program silent film course – not open to the public – piano
Weds April 24 at 8:00 – Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1925) – Goldsmith Family Cinema, Wesleyan University – Middletown CT – theatre organ
Mon April 28 at 6:00 – silent film program TBA – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
March 2019
Sat, March 2 at 1:30 – Harold Lloyd in The Kid Brother (1927) – Beatrice Community Players Theatre part of weekend of Harold Lloyd events in his hometown, sponsored by the Gage County Museum and Historical Society – Beatrice NE – piano
Tues March 5 – DVD release – The Alice Howell Collection – 2-disc set of 12 rare comedy shorts starring Alice Howell – from Undercrank Productions – available on Amazon, Shop TCM, DeepDiscount, et al.
Tues, March 5 at 4:30 – Kentucky Pride (1925) dir. by John Ford – new 4K restoration from 35mm nitrate – MoMA – New York NY – piano
Tues, March 5 at 6:30 – The Shamrock Handicap (1926) dir. by John Ford – new 4K restoration from 35mm nitrate– MoMA – New York NY – piano
Sat, March 9 at 12:00 noon – “Family Films” – DW Griffith’s The Lonedale Operator and Keaton’s One Week – MoMA – New York NY – piano
Sat, March 9 at 2:00 – Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Bagdad (1924) – The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
Sun, March 10 at 2:00 – Laurel & Hardy in Putting Pants on Philip, Wrong Again and Big Business – The Five & Dime – New York NY (lower Manhattan) – digital piano
Tues, March 18 at 4:30 – Tom Mix in Outlaws of Red River (1927) – new 4K restoration from 35mm nitrate– MoMA – New York NY – theatre organ
Tues, March 18 at 6:30 – While New York Sleeps (1920) – dir. by Charles Brabin – MoMA – New York NY – theatre organ
Weds, March 19 at 7:30 – Alice Howell comedies: In Dutch, Distilled Love, and A Convict’s Happy Bride – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sat, March 23 at 1:00 – Fay Wray in Erich von Stroheim’s The Wedding March – AFI Silver Theatre – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sunday, March 24 at 2:00 – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. – Hewlett-Woodmere Library – Hewlett NY (Long Island) – piano
Friday, March 29 at 7:00 – Laurel & Hardy in Putting Pants on Philip, Wrong Again and Big Business – The Weston Playhouse – Walker Barn – Weston VT – piano
February 2019
Weds at 1:20, weekly – “Silent Storytelling” – silent film course – open to Wesleyan students only, no auditing allowed – Wesleyan College of Film and Media Studies – instructor/piano
Fri, Feb 1 at 10:00a and 12:30p – Buster Keaton in One Week – education program for area 6th graders – Egyptian Theater – Boise ID – theatre organ
Sat, Feb 2 at 8:00 – Harold Lloyd in Grandma’s Boy, with score by Ben Model performed by Boise Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, plus Alice Howell in Neptune’s Naughty Daughter and Charlie Chaplin in The Floorwalker accompanied by Ben Model – Egyptian Theater – Boise ID – orchestral score / theatre organ
Thurs, Feb 7 at 8:00 – Lecture: Music and Silent Film – Modfest: Vassar College’s annual exploration of the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries – Vassar College Skinner Hall – piano
Sat, Feb 9 at 2:30 – Larry Semon comedies — The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Mon, Feb 11 at 3:00 – The Golem – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
Tues, Feb 12 at 3:00 – silent comedy film program – The Osborn, senior living – Rye NY – piano
Sat, Feb 16 at 2:00 – F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise – North Castle Public Library – Armonk NY – piano
Tues, Feb 19 at 7:30 – Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr., plus The Goat – new 4K restorations from Cohen Media – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Thurs, Feb 21 at 7:00 – Harold Lloyd in Safety Last – Ursinus College Bomberger Auditorium – Collegeville PA – pipe organ
Fri, Feb 22 at 11:00a – Film Music course, guest speaker – Ursinus College – Collegeville PA – lecturer/piano
Sat, Feb 23 at 6:00 – lecture: Undercranking: The Magic Behind the Slapstick – for attendees of annual Cinema Dinner – Kansas Silent Film Festival – Topeka KS – lecturer
Sat, Feb 23 at 8:00 – Marion Davies in When Knighthood Was In Flower – Kansas Silent Film Festival -– White Concert Hall, Washburn University – Topeka KS – pipe organ
January 2019
Fri, Jan 11 at 7:00 — Ernst Lubitsch’s Forbidden Paradise (1925) – new restoration – MoMA – NYC – theatre organ
Sat, Jan 12 at 2:30 – Harold Lloyd in Safety Last (1923) plus Charley Chase shorts. — The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Sun, Jan 13 at 1:30 – Marcel Perez comedies — Kobe, Japan — providing films (digitally) for screening
Weds, Jan 15 at 7:30 – Frank Borzage’s Seventh Heaven (1922) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Thurs, Jan 17 at 9:30a – Alice Howell comedies – Slapstick Festival screening, hosted by Lucy Porter – Bristol UK — providing films (on DCP) for screening
Mon, Jan 21 at 6:30 – Orphan Films program – MoMA’s “To Save and Project” festival of film preservation – accompanying Three American Beauties (1906), Something Good – Negro Kiss (Selig Polyscope Co., 1898) and others – MoMA – NYC – piano
Weds, Jan 23 at 7:00 – The Lumberjack’s Bride/Koskenlaskijan Morsian (1931), dir. Erkki Karu – Scandinavia House – New York NY – piano
Thurs, Jan 24 at 11:00a – Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant (1917) – education program, not open to public – Museum of the Moving Image – Astoria NY – piano
Weds, Jan 30 at 1:20 – “Silent Storytelling” begins – teacher of silent film course – open to Wesleyan students only, no auditing allowed – Wednesdays through May – Wesleyan College of Film and Media Studies – instructor/piano
Shows from 2018:
January
Weds, Jan 3 at 1:30 – Orson Welles’ Too Much Johnson, with Joseph Cotten – MoMA – NYC – piano
Weds, Jan 17 at 7:30 – Victor Sjöstrom’s Terje Vigen (A Man There Was) – Tromsø International Film Festival – Arctic Cathedral – Tromsø, Norway – organ
Weds, Jan 24 at 7:30 – Louise Brooks and Wallace Beery in Beggars of Life (new restoration) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Fri, Jan 26 at 7:30 – Frank Capra’s Submarine (1928) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sun, Jan 28 at 2:30 – Lewis Mileston’s The Racket (1928) – new restoration – MoMA – NYC – piano
Weds, Jan 31 at 9:00 – Cecil B. DeMille’s Affairs of Anatol – Wesleyan University film course (not open to public or to students not enrolled in course) – Middletown CT – theatre organ
February
Sat, Feb 3 at 8:00 – Dziga Vertov’s Man With a Movie Camera – Wesleyan University, Goldsmith Cinema – Middletown CT – theatre organ
Sat Feb 3 at 8:00 – Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant – orchestra score by Ben Model performed by the Northern Duchess Symphony Orchestra – Rhinebeck NY – orchestra
Weds, Feb 7 at 3:00 – silent film program TBD – The Osborn Senior Living Community – Rye NY – piano
Sat, Feb 10 at 2:30 – comedy shorts: A Jitney Elopement (Chaplin), Fatty and Mabel Adrift (Arbuckle), Ask Father (Lloyd), Neighbors (Keaton) — The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Fri, Feb 16 morning – silent comedy shorts, performances for school groups – Egyptian Theatre – Boise ID – theatre organ
Sat, Feb 17 at 8:00 – Keaton’s One Week plus Laurel & Hardy in Wrong Again (world premiere of score!) — Boise Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble – orchestral scores; plus Ben Model accompanying two shorts TBA on Robert Morton theatre pipe organ – Egyptian Theatre – Boise ID – orchestra & theatre organ
Tues, Feb 20 at 9:00 – William Wellman’s Wings – Wesleyan University film course (not open to public or to students not enrolled in course) – Middletown CT – theatre organ
Weds, Feb 21 at 7:30 – Fritz Lang’s Spies (new restoration) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Tues, Feb 27 – DVD release – The Marcel Perez Collection: Volume 2 – Undercrank Productions – available on Amazon
Weds, Feb 28 at 12:30 – performance and talk at NYU Cinema Studies class – NYC – piano
March
Sun Mar 2 at 2:00 – Marion Davies in King Vidor’s Show People – Hewlett-Woodmere Library – Hewlett NY (Long Island) – piano
Sun Mar 2 at 8:00 – Buster Keaton in One Week – Treasure Valley Symphony Orchestra – Ontario OR – orchestral score by Ben Model
Sat Mar 10 at 2:30 – “Women’s ‘Herstory’ Month” program – The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
Tues Mar 13 – W.C. Fields in It’s The Old Army Game – DVD/Blu-ray release from Kino Lorber – theatre organ
Weds Mar 14 at 7:30 – “Slapstick Divas” program, introduced by Steve Massa – comedy shorts with Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew, Alice Howell, Fay Tincher, Wanda Wiley and Gale Henry – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Mon Mar 19 at 2:00 – Lois Weber’s “Shoes” – St. Francis College Women’s Film Festival – Brooklyn NY – piano
Thurs-Sat Mar 22-24 – Parallel Exit’s “The Final Reel” (physical comedy theatre show) – Voorhees Theatre at City Tech College/CUNY – Brooklyn NY – piano
Thurs Mar 29 at 10:00am – Columbia University silent film course (not open to public) – Columbia University – New York NY – piano
April
Thurs April 5 at 7:30 – “Mostly Lost” presentation – includes Ben Model’s “Undercranking: The Magic Behind the Slapstick” – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – piano
Thurs April 12 at 7:30 – Thomas Meighan in The Racket – new restoration by the Academy Film Archive – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sat April 14 at 1:30 & 7:00 – Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant and The Adventurer, plus Felix the Cat in Pedigreedy – Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra – Saskatchewan ON, Canada – orchestral scores by Ben Model (not in attendance)
Sat April 14 at 2:30 – Chaplin and Keaton shorts: The Tramp, The Fireman, The Scarecrow, The Blacksmith — The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
Mon Apr 16 at 7:00 – Modern Mondays: Shannon Plumb – MoMA – New York NY – piano
Tues Apr 17 at 5:30 – Julien Duvivier’s Au Bonheur de Dames – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
Sat Apr 28 at 8:00 – Marion Davies in King Vidor’s Show People – TCM Classic Film Festival – Egyptian Theatre – Hollywood CA – theatre organ
Sun Apr 29 at [TBD] – “Mostly Lost” presentation – includes Ben Model’s “Undercranking: The Magic Behind the Slapstick” – TCM Classic Film Festival – “Club TCM” – Hollywood CA – piano
May
Thurs May 3 at 8:45am – school assembly for 4th graders – The Town School – NYC – piano
Fri May 4 at 1:30pm – Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail – MoMA – NYC – piano
Sat May 12 at 2:30 – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. — The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
Weds May 16 at 7:30 – Edith Storey in A Florida Enchantment, plus (short) Jane’s Bashful Hero – guest speaker, Steve Massa – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sun May 20 at 1:30pm – Howard Hawks’ Fig Leaves – MoMA – NYC – theatre organ
Sun May 20 at 4:00pm – Howard Hawks’ Fazil – MoMA – NYC – theatre organ
Sun May 20 at 7:00pm – Howard Hawks’ Paid To Love – MoMA – NYC – theatre organ
Summer
Fri June 1 at 10am – Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant (1917) – education program – Museum of the Moving Image – Long Island City NY – piano
Sat June 9 at 2:30 – John Barrymore in Tempest (1928) — The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
June 13-16 – 7th annual Mostly Lost film identification workshop – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – piano
Thurs June 14 at 7:30 – Marie Doro in Lost and Won (1916) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Fri June 22 at 7:00 – Paul Wegener’s The Golem (1920) – The Morgan Library & Museum – New York NY – piano
Tues June 26 at 7:30 – The Lost World (1925) – new restoration – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sun July 1 at 8:00 – Charlie Chaplin’s The Adventurer (1917) – Missouri Theatre – Columbia MO – orchestral score performed by the Missouri Symphony
Sat July 7 at 2:30 – Laurel & Hardy in: From Soup To Nuts, You’re Darn Tootin’, Their Purple Moment and Should Married Men Go Home? — The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
Fri July 13 at 8:30 – Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) – Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts – State Theater – State College PA – theatre organ
Weds July 18 at 7:30 – Buster Keaton’s Three Ages (1923) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Weds July 25 at 8:00 -Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) – Alamo Drafthouse – Brooklyn NY – theatre organ
Fri July 27 at 6:30 – silent comedy shorts program (TBD) – Katonah Library – Katonah NY – piano
Thur Aug 2 at 8:30 – Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant and The Adventurer plus Buster Keaton’s One Week and Cops – Queen of the Square Cinema, presented outdoors – Stratford, Ontario (Canada) – orchestral scores performed by the Stratford Symphony
Fri Aug 3 at 7:30 – Marion Davies in When Knighthood Was In Flower (1922) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Weds Aug 8 at 6:30 – 16mm Film Nights: Women in Silent Film – NY Public Library Schwarzman Building – New York NY – piano
Weds Aug 15 at 7:30 – Marcel Perez comedy shorts (titles TBD) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
September
Thurs, Sept 6 at 8:50am – Josef von Sternberg’s The Docks of New York – Wesleyan University film course (not open to public or to students not enrolled in course) – Middletown CT – theatre organ
Sat, Sept 8 10 at 2:30 – Harold Lloyd in Grandma’s Boy, plus Charley Chase in The Fraidy Cat and A Ten-Minute Egg — The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Tues Sept 18 at 11:10am – William S. Hart in Hell’s Hinges – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
Weds, Sept 19 at 7:30 – Douglas Fairbanks in The Three Musketeers (35mm print of new restoration by SFSFF/MoMA) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Mon Sept 24 at 3:00 – silent film TBA – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
October
Sat, Oct 13 at 2:30 – Harold Lloyd in All Aboard (’17) and High and Dizzy (1920), Charley Chase in Love in Armor (’15), The Rat’s Knuckles (’25) and Bromo and Juliet (’26). — The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Sat Oct 13 at 7pm – movie-themed symphony concert including Buster Keaton’s Cops (1922) – Symphony in the Valley – Ute Theatre – Rifle CO – orchestral score by Ben Model
Sun Oct 14 at 4pm – movie-themed symphony concert including Buster Keaton’s Cops (1922) – Symphony in the Valley – Glenwood Springs High School – Glenwood Springs CO – orchestral score by Ben Model
Fri Oct 19 at 7:30 – Todd Browning’s Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sat Oct 20 at 7:30 – Benjamin Christensen’s Haxan (1922) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Tues Oct 23 at 7:00 – Joan Crawford in Our Dancing Daughters (1928) – Ambler Theatre 90th anniversary show – Ambler PA – theatre organ
Weds, Oct 24 at 7:30 – F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Thurs, Oct 25 at 8:00 – Todd Browning’s Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi – Rivertown Film Society, in association with Arts Rock and Arts Angels – Nyack High School – Nyack NY – theatre organ
Tues Oct 30 – *DVD RELEASE* – Found at Mostly Lost: Volume 2 from Undercrank Productions – disc details are on the Undercrank Prods. website
Weds Oct 31 at 2:00 – Halloween silent film TBA – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
November
Thurs, Nov 1 at 1:30 – Douglas Fairbanks in American Aristocracy – MoMA – NYC – piano
Fri, Nov 2 at 7:30 – Alice Howell comedies – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sat, Nov 3 at 1:30 – Marion Davies in The Cardboard Lover (1927) – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sat, Nov 3 at 5:00 – Marion Davies in Beauty’s Worth (1922) – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sun, Nov 4 at 4:00 – Marion Davies in Show People (1928) – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sun, Nov 4 at 6:00 – Marion Davies in When Knighthood Was In Flower (1922) – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sun, Nov 4 at 8:00 – Buster Keaton in One Week (1920) – performed by the Oklahoma Youth Symphony – Petrie Recital Hall – Oklahoma City OK – orchestral score
Sat, Nov 10 at 2:30 – Harold Lloyd and Charley Chase comedies — The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Sun, Nov 11 at 4:00 – silent comedy shorts program – Edmond Town Hall – Newtown CT – piano
Weds, Nov 14 at 7:30 – Lois Weber’s The Blot – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Thurs, Nov 15 at 8:00 – Charlie Chaplin’s The Adventurer and Buster Keaton’s One Week – Arbor View High School Orchestra – Las Vegas NV – orchestral scores
Fri Nov 23 thru Sun Dec 2 – “Silent Comedy International” – 1o-day series of silent comedy films from France, England, Germany, Italy, Denmark and the US – co-curated by Ben Model, Steve Massa and Dave Kehr – program listings and film titles will be available late October on the MoMA film calendar.
Shows from 2018:
January
Weds, Jan 3 at 1:30 – Orson Welles’ Too Much Johnson, with Joseph Cotten – MoMA – NYC – piano
Weds, Jan 17 at 7:30 – Victor Sjöstrom’s Terje Vigen (A Man There Was) – Tromsø International Film Festival – Arctic Cathedral – Tromsø, Norway – organ
Weds, Jan 24 at 7:30 – Louise Brooks and Wallace Beery in Beggars of Life (new restoration) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Fri, Jan 26 at 7:30 – Frank Capra’s Submarine (1928) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sun, Jan 28 at 2:30 – Lewis Mileston’s The Racket (1928) – new restoration – MoMA – NYC – piano
Weds, Jan 31 at 9:00 – Cecil B. DeMille’s Affairs of Anatol – Wesleyan University film course (not open to public or to students not enrolled in course) – Middletown CT – theatre organ
February
Sat, Feb 3 at 8:00 – Dziga Vertov’s Man With a Movie Camera – Wesleyan University, Goldsmith Cinema – Middletown CT – theatre organ
Sat Feb 3 at 8:00 – Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant – orchestra score by Ben Model performed by the Northern Duchess Symphony Orchestra – Rhinebeck NY – orchestra
Weds, Feb 7 at 3:00 – silent film program TBD – The Osborn Senior Living Community – Rye NY – piano
Sat, Feb 10 at 2:30 – comedy shorts: A Jitney Elopement (Chaplin), Fatty and Mabel Adrift (Arbuckle), Ask Father (Lloyd), Neighbors (Keaton) — The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Fri, Feb 16 morning – silent comedy shorts, performances for school groups – Egyptian Theatre – Boise ID – theatre organ
Sat, Feb 17 at 8:00 – Keaton’s One Week plus Laurel & Hardy in Wrong Again (world premiere of score!) — Boise Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble – orchestral scores; plus Ben Model accompanying two shorts TBA on Robert Morton theatre pipe organ – Egyptian Theatre – Boise ID – orchestra & theatre organ
Tues, Feb 20 at 9:00 – William Wellman’s Wings – Wesleyan University film course (not open to public or to students not enrolled in course) – Middletown CT – theatre organ
Weds, Feb 21 at 7:30 – Fritz Lang’s Spies (new restoration) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Tues, Feb 27 – DVD release – The Marcel Perez Collection: Volume 2 – Undercrank Productions – available on Amazon
Weds, Feb 28 at 12:30 – performance and talk at NYU Cinema Studies class – NYC – piano
March
Sun Mar 2 at 2:00 – Marion Davies in King Vidor’s Show People – Hewlett-Woodmere Library – Hewlett NY (Long Island) – piano
Sun Mar 2 at 8:00 – Buster Keaton in One Week – Treasure Valley Symphony Orchestra – Ontario OR – orchestral score by Ben Model
Sat Mar 10 at 2:30 – “Women’s ‘Herstory’ Month” program – The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
Tues Mar 13 – W.C. Fields in It’s The Old Army Game – DVD/Blu-ray release from Kino Lorber – theatre organ
Weds Mar 14 at 7:30 – “Slapstick Divas” program, introduced by Steve Massa – comedy shorts with Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew, Alice Howell, Fay Tincher, Wanda Wiley and Gale Henry – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Mon Mar 19 at 2:00 – Lois Weber’s “Shoes” – St. Francis College Women’s Film Festival – Brooklyn NY – piano
Thurs-Sat Mar 22-24 – Parallel Exit’s “The Final Reel” (physical comedy theatre show) – Voorhees Theatre at City Tech College/CUNY – Brooklyn NY – piano
Thurs Mar 29 at 10:00am – Columbia University silent film course (not open to public) – Columbia University – New York NY – piano
April
Thurs April 5 at 7:30 – “Mostly Lost” presentation – includes Ben Model’s “Undercranking: The Magic Behind the Slapstick” – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – piano
Thurs April 12 at 7:30 – Thomas Meighan in The Racket – new restoration by the Academy Film Archive – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sat April 14 at 1:30 & 7:00 – Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant and The Adventurer, plus Felix the Cat in Pedigreedy – Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra – Saskatchewan ON, Canada – orchestral scores by Ben Model (not in attendance)
Sat April 14 at 2:30 – Chaplin and Keaton shorts: The Tramp, The Fireman, The Scarecrow, The Blacksmith — The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
Mon Apr 16 at 7:00 – Modern Mondays: Shannon Plumb – MoMA – New York NY – piano
Tues Apr 17 at 5:30 – Julien Duvivier’s Au Bonheur de Dames – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
Sat Apr 28 at 8:00 – Marion Davies in King Vidor’s Show People – TCM Classic Film Festival – Egyptian Theatre – Hollywood CA – theatre organ
Sun Apr 29 at [TBD] – “Mostly Lost” presentation – includes Ben Model’s “Undercranking: The Magic Behind the Slapstick” – TCM Classic Film Festival – “Club TCM” – Hollywood CA – piano
May
Thurs May 3 at 8:45am – school assembly for 4th graders – The Town School – NYC – piano
Fri May 4 at 1:30pm – Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail – MoMA – NYC – piano
Sat May 12 at 2:30 – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. — The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
Weds May 16 at 7:30 – Edith Storey in A Florida Enchantment, plus (short) Jane’s Bashful Hero – guest speaker, Steve Massa – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sun May 20 at 1:30pm – Howard Hawks’ Fig Leaves – MoMA – NYC – theatre organ
Sun May 20 at 4:00pm – Howard Hawks’ Fazil – MoMA – NYC – theatre organ
Sun May 20 at 7:00pm – Howard Hawks’ Paid To Love – MoMA – NYC – theatre organ
Summer
Fri June 1 at 10am – Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant (1917) – education program – Museum of the Moving Image – Long Island City NY – piano
Sat June 9 at 2:30 – John Barrymore in Tempest (1928) — The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
June 13-16 – 7th annual Mostly Lost film identification workshop – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – piano
Thurs June 14 at 7:30 – Marie Doro in Lost and Won (1916) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Fri June 22 at 7:00 – Paul Wegener’s The Golem (1920) – The Morgan Library & Museum – New York NY – piano
Tues June 26 at 7:30 – The Lost World (1925) – new restoration – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sun July 1 at 8:00 – Charlie Chaplin’s The Adventurer (1917) – Missouri Theatre – Columbia MO – orchestral score performed by the Missouri Symphony
Sat July 7 at 2:30 – Laurel & Hardy in: From Soup To Nuts, You’re Darn Tootin’, Their Purple Moment and Should Married Men Go Home? — The Silent Clowns Film Series – New York NY – piano
Fri July 13 at 8:30 – Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) – Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts – State Theater – State College PA – theatre organ
Weds July 18 at 7:30 – Buster Keaton’s Three Ages (1923) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Weds July 25 at 8:00 -Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) – Alamo Drafthouse – Brooklyn NY – theatre organ
Fri July 27 at 6:30 – silent comedy shorts program (TBD) – Katonah Library – Katonah NY – piano
Thur Aug 2 at 8:30 – Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant and The Adventurer plus Buster Keaton’s One Week and Cops – Queen of the Square Cinema, presented outdoors – Stratford, Ontario (Canada) – orchestral scores performed by the Stratford Symphony
Fri Aug 3 at 7:30 – Marion Davies in When Knighthood Was In Flower (1922) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Weds Aug 8 at 6:30 – 16mm Film Nights: Women in Silent Film – NY Public Library Schwarzman Building – New York NY – piano
Weds Aug 15 at 7:30 – Marcel Perez comedy shorts (titles TBD) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
September
Thurs, Sept 6 at 8:50am – Josef von Sternberg’s The Docks of New York – Wesleyan University film course (not open to public or to students not enrolled in course) – Middletown CT – theatre organ
Sat, Sept 8 10 at 2:30 – Harold Lloyd in Grandma’s Boy, plus Charley Chase in The Fraidy Cat and A Ten-Minute Egg — The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Tues Sept 18 at 11:10am – William S. Hart in Hell’s Hinges – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
Weds, Sept 19 at 7:30 – Douglas Fairbanks in The Three Musketeers (35mm print of new restoration by SFSFF/MoMA) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Mon Sept 24 at 3:00 – silent film TBA – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
October
Sat, Oct 13 at 2:30 – Harold Lloyd in All Aboard (’17) and High and Dizzy (1920), Charley Chase in Love in Armor (’15), The Rat’s Knuckles (’25) and Bromo and Juliet (’26). — The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Sat Oct 13 at 7pm – movie-themed symphony concert including Buster Keaton’s Cops (1922) – Symphony in the Valley – Ute Theatre – Rifle CO – orchestral score by Ben Model
Sun Oct 14 at 4pm – movie-themed symphony concert including Buster Keaton’s Cops (1922) – Symphony in the Valley – Glenwood Springs High School – Glenwood Springs CO – orchestral score by Ben Model
Fri Oct 19 at 7:30 – Todd Browning’s Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sat Oct 20 at 7:30 – Benjamin Christensen’s Haxan (1922) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Tues Oct 23 at 7:00 – Joan Crawford in Our Dancing Daughters (1928) – Ambler Theatre 90th anniversary show – Ambler PA – theatre organ
Weds, Oct 24 at 7:30 – F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Thurs, Oct 25 at 8:00 – Todd Browning’s Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi – Rivertown Film Society, in association with Arts Rock and Arts Angels – Nyack High School – Nyack NY – theatre organ
Tues Oct 30 – *DVD RELEASE* – Found at Mostly Lost: Volume 2 from Undercrank Productions – disc details are on the Undercrank Prods. website
Weds Oct 31 at 2:00 – Halloween silent film TBA – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
November
Thurs, Nov 1 at 1:30 – Douglas Fairbanks in American Aristocracy – MoMA – NYC – piano
Fri, Nov 2 at 7:30 – Alice Howell comedies – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sat, Nov 3 at 1:30 – Marion Davies in The Cardboard Lover (1927) – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sat, Nov 3 at 5:00 – Marion Davies in Beauty’s Worth (1922) – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sun, Nov 4 at 4:00 – Marion Davies in Show People (1928) – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sun, Nov 4 at 6:00 – Marion Davies in When Knighthood Was In Flower (1922) – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sun, Nov 4 at 8:00 – Buster Keaton in One Week (1920) – performed by the Oklahoma Youth Symphony – Petrie Recital Hall – Oklahoma City OK – orchestral score
Sat, Nov 10 at 2:30 – Harold Lloyd and Charley Chase comedies — The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Sun, Nov 11 at 4:00 – silent comedy shorts program – Edmond Town Hall – Newtown CT – piano
Weds, Nov 14 at 7:30 – Lois Weber’s The Blot – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Thurs, Nov 15 at 8:00 – Charlie Chaplin’s The Adventurer and Buster Keaton’s One Week – Arbor View High School Orchestra – Las Vegas NV – orchestral scores
Fri Nov 23 thru Sun Dec 2 – “Silent Comedy International” – 1o-day series of silent comedy films from France, England, Germany, Italy, Denmark and the US – co-curated by Ben Model, Steve Massa and Dave Kehr – program listings and film titles will be available late October on the MoMA film calendar.
2017
December 2017
Tues, Dec 5 at 7:30 – The Champion, Work, Police – Charlie Chaplin Essanay shorts restored by Lobster Films – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Weds, Dec 6 at 2:00 – Frank Borzage’s Seventh Heaven – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
Sat, Dec 9 at 2:30 – The Cameraman with Buster Keaton – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
November 2017
Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 4:30 – “Slapstick Divas” shorts program, introduced by Steve Massa – AFI Silver Theatre – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 6:45 – Arbuckle-Keaton 1917 shorts program, introduced by Steve Massa – AFI Silver Theatre – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Tues, Nov 7 at 8:00 – Buster Keaton in Cops plus Ko-ko cartoon The Fadeaway – Ralston Valley High School -Arvada CO – *orchestral scores* performed by RVHS orchestra
Tues, Nov 14 at 7:30 – My Wife’s Relations, The Blacksmith, Daydreams, Cops – Buster Keaton shorts restored by Lobster Films – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Weds, Nov 29 at 8:00 – Buster Keaton in Cops, plus concert program – Otterbein University – Battelle Fine Arts Center, Riley Auditorium – Westerville OH – *concert band score* performed by Otterbein University Wind Ensemble
October 2017
Sat, Oct 10 at 2:30 – “Silent Shorts Jamboree” – Charley Chase in His Wooden Wedding, Lloyd Hamilton in Careful Please, Al St. John in Stupid But Brave and Arthur HousmanJust a Husband – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Tues, Oct 24 at 7:30 – Lon Chaney The Penalty, plus new 4K restoration of Frankenstein (1910) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Fri, Oct 27 at 8:00 – F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu – Rivertown Film Society, in association with Arts Rock and Arts Angels – Nyack High School – Nyack NY – theatre organ
Tues, Oct 31 at 3:00 – Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
September 2017
Sat, Sept 2 at 12:00 noon – “Kult Og Kort” shorts program: Baby Peggy, Stan Laurel, Ko-ko the Clown, and Laurel & Hardy – Stumfilmdager i Tromsø (Silent Film Days in Tromsø) – Verdensteatret cinema – Tromsø, Norway – piano
Sun, Sept 3 at 3:00 – Marion Davies in When Knighthood Was In Flower – *new restoration* – Gene Siskel Film Center, part of the cinema’s Recently Restored 2017 series – film screened on DCP, live piano accompaniemnt by David Drazin
Thurs, Sept 7 at 9:00a – Josef von Sternberg’s Docks of New York – film studies course, not open to public – Wesleyan University – Middletown CT – theatre organ
Fri, Sept 8 at 7:15 – Frank Borzage’s Seventh Heaven, starring Janet Gaynor – Port Washington Library – Port Washington NY (Long Island) – piano
Sun Sept 10 at 12:15a – Douglas Fairbanks in The Three Musketeers – *new restoration*/ *broadcast premiere* – TCM’s Silent Sunday Nights – theatre organ
Thurs, Sept 14 at 7:30 – Slapstick Divas: shorts program, introduced by Steve Massa – 35mm – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Fri, Sept 15 at 7:30 – Monty Banks in Flying Luck – 35mm – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sat, Sept 16 at 7:30 – Greta Garbo in The Temptress – 35mm – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Tues, Sept 19 at 7:30 – Shoes, directed by Lois Weber – *new restoration* – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Mon, Sept 25 at 2:00 – silent film program – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – theatre organ
Fri, Sept 29 at 2:45 – Buster Keaton in Three Ages – The 24th Annual Buster Keaton Celebration – Bowlus Fine Arts Center – Iola KS – piano
Sat, Sept 30 at 8:35 – Buster Keaton in Spite Marriage – The 24th Annual Buster Keaton Celebration – Bowlus Fine Arts Center – Iola KS – piano
Coming in October: orchestral scores in the Adirondacks, two DVD releases, the Silent Clowns Film Series, and more . . . !
August 2017
Tues, Aug 15 at 7:30 – Josef von Sternberg’s The Last Command – *new restoration* – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Thurs, Aug 17 at 9:00 – Felix the Cat in Pedigreedy and Charley Chase in Dog Shy – orchestral scores performed by the Butte Symphony, conducted by Luis Millan – Original Mine Frame Stage – Butte MT – orchestra
Fri, Aug 18 – Silent Film Music Podcast by Ben Model – episode 24 – listen on iTunes or Stitcher
Sat, Aug 26 at 12:00 noon – Laurel & Hardy program: Putting Pants on Philip, From Soup To Nuts, Wrong Again and The Battle of the Century – Alamo Drafthouse (Brooklyn) – Brookyln NY – theatre organ
Tues, Aug 29 at 8:00 – Marion Davies in When Knighthood Was In Flower – *new restoration* / **broadcast premiere** – Marion Davies salute during TCM’s Summer Under The Stars – theatre organ
Weds, Aug 30 at 9:00 – Laurel & Hardy program: Putting Pants on Philip, From Soup To Nuts, Wrong Again and The Battle of the Century – Stumfilmdager i Tromsø (Silent Film Days in Tromsø) – Verdensteatret cinema – Tromsø, Norway – piano
Thurs, Aug 31 at 9:30 – silent film program TBA: short film presented twice, with live scores by Jason Singh (vocal artist) and by Ben Model (stumfilmpianist)- Stumfilmdager i Tromsø (Silent Film Days in Tromsø) – Verdensteatret cinema – Tromsø, Norway – piano
July 2017
Tues, July 11 at 7:30 – Marion Davies in When Knighthood Was In Flower – *new restoration* – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Thursday, July 13 at 7:30pm – Harold Lloyd in Safety Last – Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts – preceded at 2:00pm by Behind the Scenes With Ben Model lecture/demo on silent film accompaniment – State College PA – theatre organ
Tues, July 25 – **DVD releases** – Marion Davies starring in When Knighthood Was In Flower (DVD/Blu-ray combo), Beauty’s Worth (DVD) and The Bride’s Play (DVD) – Undercrank Productions
Sat, July 29 at 2:00 – William S. Hart in Tumbleweeds – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
June 2017
Fri, June 2 at 8pm – Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro
Sat, June 3 at 2pm – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Sat, June 3 at 8pm – Phyllis Haver in Chicago
– at the historic 1928 Redford Theatre, on 35mm prints – Detroit, MI – Barton theatre organ
Wed June 7 at 12:15p – Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant – education program at The Museum of the Moving Image (not open to public) – Astoria NY – piano
Sat, June 10 at 2:30 – Marion Davies in Show People – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
June 13 – ending date for crowdfunding campaign to produce The Marcel Perez Collection: Volume 2 DVD – details on Kickstarter page
Weds, June 14 at 7:30 – Behind the Door (new restoration) – 35mm – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
June 15-17 – 6th annual Mostly Lost film identification conference – Library of Congress Packard Campus
Sat, June 17 at 7:30 – Rogues and Romance (1920) – 35mm – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Tues, June 20 at 7:30 – W.C. Fields in It’s the Old Army Game, with Louise Brooks – special guest speaker, Dr. Harriet M. Fields – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
May 2017
Weds afternoons through May 10 – Visiting Professor of Film, teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema at Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano/organ
Sat, May 13 at 2:30 – Colleen Moore in Ella Cinders – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Tues, May 16 at 7:30 – Laurel & Hardy in The Battle of the Century (new restoration) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Tues May 30 – Blu-ray/DVD release – Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik – from Kino Lorber – thetre organ
April 2017
Weds afternoons through May 10 – Visiting Professor of Film, teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema at Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano/organ
Fri, Apr 7 at 7:00 – Marion Davies in When Knighthood Was In Flower (1922) *restoration premiere* – Toronto Silent Film Festival – Revue Cinema – Toronto, ON – piano
Sat, Apr 8 at 1:00 – lecture/show Accidentally Preserved – Toronto Silent Film Festival – Revue Cinema – Toronto, ON – piano
Weds, Apr 12 at 8:00 – Harold Lloyd in For Heaven’s Sake plus surprise shorts – Wesleyan University Goldsmith Cinema – Middletown CT – theatre organ
Tues, Apr 18 at 7:30 – Yasujiro Ozu’s A Story of Floating Weeds – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sat, Apr 22 at 7:30 – rare shorts program: Cruel and Unusual Comedy – 35mm – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Tues, Apr 25 at 7:30 – fundraiser for The Metropolitan Playhouse – Metropolitan Playhouse – New York NY – piano
Sat, Apr 29 at 2:30 – Raymond Griffith in You’d Be Surprised – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
March 2017
Weds afternoons through May 10 – Visiting Professor of Film, teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema at Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano/organ
Sun, Mar 5 at 2:00 – King Vidor’s The Big Parade – Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library – Hewlett NY (Long Island) – piano
Thurs, Mar 9 at 3:00 – Harold Lloyd program – The Osborn (senior living) – Rye NY – piano
Sat, Mar 11 at 2:30 – Raymond Griffith in Hands Up! – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Mon, March 13 at 1:00 – school program for 4th grade students – The Town School – NYC – piano
Tues, Mar 14 at 7:30 – new restoration of Lois Weber’s Shoes – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Mon Mar 20 at 12:30 – Cinema Studies class at NYU, guest accompanist/lecturer – NYU Cinema Studies – New York NY – piano
Sun Mar 26 at 1:00 & 3:30 – “Silent Slapstick” shorts program – La Mirada Theatre – La Mirada CA – piano
February 2017
Weds afternoons Feb to May 10 – Visiting Professor of Film, teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema at Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano/organ
Sat, Feb 4 at 2:30 – Raymond Griffith in Paths To Paradise – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Tues, Feb 7 at 7:30 – Ernie “Sunshine Sammy” Morrison shorts program – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Fri, Feb 10 at 10:00a and 12:30p – education program: silent comedy shorts – Egyptian Theatre (not open to public) – Boise ID – organ — historic 1927 original-installation Robert Morton theatre pipe organ
Sat, Feb 11 at 8:00 – WORLD PREMIERE of newly-commissioned orchestral score for The Goat starring Buster Keaton, accompanied by the Boise Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble. The orchestra will also accompany Felix the Cat and Ko-ko the Clown cartoons scored by Ben Model. Ben will also accompany two silent shorts on the Egyptian’s theatre organ: Laurel & Hardy in Big Business – Egyptian Theatre – Boise ID – orchestra / organ — historic 1927 original-installation Robert Morton theatre pipe organ
Feb 10 & 11 at 8:00 and Feb 12 at 2:30 – Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant and The Adventurer plus Buster Keaton in One Week and Cops accompanied by the Windsor Symphony Orchestra performing scores by Ben Model – The Capitol-Pentastar Theatre – Windsor, Ontario (Canada) – orchestra
Thurs Feb 16 at 7:30 – comedy shorts program – Westchester Meadows senior living – Valhalla NY – piano
Fri Feb 24 at 7:30 – W.C. Fields in It’s the Old Army Game, introduced by Dr. Harriet Fields – Kansas Silent Film Festival – Topeka KS – organ
Sat Feb 25 at 3:00 – Gloria Swanson in Why Change Your Wife? – Kansas Silent Film Festival – Topeka KS – organ
Sun Feb 26 at 2:00 – Chaplin’s The Immigrant and The Adventurer plus Keaton’s Cops – William & Mary Global Film Festival – concert band scores by Ben Model, performed by the William & Mary Wind Ensemble – Williamsburg VA – concert band
January 2017
Tues, Jan 10 at 7:30 – F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise starring Janet Gaynor – 35mm – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
January 13 – 26: Cruel and Unusual Comedy: Astonishing Shorts From the Slapstick Era – 84 rare slapstick comedy shorts preserved by MoMA – organized by Dave Kehr, Steve Massa and Ben Model – MoMA – NYC – piano. Series will have 29 screenings; complete film title and program listings are on MoMA’s website. Programs accompanied by Ben Model are listed below:
- Fri Jan 13 at 4:00 – Plots and Plotters
- Fri Jan 13 at 7:00 – Chaplinitis
- Sat Jan 14 at 1:30 – Sports Injuries
- Sat Jan 14 at 4:00 – Arts Depreciation
- Sat Jan 14 at 7:00 – Westward Whoa
- Sun Jan 15 at 2:00 – Love and War: Romantic Skirmishes
- Mon Jan 16 at 4:00 – Wage Slaves
- Tues Jan 17 at 4:00 – Slapstick Hash
- Tues Jan 17 at 7:00 – More Plots and Plotters
- Thur Jan 19 at 4:00 – Scared Silent
- Fri Jan 20 at 4:00 – Chaplinitis
- Fri Jan 20 at 7:00 – Slapstick Hash
- Sat Jan 21 at 1:30 – Hits of the Past
- Sat Jan 21 at 4:00 – Working Girls
- Sat Jan 21 at 7:00 – More Plots and Plotters
- Tues Jan 24 at 4:00 – Westward Whoa
- Tues Jan 24 at 7:00 – Love and War: Romantic Skirmishes
- Weds Jan 25 at 4:00 – Child Progenies
- Weds Jan 25 at 7:00 – Scared Silent
- Thur Jan 26 at 4:00 – Wage Slaves
- Thur Jan 26 at 7:00 – Working Girls
2016
November-December 2016
Weds, Nov 2 at 4:00 – Buster Keaton program – The Osborn (senior living) – Rye NY – piano
Weds, Nov 9 at 8:00 – Buster Keaton in One Week plus Felix the Cat in Pedigreedy – orchestral scores performed by Ralston Valley High School Orchestra, under the direction of Kelly Watts – Arvada CO – orchestra
Sat, Nov 12 at 2:30 – Phyllis Haver in Chicago – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Tues, Nov 15 at 3:00 – silent film program – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – theatre organ
Tues, Nov 15 – DVD release: Accidentally Preserved: Volume 4 – rare/lost silent films from vintage 9.5mm prints – available on Amazon.com – watch the trailer here!
Weds, Nov 16 at 7:30 – Phyllis Haver in Chicago – Alden Theater – McLean VA – piano
Fr, Nov 18 at 7:30 – Constance Talmadge in Her Sister From Paris plus Stan Laurel in Short Kilts – 35mm – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sat, Nov 19 at 2:00 – Comedy Shorts Program: Pathé comedy Too Much Parcel Post, Pokes & Jabbs in Pressing Business, Charlie Chaplin in The Fireman, Larry Semon in The Grocery Clerk, Marcel Perez in A Scrambled Honeymoon, plus Gale Henry and Hank Mann in One Day in Hollywood – 35mm – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sun, Nov 20 at 1:00 – Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in Putting Pants on Phillip, From Soup to Nuts, Wrong Again and the newly restored The Battle of the Century – AFI Silver Theatre – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Tues, Nov 29 at 7:30 – All Quiet on the Western Front silent version – 35mm – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Wed Nov 30 at 12noon – Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant – education program at The Museum of the Moving Image (not open to public) – Astoria NY – piano
Sun, Dec 4 at 4:00 – newly restored Charlie Chaplin Essanay comedies: A Night in the Show, The Tramp and The Bank – Alamo Drafthouse NYC – Brooklyn NY – theatre organ
Tues, Dec 6 at 7:30 – newly restored Charlie Chaplin Essanay comedies: A Night in the Show, The Tramp and The Bank – DCP – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
October 2016
Mon, Oct 3 at 9:00a – Wings – dir. William Wellman – film history course at Wesleyan Univeristy Film Studies (not open to public) – BluRay – theatre organ
Sat, Oct 15 at 7:30 – Syd Chaplin in The Missing Link (1927, WB), plus No One to Guide Him (1915, Keystone) – 35mm – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sun, Oct 23 at 12 noon – The Thanhouser Studio: New Rochelle Pioneers: Cinderella (1911), When The Studio Burned (1913), Old Jane of the Gaiety (1915) – YoFiFest (Yonkers Film Festival) – Yonkers NY – piano
Tues, Oct 25 at 7:30 – The Last Warning, dir. Paul Leni – new restoration, DCP – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
September 2016
Sat, Sept 10 at 2:30 – Adolphe Menjou in A Gentleman of Paris – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Sun, Sept 11 at 2:30 – Buster Keaton shorts – NY Botanical Gardens – Ross Hall – Bronx NY – theatre organ
Tues, Sept 20 at 7:30 – new restoration of Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Fri, Sept 23 at 7:30 – Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill, Jr., plus The Boat and One Week – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sat, Sept 24 at 2:00 – Norma Talmadge in Kiki, plus His Official Appointment and Under the Daisies – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
August 2016
Mon, Aug 1 at 7:00 – Charlie Chaplin shorts program – Port Washington Library – Port Washington NY – piano
Tues, Aug 2 at 7:30 – Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Fri, Aug 12 – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr.. – Jecheon International Music and Film Festival – South Korea – piano
Sat, Aug 13 – Harold Lloyd in The Freshman – Jecheon International Music and Film Festival – South Korea – piano
Aug 29-31 – 11th annual Silent Film Days (“Stumfilmdager”) festival / 100th anniversary of Verdensteatret cinema – Tromso, Norway – piano
- Aug 29 & 30 – short film programs for 6th graders
- Aug 30 at 12 noon – short film program during Cinema History Conference
- Aug 30 at 7pm – Anniversary Performance of Madame de Thebes (1915), dir. Mauritz Stiller – opening night film; this is the film that opened the Verdensteatret cinema 100 years ago
- Aug 31 at 7pm – Buster Keaton’s Sherlock, Jr. – free performance, “Our 100-year gift to Tromsø audiences”
July 2016
Sat, July 2 at 2:30 – Charlie Chaplin in “The Kid” – NY Botanical Gardens – Ross Hall – Bronx NY – theatre organ
Sun, July 3 at 2:30 – Laurel & Hardy silent comedies – NY Botanical Gardens – Ross Hall – Bronx NY – theatre organ
Thurs July 7 at 7:15 – “Laugh Out Loud” shorts program: Chaplin’s The Floorwalker, Keaton’s One Week and Harold Lloyd in Bumping Into Broadway – Lensic Performing Arts Center, presented by the Santa Fe Pro Musica and hosted by Ron Bloomberg – Santa Fe NM – piano
Sat, July 9 at 2:30 – Viola Dana in Open All Night, featuring Raymond Griffith and Gale Henry – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Tues, July 12 at 7:30 – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Silent film programs during Seriously Funny: The Films of Leo McCarey July 15-31 at MoMA – NYC:
- Sat July 16 at 2:00 – newly restored The Battle of The Century with Laurel & Hardy plus Mighty Like a Moose with Charley Chase, Putting Pants on Philip with L&H and Should Men Walk Home with Mabel Normand – theatre organ
- Sun July 17 at 5:00 – Charley Chase in His Wooden Wedding, What Price Goofy?, The Uneasy Three and Dog Shy – theatre organ.
- Tues July 19 at 4:00 – Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in From Soup To Nuts, Wrong Again, Liberty and Two Tars – theatre organ
- Sat July 23 at 7:00 – repeat of Laurel & Hardy program, introduced by Rob Stone – theatre organ
- Sun July 24 at 5:00 – Max Davidson in Jewish Prudence, Don’t Tell Everything, Should Second Husbands Come First? and Pass the Gravy – introduced by Rob Stone – theatre organ
- Tues July 26 at 4:00 – repeat of Max Davidson program
- Sat July 30 at 2:00 – repeat of Charley Chase program
Weds July 20 at 8:00 – Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant and Buster Keaton in Cops plus cartoon Pedigreedy accompanied by the Frederick Camerata performing Ben Model’s orchestral scores – Baker Park Bandshell (outdoors!) – Frederick MD – orchestra
June 2016
Tues, June 7 at 7:30 – Buster Keaton in The Cameraman – Alden Theater – McLean VA – piano
Thurs, June 9 at 7:30 – Charlie Chaplin in The Kid, plus A Dog’s Life – Lake Placid Film Forum – Lake Placid NY – piano
Sat, June 11 at 2:30 – Laurel & Hardy comedy shorts – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
June 16-18 – 5th annual “Mostly Lost” film identification workshop Library of Congress Packard Preservation Campus – Culpeper VA – piano
Sat, June 18 at 7:30 – Douglas McLean in Bell Boy 13 & Marion Davies in The Bride’s Play – State Theatre – Culpeper VA – piano
Tues, June 21 at 7:30 – Hitchcock’s Blackmail (silent version) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sat, June 25 at 3:00 – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. – Congregational Church of Rupert – Rupert VT – Estey pipe organ
May 2016
May 4 – final class session – Visiting Professor of Film, teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema at Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano
Fri, May 6 at 9:30a and 11:30a – Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant – education program at The Museum of the Moving Image – Astoria NY – piano
Sat, May 7 at 1:00 – silent comedy shorts program – presented by Hayground Young Filmmakers’ Festival – Bridgehampton NY – piano
Tues, May 10 at 7:30 – Marcel Perez comedy shorts – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sat, May 14 at 2:30 – Hal’s Rascals: “Our Gang” – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Sat, May 28 at 2:30 – Charlie Chaplin Mutual Comedies – NY Botanical Gardens – Ross Hall – Bronx NY – piano
Sun, May 29 at 2:30 – Buster Keaton’s Steamboat Bill, Jr. – NY Botanical Gardens – Ross Hall – Bronx NY – piano
April 2016
Weds afternoons through May 4 – Visiting Professor of Film, teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema at Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano/organ
Mon, April 4 at 3:00 – silent film program – St. Francis College, Founder’s Hall – Brooklyn NY – piano
Tues, April 12 at 7:30 – Rudolph Valentino in Rex Ingram’s The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Weds, April 13 – end of (successful) Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to produce, score and release When Knighthood Was In Flower (1922) starring Marion Davies on DVD/BluRay.
Sat, April 16 at 7:30 – Classic Radio Re-enactment presented by the Metropolitan Washington DC Old-Time Radio Club – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Mon, April 18 at 7:00 – Buster Keaton in The General – Greenwich Classic Film Series – Greenwich CT – guest speaker
Fri, April 22 at 5:30 – Ernie Kovacs panel – Julien Dubuque International Film Festival – Dubuque IA – moderator of panel with Josh Mills, Dan Schlissel and Kliph Nesteroff.
March 2016
Weds afternoons through May 4 – Visiting Professor of Film, teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema at Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano/organ
Fri, March 4 at 7:30 – Erich von Stroheim’s Greed – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sat, March 5 at 2:00 – The Dixie Flyer plus Larry Semon in The Show– Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sun, March 6 at 2:00 – Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro – Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library – Hewlett NY (Long Island) – piano
Weds, March 9 at 12:30 – guest speaker/accompanist at NYU Cinema Studies silent film course – (not open to general public) – NYC – piano
Sat, March 12 at 2:30 – Hal Roach comedies: “Medium-Rare” – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Sun, March 13 at 2:00 – restored Charlie Chaplin Mutual Comedies: The Floorwalker, The Vagabond, The Cure and The Pawnshop – Schimmel Center at Pace Univ. – NYC (lower Manhattan) – theatre organ
Tues, March 15 at 12 noon – school program for 4th grade students – The Town School – NYC – piano
Tues, March 15 at 7:30 – Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Chorus – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Fri, March 18 at 1:30 – Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed – MoMA – NYC – piano
Sun, March 20 at 3:00 – Playtime at the Palace: Silent Slapstick, comedy shorts program – Palace Theatre – Stamford CT – piano
Sat, March 26 at 7:30 – Linda (1929), directed by Dorothy Davenport, introduced by Jeanine Basinger – Wesleyan University Goldsmith Cinema – Middletown CT – theatre organ
February 2016
Weds afternoons through May 4 – Visiting Professor of Film, teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema at Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano/organ
Tues, Feb 2 at 11:10 – silent film program – St. Francis College, Founder’s Hall – Brooklyn NY – piano
Thurs, Feb 4 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in The Cold Deck – MoMA – NYC – piano
Fri, Feb 5 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in The Tiger Man – MoMA – NYC – piano
Mon, Feb 8 at 2:10 – silent film program – St. Francis College, Founder’s Hall – Brooklyn NY – piano
Tues, Feb 9 at 7:30 – Lime Kiln Field Day, starring Bert Williams – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Thur, Feb 11 at 10:00a and 12:30p – education program: silent comedy shorts – Egyptian Theatre (not open to public) – Boise ID – organ — historic 1927 original-installation Robert Morton theatre pipe organ
Sat, Feb 13 at 8:00 – Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant and Charley Chase in Dog Shy accompanied by the Boise Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, performing music composed by Ben Model. Dog Shy score is a WORLD PREMIERE of newly-commissioned work – Ben Model will also accompany shorts starring Harold Lloyd and Roscoe Arbuckle on the Egyptian’s theatre organ – Egyptian Theatre – Boise ID – orchestra / organ — historic 1927 original-installation Robert Morton theatre pipe organ
Thurs, Feb 18 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in The Tiger Man – MoMA – NYC – piano
Fri, Feb 19 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in The Toll Gate – MoMA – NYC – piano
Sat Feb 20 at 7:00 – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. – Sluberski Film Series / Concordia College – Bronxville NY – organ
Fri, Feb 26 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in The Taking of Luke McVane – MoMA – NYC – piano
Sat, Feb 27 at 2:30 – Hal Roach comedies – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
January 2016
Weds afternoons Jan 27 to May 4 – Visiting Professor of Film, teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema at Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano/organ
Sun, Jan 3 at 3:00 – Harold Lloyd in Grandma’s Boy, plus Number, Please? – Union County Performing Arts Center – historic 1927 Rahway Theatre, with its original-installation Wurlitzer EX theatre organ, newly refurbished – Rahway, NJ – organ
Weds, Jan 6 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in Branding Broadway, with Keno Bates, Liar – MoMA – NYC – piano
Weds, Jan 6 at 7:00 – Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro – MoMA – NYC – piano
Thurs, Jan 7 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in Hell’s Hinges – MoMA – NYC – piano
Fri, Jan 8 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in Selfish Yates, with The Scourge of the Desert – MoMA – NYC – piano
Sat, Jan 9 at 7:30 – Belle Bennett and Ronald Colman in Stella Dallas – MoMA – NYC – piano
Sun, Jan 10 at 2:00 – Charlie Chaplin in By The Sea, In The Park, The Pawnshop and Getting Acquainted – MoMA – NYC – piano
Sun, Jan 10 at 5:00 – Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro – MoMA – NYC – piano
Tues, Jan 12 at 7:30 – Harold Lloyd in Why Worry? – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntingon, NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Wed, Jan 13 at 7:30 – Mary Pickford in Sparrows – Alden Theater – McLean VA – piano
Fri, Jan 15 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in Shark Monroe – MoMA – NYC – piano
Sun, Jan 17 at 7:30 – Theda Bara in A Fool There Was – MoMA – NYC – piano
Weds, Jan 20 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in The Tiger Man – MoMA – NYC – piano
Thurs, Jan 21 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in Branding Broadway, with Keno Bates, Liar – MoMA – NYC – piano
Fri, Jan 22 at 7:30 – National Film Registry double-feature:A Fool There Was plus The Italian– Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sat, Jan 23 at 2:00 – program of shorts on the National Film Registry list: A Cure for Pokeritis,Fatty’s Tintype Tangle, Cops, Mighty Like a Moose, Big Business and Pass the Gravy – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Thurs, Jan 28 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in Shark Monroe – MoMA – NYC – piano
Fri, Jan 29 at 1:30 – William S. Hart in The Tiger Man – MoMA – NYC – piano
Sun, Jan 31 at 2:00 – Louise Brooks in Diary of a Lost Girl – Schimmel Center at Pace Univ. – NYC (lower Manhattan) – theatre organ
2015
December 2015
Weds afternoons, through December 9 – Visiting Professor of Film, teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema at Wesleyan University – course offered again for spring 2016 Jan 27 to May 4 – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano/organ
Tues, Dec 1 at 2:00 – Charlie Chaplin in A Dog’s Life – Osborn Residence (seniors) – Rye NY – piano
Thurs, Dec 3 at 1:30 – Stella Dallas – MoMA – NYC – piano
Fri, Dec 5 at 12:00n – “Family Films” program: One Week and The Lonedale Operator – MoMA – NYC – piano
Tues, Dec 7 at 2:00 – The Goddess – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
Tues, Dec 8 at 7:30 – restored Chaplin Mutual shorts: The Rink, One A.M.,Behind the Screen, and The Immigrant – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntingon, NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Thurs, Dec 11 at 1:30 – Theda Bara in A Fool There Was – MoMA – NYC – piano
Sun, Dec 13 at 7:30 – Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro – Webster University Film Series – St. Louis MO – piano
Weds, Dec 16 at 1:30 – Stella Dallas – MoMA – NYC – piano
November 2015
Weds afternoons, through December 9 – Visiting Professor of Film, teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema at Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano/organ
Sun, Nov 1 at 5:00 – Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera – United Palace of Cultural Arts (a/k/a Loews 175th St movie palace) – NYC – theatre organ
Fri, Nov 6 at 1:30 – Richard Barthelmess in Tol ‘able David – MoMA – NYC – piano
Fri, Nov 6 at 7:00 – comedy shorts program – Katonah Library – Katonah NY – piano
Sun, Nov 8 at 2:00 – Richard Arlen, Clara Bow and Charles “Buddy” Rogers in Wings – Schimmel Center at Pace Univ. – NYC (lower Manhattan) – theatre organ
Mon, Nov 9 at 6:00 – “Accidentally Preserved” program of rare/lost silent shorts – Library for the Performing Arts – NYC – piano
Sat, Nov 14 at 2:30 – Douglas Fairbanks in Don Q, Son of Zorro – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Sun, Nov 15 at 6:30 – Emil Jannings in E.A. Dupont’s Varieté – MoMA – NYC – theatre organ
Tues, Nov 17 at 7:00 – D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation, introduced by William Jennings – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntingon, NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Thurs, Nov 19 at 1:30 – Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro – MoMA – NYC – piano
Thurs, Nov 19 at 4:00 – Clara Bow in Get Your Man – MoMA – NYC – piano
Fri, Nov 20 at 7:00 – Silent Comedy Rarities from MoMA – Roscoe Arbuckle in The Gangsters (his first for Keystone), Vitagraph’s Goodness Gracious, Glenn Tryon in Two-Time Mama and Charley Chase in The Uneasy Three – AFI Silver Theatre – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Fri, Nov 20 at 9:00 – Marcel Perez comedy shorts – AFI Silver Theatre – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sat, Nov 21 at 3:00 – Baby Peggy in The Family Secret – AFI Silver Theatre – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
Sat, Nov 21 at 5:00 – Betty Bronson and Ernest Torrence in Peter Pan – AFI Silver Theatre – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
October 2015
Weds afternoons, through December 9 – Visiting Professor of Film, teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema at Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano/organ
Fri, Oct 9 at 1:30 – Lillian Gish in D.W. Griffith’s Broken Blossoms – MoMA – piano
Sat, Oct 10 at 2:30 – Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Sun, Oct 11 at 2:00 – Harold Lloyd in The Freshman – Schimmel Center at Pace Univ. – NYC (lower Manhattan) – theatre organ
Thurs, Oct 15 at 1:30 – Ernst Lubitsch’s The Marriage Circle – MoMA – piano
Fri, Oct 16 at 7:15 – Jean Epstein program: Six et demi onze and The Fall of the House of Usher, plus shorts – Bard College Center for Moving Image Arts – Annandale-on-Hudson, NY – piano
Sat, Oct 17 at 12:00n – Jean Epstein’s Les Aventures de Robert Macaire – Bard College Center for Moving Image Arts – Annandale-on-Hudson, NY – piano
Sun Oct 18 at 7:00 – Harold Lloyd in Safety Last plus shorts Fluttering Hearts with Charley Chase – James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary – NYC – Holtkamp pipe organ
Tues, Oct 20 at 5:30 – Emil Jannings in Josef von Sternberg’s The Last Command – Pratt College (film course, not open to public) – Brookyln NY – piano
Thurs, Oct 20 – Undercrank Productions DVD release of Baby Peggy in The Family Secret – available on Amazon – theatre organ
Thurs, Oct 22 at 1:30 – Ernst Lubitsch’s The Marriage Circle – MoMA – piano
Sun, Oct 25 at midnight (EST)/9pm (PST) on TCM – Baby Peggy in The Family Secret, new Library of Congress restoration with new score by Ben Model – available on Amazon – theatre organ
Tues, Oct 27 at 7:30 – Paul Leni’s The Cat and the Canary – The Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Thurs, Oct 29 at 1:30 – Charlie Chaplin in By The Sea, In The Park, The Pawnshop and Getting Acquainted – (new restorations by MoMA) – MoMA – piano
Fri, Oct 30 at 7:00 – F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu – The Morgan Library & Museum – NYC – piano
Sat, Oct 31 at 2:00 – Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs – Alden Theater – McLean VA – piano
September 2015
Weds, Sept 2 at 7:30 – Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights – opening night of Silent Film Days/Stumfilmdager festival – Kulturhuset – Tromsø, Norway – Arctic Philharmonic conducted by Timothy Brock (Ben Model participating in orchestra on piano/celeste)
Thurs, Sept 3 at 6:00 – Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights – Stormen Concert Hall – Bodø, Norway – Arctic Philharmonic conducted by Timothy Brock (Ben Model participating in orchestra on piano/celeste).
Sat, Sept 5 at 12:00 noon – shorts program for kids: Arbuckle, Keaton, Baby Peggy and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit – Silent Film Days/Stumfilmdager festival – Verdensteatret – Tromsø, Norway – piano
Sat, Sept 5 at 3:00 – Orson Welles’ Too Much Johnson – Silent Film Days/Stumfilmdager festival – Verdensteatret – Tromsø, Norway – piano
Sat, Sept 5 at 5:00 – “Frosty Celluloid” program: Roald Amundsen’s 1923 expedition to the North Pole – Silent Film Days/Stumfilmdager festival – Verdensteatret – Tromsø, Norway – piano
Weds at 1:30, from Sept 9 to December 9 – teaching Silent Film: the Universal Language of Cinema, as Visiting Professor at Wesleyan University – Middletown, CT – lecturer/piano/organ
Fri, Sept 11 at 1:30 – Harold Lloyd in Grandma’s Boy – MoMA – piano
Fri, Sept 18 at 7:30 – double-feature: Broken Hearts of Broadway plus Lights of Old Broadway – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sat, Sept 19 at 2:00 – shorts program More Lame Brains and Lunatics, with Steve Massa – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Sun, Sept 20 at 5:00 – Theda Bara in A Fool There Was – presented by the Fort Lee Film Commission – United Palace of Cultural Arts (a/k/a Loews 175th St movie palace) – NYC – theatre organ
Thurs, Sept 24 at 1:30 – Harold Lloyd in Grandma’s Boy – MoMA – piano
Fri, Sept 25 at 1:30 – John Ford’s The Iron Horse – MoMA – piano
Tues, Sept 29 at 11:10am – F.W. Murnau’s The Last Laugh – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
Tues, Sept 29 at 7:30 – Colleen Moore in Why Be Good? – The Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Tues, Sept 29 – release of new DVD Accidentally Preserved: Volume 3 – from Undercrank Productions – click to buy on Amazon.
July/August 2015
Sat, July 11 at 2:30 – Hal Roach All-Star Rarities – 35mm prints courtesy Library of Congress – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Tues, July 14 at 7:30 – Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger, new digital restoration – The Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Tues, July 21 at 8:00 – Gustav Machaty’s Erotikon – The Czech Center (rooftop screening!) – NYC – piano
Sat, August 8 at 2:30 – Hal Roach comedy shorts – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Weds, August 26 at 7:30 – Baby Peggy in The Family Secret, new restoration by LoC – The Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
June 2015
Thurs, June 4 at 7:30 – Clara Bow in Mantrap – The Lake Placid Film Forum – Lake Placid NY – piano
Sat, June 6 at 2:30 – Laurel & Hardy silent comedy shorts and their talkie remakes – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Sun, June 7 at 2:00 – Anna May Wong in Toll of the Sea – “Glorious Technicolor” series at MoMA – NYC – piano
Thurs, June 11 at 7:30 – Norma Talmadge in The Moth – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Thurs June 11 to Sat June 13 – Mostly Lost 4 annual film identification conference – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – piano
Weds, June 17 at 7:30 – Harold Lloyd in Girl Shy, at The Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Mon June 22 at 10:00am – comedy shorts program for summer camp at The Town School (not open to public) – NYC – piano
Weds June 24 at 7:00 – Chaplin’s The Adventurer and Keaton’s One Week – orchestral scores by Ben Model performed by the Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestra (SEMYO) – orchestra
May 2015
Sat, May 9 at 2:30 – comedy shorts starring and/or directed by Charley Chase/Parrott and James/Paul Parrott – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Thurs, May 14 at 7:30 – Mary Astor in Heart To Heart (1926) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Fri, May 15 at 7:30 – Buster Keaton in Battling Butler, plus Charley Chase in What Price Goofy? – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – theatre organ
Tues, May 19 at 7:30 – Josef von Sternberg’s The Docks of New York (1928), at The Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Wed May 27, Thur May 28 and Fri May 29 – Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant – education program at The Museum of the Moving Image – Astoria NY – piano
April 2015
Sat, Apr 4 at 2:30 – Laurel Or Hardy solo comedy shorts program at The Silent Clowns Film Series, with special guest speaker Rob Stone from Library of Congress, author of Laurel or Hardy: The Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver “Babe” Hardy – NYC – piano
Sat, Apr 11 at 1:00 – lecture: Undercranking: The Magic Behind the Slapstick – Royal Cinema, Toronto Silent Film Festival – Toronto, ON, Canada – piano
Sat, Apr 11 at 2:45 – Harold Lloyd in Safety Last – Royal Cinema, Toronto Silent Film Festival – Toronto, ON, Canada – piano
Sat, Apr 11 at 1:00 – lecture: Undercranking: The Magic Behind the Slapstick – Toronto Silent Film Festival – Toronto, ON, Canada – piano
Sun, Apr 12 at 4:00 – 100 Laffs: Risk and Risqué, shorts program featuring Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy and Marcel Perez – For Theatre, Toronto Silent Film Festival – Toronto, ON, Canada – piano
Weds, Apr 15 at 7:30 – Raymond Griffith in Paths To Paradise (1926), plus The Hallroom Boys in Their Dizzy Finish – The Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – theatre organ
Sun, Apr 19 at 2:00 – Clara Bow in It – Schimmel Center at Pace Univ. – NYC – theatre organ
Mon, Apr 20 at 6:00 – Marcel Perez: International Silent Comedian Rediscovered, shorts program featuring titles from the new Marcel Perez Collection DVD – NY Public Library for the Performing Arts – piano
Wed, Apr 22 at 7:30 – Raymond Griffith in Hands Up! – Alden Theater – McLean VA – piano
Fri, Apr 24 at 7:30 – Buster Keaton in The General – Port Washington Library – Port Washington NY – piano
Weds, Apr 29 at 12:30 – Mikio Naruse film TBD – NYU Cinema Studies Dept silent cinema course – piano
March 2015
Sun, Mar 1 at 2:00 – Harold Lloyd in The Freshman Hewlett-Woodmere Library – Hewlett, NY – piano
Fri, Mar 6 at 7:30 – Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle in Leap Year, plus Larry Semon in The Bakery and the Hallroom Boys in Their Dizzy Finish (all 1921) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper, VA – theatre organ
Sat, Mar 7 at 7:30 – Richard Barthelmesss in The Patent Leather Kid (1927) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper, VA – theatre organ
Sat, Mar 14 at 2:30 – Harold Lloyd comedy shorts program at The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Mon, Mar 16 at 7:00 – Harold Lloyd in For Heaven’s Sake – Ocean County Library – Toms River, NJ – piano
Tues, Mar 17 at 7:30 – Linda (1929), dir. Dorothy Davenport – screened for Women’s History Month at The Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – organ
Mar 19-21 – the 35th annual (and final) Cinefest classic film convention – Syracuse, NY – piano
Thurs, Mar 26 at 3:00 – guest presenter/accompanist at Columbia University Cinema History course – NYC – piano
Sun Mar 29 at 7:15 – Buster Keaton in Seven Chances plus shorts Heavy Love with Ton of Fun and April Fool with Charley Chase – James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary – NYC – Holtkamp pipe organ
February 2015
Sun, Feb 1 at 2:00 – Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro – Schimmel Center at Pace Univ. – NYC – theatre organ
Mon, Feb 2 at 7:00 – Alice Guy Blaché’s Matrimony’s Speed Limit, with screening of Desperately Seeking Susan – MoMA – NYC – piano
Tues, Feb 3 – release of The Marcel Perez Collection DVD, produced and scored by Ben Model/Undercrank Productions – available on Amazon.
Wed, Feb 4 at 7:30 – William S. Hart in The Toll Gate – Alden Theater – McLean VA – piano
Thurs, Feb 5 at 6:30 – master class on history of silent film music – Boise State University – Boise ID – piano
Fri, Feb 6 at 11:45am – Buster Keaton’s One Week – educational program for 700 area 5th-graders – Egyptian Theatre – Boise ID – theatre organ
Fri, Feb 6 at 8:00 – Chaplin’s The Adventurer and Keaton’s Cops accompanied by Boise Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, Deanna Tham cond., playing Ben Model’s scores; plus Marcel Perez in Sweet Daddy and Charley Chase in His Wooden Wedding accompanied by Ben Model – Egyptian Theatre – Boise ID – orchestra and theatre organ
Mon, Feb 9 at 4:00 – Alice Guy Blaché’s A Fool and His Money plus other sound shorts – MoMA – NYC – piano
Tues, Feb 10 at 11:10am – Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro (1920) – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – piano
Fri, Feb 13 at 4:00 – Alice Guy Blaché’s First-Class Midwife, on program with Harlan County USA – MoMA – NYC – piano
Sat, Feb 14 at 2:30 – “Romance á la Roach” – comedy shorts program at The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYC – piano
Weds, Feb 18 at 7:30 – Within Our Gates (1920) – Oscar Micheaux drama, screened for Black History Month at Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – organ
Sat, Feb 21 at 8:00 – Keaton’s Cops and Chaplin’s The Immigrant – orchestral scores by Ben Model, performed by Broward Symphony Orchestra, Bailey Hall, Broward College – Davie, FL – composer not in attendance.
Sun, Feb 22 at 1:00 & 3:00 – “Playtime: Silent Slapstick” – comedy shorts program for families – Palace Theatre, Stamford CT – piano
Tues, Feb 24 at 4:00 – Grandma’s Boy with Harold Lloyd – Osborn Residence (seniors) – Rye NY – piano
Sat, Feb 28 at 7:30 – Buster Keaton in Seven Chances – Wesleyan University – Middletown CT – theatre organ
January 2015
Jan 16-31 – Parallel Exit presents Everybody Gets Cake – well-reviewed physical comedy theatre show, off-Bway at 59E59 Theaters – composed and performed live music – digital piano