Ben Model’s
Silent Film Performance Schedule
Below are the listings of my upcoming performances, live-streams and home-video releases, with links to each venue for more details. I’ll see you at the silents!
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September 2023
Fri Sept 1 at 4:00pm – Loves of Casanova (1927), dir. by Aleandre Volkoff – part of the series Eye Candy: The Coming of Color – The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – New York NY – acoustic Steinway grand piano
Sat Sept 2 at 2:00pm – Broken Blossoms (1919), dir. by D.W. Griffith; starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess – part of the series Eye Candy: The Coming of Color – The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – New York NY – digital virtual theatre organ
Sat Sept 2 at 4:00pm – Redskin (1929), dir. by Victor Schertzinger; with Richard Dix – part of the series Eye Candy: The Coming of Color – The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – New York NY – digital virtual theatre organ
Tues Sept 5 at 4:30pm – Wladyslaw Starewicz shorts (1925-26) – part of the series Eye Candy: The Coming of Color – The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – New York NY – Steinway acoustic piano
Weds Sept 6 at 6:30pm – Wladyslaw Starewicz shorts (1925-26) – part of the series Eye Candy: The Coming of Color – The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – New York NY – Steinway acoustic piano
Sat Sept 9 at 2:30pm – Alice Howell comedies – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center – New York NY – Steinway D grand piano
Sun Sept 10 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 95 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Tues Sept 12 at 9:00am – Street Angel (1928) starring Janet Gaynor, dir. by Frank Borzage – Wesleyan film course screening: not open to the public – Middletown CT – digital virtual theatre organ
Fri Sept 15 at 7:30pm – newly restored Laurel & Hardy comedies (1927) – Duck Soup, Putting Pants on Philip,The Second Hundred Years and Do Detectives Think? – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA –Walker digital Wurlitzer organ
Weds Sept 20 – launch of new Kickstarter fan-funding campaign for Roland West’s THE BAT (1926) – click/tap to pledge
Fri Sept 22 at 8:00pm – Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs (1927) – Epsilon Spires – Brattleboro VT – Estey pipe organ
Tues Sept 26 at 7:30pm – The Scarlet Letter (1926), dir by Victor Seastrom; starring Lars Hansen and Lillian Gish – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
Weds Sept 27 at 8:00 pm – So This is Paris dir. by Ernst Lubitsch, plus Edward Everett Horton in Dad’s Choice (1927) – screening is part of the 3rd annual National Silent Movie Day events – County Theatre – Doylestown PA – digital virtual theatre organ
Thurs Sept 28 at 8:00 pm – “It” starring Clara Bow, plus Alice Howell in Cinderella Cinders (1920)– screening is part of the 3rd annual National Silent Movie Day events – Ambler Theatre – Ambler PA – digital virtual theatre organ
Fri Sept 29 at 8:30pm – tentative silent film event TBA, still in development – part of the 3rd annual National Silent Movie Day events
October 2023
Sat Oct 14 at 6pm – “Ernie Kovacs: TV Comedy’s First Auteur” – presenter and panel mod. – screening + panel discussion with Josh Mills, Ben Model, Alan Zweibel, David Bianculli, and Heather Hendershot – Anthology Film Archives – New York NY
Sun Oct 15 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: “Rewind episode” – re-broadcast of an earlier-in-the-run live–streamed and live-accompanied episode – my YouTube channel – acoustic piano
Thurs Oct 19 – NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC – silent film course Guest Speaker + evening silent film program – Bowdoin University – Brunswick ME – digital keyboard
Sat Oct 21 at 2:30pm – Buster Keaton in Sherlock, Jr. plus The Goat – new restoration of Sherlock, Jr. from Cohen Film Collection – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center – New York NY – Steinway D grand piano
Sun Oct 22 at 2:00pm – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. – The Bedford Playhouse – Bedford NY – acoustic upright piano
Tues Oct 24 at 7:30pm – The Unknown (1927) with Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford – new restoration by George Eastman Museum – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
Fri Oct 27 at 7:45pm – Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera – Barrymore Film Center – Fort Lee NJ – Allen MDS Theatre II Plus electronic theatre organ
Shows I’ve Already Played This Year:
August 2023
Thur Aug 4 at 7:00pm – Reginald Denny in What Happened to Jones (1926) + Charlie Chaplin in The Adventurer (1917) – new restorations – The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – New York NY – digital virtual theatre organ
Tues Aug 8 at 7:00pm – Padlocked (1926), dir. by Allan Dwan – new restoration – The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – New York NY – acoustic Steinway grand piano
Sun Aug 13 at 11:00am – Mary Astor in Second Fiddle (1923) and My Lady o’ the Pines (1921) – Capitolfest – Rome NY – 1928 Möller theatre pipe organ
Tues Aug 29 at 7:30pm – Feel My Pulse (1928) starring Bebe Daniels and William Powell – 35mm print – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
Weds Aug 30 at 4:30pm – The Phantom of the Opera (1925), starring Lon Chaney – part of the series Eye Candy: The Coming of Color – The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – New York NY – digital virtual theatre organ
Weds Aug 30 at 7:00pm – La revue des revues (Parisian Pleasures) (1927), starring Josephine Baker – part of the series Eye Candy: The Coming of Color – The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – New York NY – digital virtual theatre organ
June – July 2023
June 13 – Raymond Griffith: The Silk Hat Comedian – Bluray/DVD release from Undercrank Productions – digital virtual theatre organ
Tues June 13 at 8:00pm – Charlie Chaplin program – Williams Center for the Arts – Rutherford NJ – Steinway grand piano
Tues June 20 at 7:30pm – Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
June 20 – Rin Tin Tin in Clash of the Wolves (1926) – Bluray release from Kino Lorber – digital virtual theatre organ
Thurs June 29 at 7:00pm – Harold Lloyd in Safety Last (1923) – outdoor event presented by The Brattle – Cambridge MA – digital keyboard/piano
Sat July 8 at 12:00pm – Harold Lloyd in Safety Last (1923) – Jacob Burns Film Center – Pleasantville NY – digital piano/keyboard
Sun July 9 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 94 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Sun July 16 at 11:00am (PDT) – Edward Everett Horton silent comedy shorts – The San Francisco Silent Film Festival – acoustic grand piano
July 18 – Tom Mix: Sky High and The Big Diamond Robbery – Bluray/DVD release from Undercrank Productions – digital grand piano & digital virtual theatre organ
Wed July 19 at 7:30pm – Laurel & Hardy silent comedies – The Silent Clowns Film Series – Cobble Hill Cinemas – Brooklyn NY – digital keyboard/piano
Tues July 25 at 7:30pm – Tom Mix in Sky High (1922) – new restoration from Undercrank Productions – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
July 25 – Ernie in Kovacsland – co-edited by Josh Mills, Ben Model & Pat Thomas – book published by Fantagraphics Books
Mon July 31 at 8:00pm – Harold Lloyd in Safety Last (1923) – Strand Theatre – Schroon Lake NY – acoustic upright piano
April 2023
Wed afternoons – Silent Storytelling – teacher and accompanist, undergraduate film studies course – Wesleyan University – acoustic piano
Sat Apr 1 at 9:45pm ET – Rin Tin Tin in The Clash of the Wolves (1925) – TCM (Turner Classic Movies) – broadcast premiere of new restoration from Kino-Lorber/Library of Congress, new musical score – digital virtual theatre organ
Sun Apr 2 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 91 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Tues Apr 4 at 7:30pm – Buster Keaton in The General (1926) – Williams Center for the Arts – Rutherford NJ – Steinway grand piano
Sat Apr 8 at 2:30pm – Edward Everett Horton silent comedies (1927-28) – new restorations – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center – New York NY – Steinway D grand piano
Sun Apr 16 at 7:15pm PT – Rin Tin Tin in The Clash of the Wolves (1925) – TCM Classic Film Festival – broadcast premiere of new restoration from Kino-Lorber/Library of Congress, new musical score – digital virtual theatre organ
Fri Apr 21 at 8:00pm – Harold Lloyd in Safety Last (1923) – Epsilon Spires – Brattleboro VT – Estey pipe organ
Tues Apr 25 at 7:30pm – Harold Lloyd in The Kid Brother (1927) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
March 2023
Hang on, will be listing these (already done) shows soon…
Coming in April: accompanying a newly restored Rin-Tin-Tin feature at the TCM Classic Film Festival, and more.


February 2023
Wed afternoons, beginning Feb 1 – Silent Storytelling – teacher and accompanist, undergraduate film studies course – Wesleyan University – acoustic piano
Thur Feb 2 at 4:30pm – Ernst Lubitsch’s The Marriage Circle (1924) – new restoration by the Museum of Modern Art – MoMA – New York NY – Steinway B grand piano
Sat Feb 11 at 2:30pm – Harry Langdon Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926) – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center – New York NY – Steinway D grand piano
Thurs Feb 16 at 10:30am ET / 15:30 in UK – Raymond Griffith in Paths To Paradise (1925) – new restoration by Undercrank Productions – Slapstick Festival – presented simultaneously as a live-stream and in-cinema at Watershed Cinema (Bristol UK) – live-streamed virtual cinema – Baldwin acoustic grand piano
Sun Feb 19 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 89 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Tues Feb 21 at 7:30pm – Pola Negri in A Woman of the World (1925) – new restoration from Paramount Pictures – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
Fri Feb 24 & Sat Feb 25 – The 26th annual Kansas Silent Film Festival – screening schedule is here – Topeka KS – acoustic grand piano
January 2023
Jan 12-26 – Tom Mix in The Best Bad Man (1925) and Outlaws of Red River (1927) – MoMA Virtual Cinema – recorded scores for streamed presentation – digital Steinway D grand piano
Sun Jan 15 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 88 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Fri Jan 20 – The Making of a Bronze Statue (1923) – premiere of recorded score for streamed presentation on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “From The Vaults” online archive – digital grand piano
Fri Jan 20 at 7:30pm – William Wyler’s Wings (1927) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA –Walker digital Wurlitzer organ
Tues Jan 24 at 7:30pm – Buster Keaton in The Navigator (1924) – new digital restoration by Lobster Films – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
Sun Jan 29 at 2:00pm – Lon Chaney in The Unknown (1927) – new restoration by George Eastman Museum – MoMA – New York NY – Steinway B grand piano
Tues Jan 31 at 9:00am – Frank Borzage’s Street Angel (1927) – Wesleyan film course screening: not open to the public – Middletown CT – digital virtual theatre organ
My 2022 Performances:
November 2022
Weds Nov 2 at 7:00pm EDT – silent film title TBD – live-accompanied live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is on the CAC website – acoustic piano
Weds Nov 9 at 7:30pm ET – Under Two Flags (1922) dir by Tod Browning – Everett Theater, which is celebrating its centennial with a showing of the film that opened the theater in 1922 – Wilmington DE – Baldwin “Cinema II” electronic theatre organ
Thurs Nov 10 at 1:30pm ET – guest lecturer/performer, film studies course Ursinus College, Bomberger Auditorium – Collegeville PA – Heefner Memorial organ – 3/62 Austin pipe organ
Thurs Nov 10 at 7:00pm ET – Lois Weber’s Shoes (1916) plus Alice Howell in Her Lucky Day (1920) – Ursinus College – Collegeville PA – Austin pipe organ
Sat Nov 12 at 2:30pm – Charlie Chaplin Essanay comedies (1915) – new restoration – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center – New York NY – Steinway D grand piano
Sat Nov 12 at 7:30pm – The Big Parade starring John Gilbert, dir. by King Vidor – Barrymore Film Center – Fort Lee NJ – Allen Digital Theatre organ
Tues Nov 15 at 7:30pm – King Vidor’s The Crowd (1928) – 35mm print – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
Fri Nov 18 & Sat Nov 19 – Silent Film Showcase – film titles + times TBA – AFI Silver Theater – Silver Spring MD – Allen 4600 electronic theatre organ
- Nov 18 at 7pm – Marion Davies in The Cardboard Lover (1928) – introduced by Lara Gabrielle Fowler
- Nov 18 at 9pm – Marion Davies in Show People (1928) – introduced by Lara Gabrielle Fowler
- Nov 19 at 2pm – Raymond Griffith in Paths To Paradise (1925), plus Charley Chase in Dog Shy (1925)
- Nov 19 at 4:30pm – Tom Mix in Sky High (1922), plus Edward Everett Horton in Horse Shy (1928)
- Nov 19 at 7:30pm – “Laurel or Hardy” shorts program – introduced by film historian Rob Stone
Sun Nov 20 at 3:00 – Harold Lloyd in The Freshman (1925) – Union County Performing Arts Center (the historic 1928 Rahway Theater) – 35mm print – Rahway NJ – 2/7 Wurlitzer theatre organ
Sun Nov 27 18 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 86 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Tues Nov 29 at 3:00pm – silent film program – not open to the public – The Osborn Senior Living – Rye NY – acoustic piano
October 2022
Sat Oct 8 at 7:30 – Harold Lloyd in The Freshman (1925), plus Charlie Chaplin in The Floorwalker (1916)– Founders Recital Hall, Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center at South Dakota State University – Brookings SD – Salmen-Reuter pipe organ
Sun Oct 9 at 4:00 – Harold Lloyd in The Freshman (1925), plus Charlie Chaplin in The Floorwalker (1916)– Founders Recital Hall, Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center at South Dakota State University – Brookings SD – Salmen-Reuter pipe organ
Fri Oct 14 at 8:00 – Laurel & Hardy in Wrong Again (1929), Ko-ko the Clown in The Fade-Away (1925), and Buster Keaton in The Scarecrow (1920) – Symphony in the Valley – Rifle CO – orchestral accompaniment (the BK short will be me on piano)
Sat Oct 15 at 8:00 – Laurel & Hardy in Wrong Again (1929), Ko-ko the Clown in The Fade-Away (1925), and Buster Keaton in The Scarecrow (1920) – Symphony in the Valley – Glenwood Springs CO – orchestral accompaniment (the BK short will be me on piano)
Sun Oct 23 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 85 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Tues Oct 25 at 7:00pm – F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1919) – Jacob Burns Film Center – Pleasantville NY – digital theatre organ
Weds Oct 26 at 7:30pm – Roland West’s The Bat (1925) – 35mm print – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital theatre organ
Sat Oct 29 at 2:00 – Boris Karloff in James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA –Walker digital Wurlitzer organ
September 2022
Fri Sept 2 at 2:00 – Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA –Walker digital Wurlitzer organ
Sat Sept 10 at 2:30pm – Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality (1923) – new restoration – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center – New York NY – acoustic grand piano
Weds Sept 14 at 7:00pm EDT –Douglas Fairbanks in When the Clouds Roll By (1919) – live-accompanied live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is on the CAC website – acoustic piano
Sun Sept 18 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 84 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Thur Sept 22 at 10:00am – F.W. Murnau’s The Last Laugh (1926) starring Emil Jannings – NOTE: NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC – FILM STUDIES COURSE SCREENING – Wesleyan University College of Film and the Moving Image – digital virtual theatre organ
Tues Sept 27 at 7:30pm – John Barrymore in Don Juan (1926) – 35mm print – screening is part of the 2nd annual National Silent Movie Day events – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
Weds Sept 28 at 8:00 pm – Buster Keaton in Sherlock, Jr. (1924) and The Goat (1921) – screening is part of the 2nd annual National Silent Movie Day events – Ambler Theatre – Ambler PA – digital virtual theatre organ
Weds Sept 28 at 11:30pm ET – Marion Davies in Beverly of Graustark (1926) – *TCM PREMIERE!* – part of TCM’s programming for the 2nd annual National Silent Movie Day – film is also available on DVD & Blu-ray from Undercrank Productions – digital virtual theatre organ
Weds Sept 29 at 8:00 pm – Buster Keaton in Sherlock, Jr. (1924) and The Goat (1921) – screening is part of the 2nd annual National Silent Movie Day events – County Theatre – Doylestown PA – digital virtual theatre organ
July – August 2022
Thurs July 14 at 8:00pm – Silent Comedy Shorts program – part of ArtYard’s “Film Festival of Joy”, film listings are here – ArtYard – Frenchtown NJ – digital piano
Sat July 16 at 2:30pm – Charley Chase in Dog Shy, His Wooden Wedding and Movie Night, plus Chase-directed Sold at Auction – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Ctr – New York NY – acoustic grand piano
Sun July 17 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 82 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Tues July 19 at 7:00pm – Fritz Lang’s Woman in the Moon (1928) – Cinema Arts Centre (in-person show) – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
Sat Jul 23 at 3:00pm – Buster Keaton shorts: The Scarecrow, One Week and The High Sign – screening is part of the 2022 Summer Arts Festival, presented by Virginia Tech and the Town of Blacksburg – Lyric Theatre – Blacksburg VA – digital piano
Sat Jul 23 at 7:30pm – William Wellman’s Wings (1928) – screening is part of the 2022 Summer Arts Festival, presented by Virginia Tech and the Town of Blacksburg – Lyric Theatre – Blacksburg VA – digital piano
Tues Jul 26 at 7:00pm EDT – Vilma Banky, Ronald Colman and Gary Cooper in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) – live-accompanied live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is on the CAC website – acoustic piano
Sun Aug 7 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 83 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Weds Aug 17 at 7:00pm – Ernst Lubitsch’s So This is Paris (1926) – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
Sat Aug 20 at 2:00 – Silent Films from the National Film Registry: shorts program (titles TBA) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – Walker digital Wurlitzer organ
Sat Aug 20 at 7:30 – Silent Films from the National Film Registry: Harold Lloyd in Safety Last (1923) – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – Walker digital Wurlitzer organ
May-June 2022
Sun May 1 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 80 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Sat May 14 at 8:00pm – Buster Keaton in The General (1927) – Epsilon Spires – Brattleboro VT – Estey pipe organ
Tues May 17 at 7:30 – Buster Keaton in The Cameraman (1928), new restoration – Cinema Arts Centre (in-person show) – Huntington NY (Long Island) – digital virtual theatre organ
Weds June 1 at 6:00 – opening night panel/screening – Women and the Silent Screen Conference – please note: open only to conference participants and not to the general public – MoMA – New York NY – acoustic piano (Steinway M)
Weds June 1 at 8pm (PT) – Buster Keaton in Cops (1921) – orchestral score – Santa Monica High School Orchestra, Barnum Auditorium – Santa Monica CA – orchestra
Sun June 5 at 1:30 and 4:15 – Serial Queens programs – Women and the Silent Screen Conference – please note: open only to conference participants and not to the general public – Lenfest Center, Columbia University – New York NY – digital piano
Sun June 12 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 81 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Weds June 15 at 7:30 – Filibus (1915), new restoration – Cinema Arts Centre (in-person show) – Huntington NY (Long Island) – acoustic piano
April 2022
Wed afternoons – Silent Storytelling – teacher and accompanist, undergraduate film studies course – Wesleyan University – acoustic piano
Through Sun Apr 2 at 6pm – Kickstarter for new Raymond Griffith double-feature on Blu-ray & DVD – pledges to the project can be made here!
Sun Apr 2 at 8pm – Buster Keaton in The Cameraman (1928) – Oxford Community Center – Oxford MD – acoustic piano
Tues Apr 5 at 11am – silent film program (email for film title) – St. Francis College – Brooklyn NY – acoustic piano (Steinway A)
Sun Apr 10 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party: Episode 79 – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Mon Apr 11 – Silent Film Program for 4th graders – The Town School – New York NY – acoustic piano (Yamaha upright)
Tues Apr 12 – Beverly of Graustark (1926) starring Marion Davies – new Blu-ray/DVD release from Undercrank Productions – pre-ordering links can be found here – digital theatre organ
Tues Apr 12 at 7:30pm – Buster Keaton in The Cameraman (1928) – new restoration – Cinema Arts Centre – *in-person event* – Huntington NY – digital theatre organ
NOTE: this event may be changed to an online live-stream with a different film, depending on whether the CAC’s ongoing construction work is completed by beginning of April.
Tues Apr 19 at 7:30pm – Comedy Short Program: Chaplin’s A Dog’s Life (1918), Keaton’s One Week (1920) and Cops (1922) – Fairfield University – Fairfield CT – digital piano
Fri Apr 29 at 7:00pm – Rudolph Valentino and Alla Nazimova in Camille (1921) – AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center – Silver Spring MD – electronic/digital theatre organ
March 2022
Wed afternoons – Silent Storytelling – teacher and accompanist, undergraduate film studies course – Wesleyan University – acoustic piano
Thurs Mar 2 at 7:00pm – Buster Keaton’s The General – book-signing and film intro with Dana Stevens, author of Camera Man – Jacob Burns Film Center – Pleasantville NY – digital piano
Sun Mar 13 at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party – Episode 78: 2nd Anniversary Show! – live–streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Tues Mar 15 at 7:00pm ET – Buster Keaton comedy shorts: One Week, The Electric House and Cops (1920-22) – with special guest James Curtis, author of Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker’s Life – live-accompanied live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
Previously, in 2021…

December 2021
Sundays at 3:00pm ET – The Silent Comedy Watch Party – live-streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Thur Dec 2 at 1:00pm – Slapstick Comedy Shorts (titles to come) – part of the series In Memoriam: Eileen Bowser (1928–2019) – MoMA – New York NY – acoustic piano
Sun Dec 5 at 1:00pm – Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant (1917), Buster Keaton in Cops (1921) and Laurel & Hardy in Battle of the Century (1927) – Bedford Playhouse – Bedford NY – acoustic piano
Weds Dec 8 at 1:00pm – Karl Brown’s Stark Love (1928) – part of the series In Memoriam: Eileen Bowser (1928–2019) – MoMA – New York NY – acoustic piano
Tues Dec 14 at 7:00pm ET – Charlie Chaplin comedy shorts: The Pawnshop, The Cure and The Adventurer (1916-17) – live-accompanied live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
Weds Dec 15 at 1:00pm – Thomas H. Ince’s Hail The Woman (1921), with Florence Vidor – part of the series In Memoriam: Eileen Bowser (1928–2019) – MoMA – New York NY – acoustic piano
Thur Dec 16 at 1:00pm – Early Cinema Favorites (titles to come) – part of the series In Memoriam: Eileen Bowser (1928–2019) – MoMA – New York NY – acoustic piano

November 2021
Sundays at 3:00pm EDT – The Silent Comedy Watch Party – live-streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Thurs, Nov 4 at 8:00 – Harold Lloyd in The Kid Brother (1927) – The Linda: WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio – Albany NY – acoustic piano
Fri Nov 5 at 8:00 – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) – Epsilon Spires – Brattleboro VT – Estey pipe organ
Weds Nov 17 at 7:00pm EDT – Phyllis Haver in Chicago (1927) – live-accompanied live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
Sat Nov 19 & Sun Nov 20 – AFI Silver’s annual Silent Cinema Showcase – theatre organ
- Sat Nov 19 at 2:00 – Edward Everett Horton silent comedy shorts – info
- Sat Nov 19 at 4:30 – Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle silent comedy shorts – intro by Steve Massa – info
- Sat Nov 19 at 7:30 – Ernst Lubitsch’s So This is Paris (1926) – info
- Sun Nov 20 at 2:00 – “Slapstick Divas” silent comedy shorts – intro. by Steve Massa – info
- Sun Nov 20 at 4:30 – Harold Lloyd in For Heaven’s Sake (1926) – info

October 2021
Sat, Oct 2 at 8:30pm – silent film comedy shorts program with Buster Keaton, Alice Howell, and Charley Chase (outdoors) – presented as part of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus’ “Flatbed Follies” – Brooklyn NY (Park Slope) – digital piano
Sun, Oct 10 at 2:30pm – Paul Leni’s The Cat and the Canary (1927) – Empire State Musical Instrument Museum (NY State Fairgrounds) – show info is here – Syracuse NY – theatre organ
Fri, Oct 15 at 8:00pm – Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) – Union County Performing Arts Center – Rahway NJ – Wurlitzer theatre organ
Tues, Oct 19 – silent comedy shorts program(NOTE: not open to the public) – The Osborn/Sterling Park senior living – Rye NY – piano
Weds Oct 27 at 7:00pm EDT – Douglas Fairbanks in Don Q, Son of Zorro (1924) – live-accompanied live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
Fri, Oct 29 and Sat Oct 30 at 7:30pm – Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925) – Founders Recital Hall, Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center, South Dakota State University –Brookings SD – Salmen-Reuter pipe organ

September 2021
Sundays at 3:00pm EDT – The Silent Comedy Watch Party – live-streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Sept 9-23 – John H. Collins: At the Origins of American Film – 6 films directed by John H. Collins (1914-1915) streamed by The Museum of Modern Art – titles and info – piano
September 8-24 – Biograph/Edison: Restorations and Rediscoveries from the Collection – series page is here – The Museum of Modern Art – New York NY – piano
- Sept 8 at 4:00 – 8 Episodes of “What Happened to Mary” (1912) – info
- Sept 8 at 7:00 – Bert Williams in “Lime Kiln Club Field Day” [archival assembly]. 1913/2014 – info
- Sept 9 at 1:00 – Mack Sennett at Biograph (1911) – titles and info
- Sept 9 at 4:00 – Biograph Comedies (1911-1916) – titles and info
- Sept 10 at 1:00 – Edison Comedies, Part 1 (1913-1914) – titles and info
- Sept 10 at 7:00 – Edison Comedies, Part 2 (1912-1914) – titles and info
- Sept 11 at 1:00 – Edison Social Dramas (1904-1912) – titles and info
- Sept 11 at 4:00 – Biograph Dramas (1913-1915) – titles and info
- Sept 14 at 7:00 – Anita Loos at Biograph (1913-1915) – titles and info
- Sept 16 at 1:00 – Charles Brabin (1912-1914) – titles and info
- Sept 16 at 4:00 – John H. Collins, Part 1 (1914-1915) – titles and info
- Sept 16 at 4:00 – John H. Collins, Part 2 (1914-1915) – titles and info
- Sept 17 at 4:00 – Gertrude McCoy, Part 1 (1914) – titles and info
- Sept 17 at 7:00 – Gertrude McCoy, Part 2 (1915) – titles and info
- Sept 24 at 1:00 – Biograph Dramas (1913-1915) – titles and info
Mon, Sept 20 at 7:00pm EDT – Bebe Daniels and William Powell in Feel My Pulse (1925) – live-accompanied live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
Sun, Sept 26 at 1:00 – silent film program– NOTE: show is not open to the general public – Wesleyan University – Middletown CT – digital/virtual theatre organ
August 2021
Sundays at 3:00pm EDT – The Silent Comedy Watch Party – live-streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
August 10 – DVD release: Edward Everett Horton: 8 Silent Comedies – Undercrank Productions – piano and theatre organ
August 13-15 – Capitolfest – 18th annual (not counting COVID year in 2020) classic film festival – Wandering Fires (1925) with Constance Bennett, His Nibs (1921) with Charles “Chic” Sale, Duck Soup (1927) with Laurel & Hardy (new restoration from Lobster Films) and Dad’s Choice (1928) with Edward Everett Horton (new restoration from Undercrank Productions) – Capitolfest festival website is here – theatre organ
Tues, August 17 at 7:00pm EDT – Buster Keaton in Go West (1925) – live-accompanied live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
Sat, August 28 at 8:00 – Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) – Epsilon Spires – Brattleboro VT – Estey pipe organ
As of July 2021, I’ve resumed accompanying silent films for in-person shows! I’ve continued live-streaming the weekly Silent Comedy Watch Party and the monthly series for the Cinema Arts Centre.
All programs listed below for January-June 2021 were live-streamed and live-accompanied, presented in my living room, accompanied on my 1918 Baldwin acoustic piano, and ticketed by the venue listed.

Recent/past live-streams and shows…
July 2021
Sundays at 3:00pm EDT – The Silent Comedy Watch Party – live-streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Weds, July 7 at 7:00 – Charlie Chaplin Mutual comedies – live-streamed and live-accompanied – presented by Amherst Cinema – acoustic piano
Tues, July 13 at 7:00pm EDT – Constance Talmadge in Her Night of Romance (1924) – live-accompanied live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
Thurs, July 15 at 8:30 – Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality (1923) – new restoration from Lobster Films/MoMA – Museum of Modern Art (outdoor show, in MoMA’s sculpture garden) – New York NY – Yamaha Modus digital piano
Wed-Thur-Fri, July 21, 22 & 23 at 3:00 – Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality (1923) – new restoration from Lobster Films/MoMA – Museum of Modern Art – New York NY – piano
May-June 2021
Sundays at 3:00pm EDT – The Silent Comedy Watch Party – live-streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Sun, May 9 at 8:00 EDT – Ernst Lubitsch’s So This is Paris (1926) – *World Premiere of new restoration and new musical score* – presented during the TCM Classic Film Festival – theatre organ – airs on TCM and streams on HBO Max – festival info is here – theatre organ
Sun, May 9 at 9:30 EDT – Live “talk-back” with Ben Model about the new score for So This is Paris (1926), on The Big Film Show – co-hosted by Kelly Kitchens Wickersham and Devin Pike – event will happen live following the TCM broadcast of the film – watch the live-stream and join in the Q&A here.
Mon May 10 at 7:00 EDT / 6:00 CDT – Harold Lloyd in Hot Water (1924) – presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – free – register for the live-stream here.
March-April 2021
Mon, Mar 1 at 8pm GMT (UK) – “The Celluloid Music Hall” program of shorts with Charlie Chaplin, Billie Ritchie, Stan Laurel and Lupino Lane – presented by the annual Slapstick Festival in their 2021 online “Laugh Out Loud” edition – stream and ticketing info is here.
Thurs, Mar 4 at 4pm GMT (UK) – Douglas MacLean in Bell Boy 13 (1923), plus Charley Chase in Dog Shy (1925) – presented by the annual Slapstick Festival in their 2021 online “Laugh Out Loud” edition – stream and ticketing info is here.
Thurs, Mar 11 at 8:00 ET – Charlie Chaplin in The Pawnshop, The Cure and The Adventurer – presented by the AFI Silver Theater (Silver Spring MD) – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
Mon, Mar 15 at 2:15pm EDT – education program live-streamed to 4th grade students at The Town School (New York NY) – this program is not open to the public
Tues, Mar 23 at 7:00pm EDT – Mabel Normand in The Extra Girl (1923) – presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
Weds, Mar 24 at 7:00pm MDT/9:00 EDT – Harold Lloyd in For Heaven’s Sake (1926) – presented by the Boise Philharmonic – free event! – to register for the event click here.
Tues, April 20 at 7:00pm EDT – William S. Hart in Tumbleweeds (1925) – presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
Mon, Apr 19 thru Thurs Apr 30 – Love Everlasting / Ma L’amore Mio Non Muore (1913) dir by Mario Caserini – new digital restoration by Cineteca Di Bologna – pre-recorded stream of film presented by the Italian Cultural Institute and the National Gallery of Art (note: available to USA viewers only, due to archive restriction) – free – stream can be viewed here.
Thurs, Apr 29 at 8:00 EDT – Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino in Camille (1921) – presented by the AFI Silver Theater (Silver Spring MD), and co-sponsored by the Art Deco Society of Washington DC – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
January-February 2021
Thurs, Jan 14 at 6:30 CT/7:30ET – Silent Comedy shorts program: Chaplin’s The Pawnshop (1916), Keaton’s The Goat (1921) and Charley Chase in Dog Shy (1925) – presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) – Houston TX – register free for the event here.
Tues, Jan 19 at 7:00pm ET – Rudolph Valentino in The Eagle (1925) – presented by the Amherst Cinema – Amherst NY – ticketing info is here
Thurs, Jan 21 at 6:30 CT/7:30ET – Silent Comedy shorts program – presented by the Ruth Keeler Memorial Library – North Salem NY – more info is here
Weds, Jan 27 at 7:00pm ET – Lon Chaney in He Who Gets Slapped (1924) – presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
Weds, Feb 23 at 7:00pm ET – silent film TBD – presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here.
2020
November-December 2020
Sun Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 at 3:00pm EDT (weekly series) – The Silent Comedy Watch Party – live-streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Tues, Dec 15 at 7:00pm ET – Rudolph Valentino in The Eagle (1925) – live-accompanied livestream, presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here – “virtual cinema” presentation – acoustic piano
Weds, Dec 16 at 8:00pm ET – Silent Film program – live-accompanied livestream, presented by the Milwaukee Cinema – NOTE: this event is for Milwaukee Cinema members only – “virtual cinema” presentation – acoustic piano
Mon, Nov 16 at 7:00pm ET – Buster Keaton program – live-accompanied livestream, presented by the Amherst Cinema – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here – “virtual cinema” presentation – acoustic piano
Weds, Nov 18 at 7:00pm ET – Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro – live-accompanied livestream, presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here – “virtual cinema” presentation – acoustic piano
October 2020
Sun Oct 4, 11, 18, 25 at 3:00pm EDT (weekly series) – The Silent Comedy Watch Party – live-streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Weds Oct 7 at 7:30pm – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) – live-accompanied livestream presented by Renew Cinemas – ticket info is here – “virtual cinema” presentation – acoustic piano
Tues, Oct 20 at 7:00 – “Knoxferatu” – online streaming edition of the annual Halloween-season silent film show held in Tennessee, hosted by Kelly Robinson – ticket and film info is here – “virtual cinema” presentation – acoustic piano
Weds, Oct 21 at 7:00 – Lon Chaney in The Penalty – live-accompanied livestream, presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – free-or-PWYW ticketing info is here – “virtual cinema” presentation – acoustic piano
Sat Oct 24 at 3pm – Douglas Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro (1920) – live-accompanied livestream presented by the AFI Silver Theater, Silver Spring MD – tix are free or pay-what-you-wish – “virtual cinema” presentation – acoustic piano
September 2020
Sun Sept 6, 13, 20 & 27 at 3:00pm EDT (weekly series) – The Silent Comedy Watch Party – live-streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – acoustic piano
Weds Sept 9 at 7pm – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) – live-accompanied livestream presented by the AFI Silver Theater, Silver Spring MD – tix are free or pay-what-you-wish – “virtual cinema” presentation – acoustic piano
Thur Sept 10 at 7pm –Ernst Lubitsch’s The Marriage Circle (1924) starring Adolphe Menjou – live-accompanied livestream presented by the historic Park Theater, Glens Falls NY (built in 1911) – tix for this “Silent Film Fundraiser” event are $15 and are available here – “virtual cinema” presentation – acoustic piano
Weds, Sept 30 at 7:00 – Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality – live-accompanied livestream, presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – “virtual cinema” presentation – acoustic piano
June/July/August 2020
Sundays at 3:00pm EDT – The Silent Comedy Watch Party – live-streamed and live-accompanied on my YouTube channel – individual show pages are here – piano
Sat, Aug 8 at 7:30 EDT – Buster Keaton in Three Ages (1923) – “virtual cinema” live-stream presented by the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, commemorating their 34th anniversary – piano
Weds, Aug 12 at 7:00 – Ronald Colman in Ernst Lubitsch’s Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925) – “virtual cinema” live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – piano
Weds, July 22 at 7:00 – Harold Lloyd in Grandma’s Boy (1922) – “virtual cinema” live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – piano
Tues, June 23 at 7:00 – Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. – “virtual cinema” live-stream presented by the Cinema Arts Centre – piano
April/May 2020
On Sunday March 22, I launched a weekly live-streamed, live-accompanied silent film show called The Silent Comedy Watch Party. The show streams live on YouTube every Sunday at 3pm EDT and then remains up on YouTube for people to watch. For details about The Silent Comedy Watch Party as well as links to watch already-streamed episodes, visit the show page here.
If you’re interested in having me do a program like this for your theatre or venue during this time when venues are closed, please send me an email and we can cook something up.
March 2020
Wednesdays 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 Mar 1 at 2:00 – Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (1922) – Hewlett-Woodmere Library – Hewlett NY (Long Island) – piano
Sat Mar 6 at 9:00am – Hobart Bosworth in Behind the Door (1919), with Richard Wayne – Beatrice Community Players Theater – presented by the Gage County Classic Film Institute – Beatrice NE – piano
Sat Mar 6 at 1:30 – Roscoe Arbuckle in Leap Year (1919), with Maude Wayne – Beatrice Community Players Theater – presented by the Gage County Classic Film Institute – Beatrice NE – piano
The following shows were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak and theaters closing:
Weds Mar 11 at 12:30 – guest accompanist/speaker at NYU Cinema Studies silent film course – not open to the public – New York NY – piano
Thurs Mar 12 at 10:00a – silent film presentation – The Town School, 4th grade students – New York NY – piano
Sat Mar 14 at 2:30 – Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality (1923) – The Silent Clowns Film Series – new digital restoration by Lobster Films – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts – New York NY – piano
Tues, Mar 17 at 7:30 – Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers – short films directed by Alice Guy- Blaché, Lois Weber, Cleo Madison and Nell Shipman – – presented for Women’s History Month – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sun Mar 22 at 12 noon – Harold Lloyd in Safety Last (1923) – Alamo Drafthouse – Brooklyn NY – theatre organ
Tues Mar 24 at 1:20 – silent film program (email for film title) – St. Francis College, Founders Hall – Brooklyn NY – piano
Sun Mar 29 at 5:45 – Benjamin Chapin in The Lincoln Cycle, part 2 (ep. 5-7, 10) – AFI Silver Theatre – Silver Spring MD – theatre organ
February 2020
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
Sat Feb 8 at 2:30 – Harold Lloyd in Girl Shy (1924) – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts – New York NY – piano
Tues Feb 11 at 2:55 – silent film program (email for details) – St. Francis College, Founders Hall – Brooklyn NY – piano
Thur Feb 13 at 6:00 – Idaho Film and Cinematic History, includes screening of Nell Shipman’s The Light On Lookout (1926) – Idaho State Museum – Boise ID – piano
Fri Feb 14 at 10:00 am and 12:30 pm – silent comedy shorts presentation to Boise area elementary school students (note: this is not open to the public) – Egyptian Theatre – Boise ID – theatre organ
Sat Feb 15 at 10:00 am – silent comedy shorts presentation – Touchmark at Meadow Lake Village (Senior Living) – Meridian ID – piano
Sat, Feb 15 at 8:00 – Charlie Chaplin in The Adventurer (1917) and Charley Chase in Dog Shy (1925), orchestral scores by Ben Model performed by Boise Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble, plus Douglas MacLean in Bell Boy 13 (1923) accompanied by Ben Model – *WORLD PREMIERE* of new score for The Adventurer – Egyptian Theater – Boise ID – orchestral score / theatre organ
Tues Feb 18 – DVD release of The Douglas MacLean Collection from Undercrank Productions.
Tues, Feb 18 at 7:30 – The Scar of Shame – presented in honor of African-American History Month – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Sun Feb 23 at 2:00 – Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant, accompanied by wind ensemble score by Ben Model, performed by the Edmonton Winds – Allard Hall – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – wind ensemble
Sat Feb 29 Nov 15 at 2:00 – Buster Keaton in The Cameraman – Library of Congress Packard Campus Theatre – Culpeper VA – piano
Shows have been been scheduled and will be posted during February. I still have dates available – and even if I don’t, I can refer you to one of my colleagues. Bookmark this page or sign up for emails to be notified of performances and DVD releases.
January 2020
Thurs, Jan 9 at 7:00 – Raoul Walsh’s The Loves of Carmen (1927) – new digital restoration by MoMA – MoMA – New York NY – piano
Sat Jan 11 at 2:30 – W.C. Fields in So’s Your Old Man (1926), with special guest speaker Dr. Harriet A. Fields – The Silent Clowns Film Series – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts – New York NY – piano
Tues, Jan 14 at 7:30 – Douglas MacLean in Bell Boy 13 (1923) – new restoration by Undercrank Productions – Cinema Arts Centre – Huntington NY (Long Island) – theatre organ
Thur, Jan 16 at 6:00 – Kovacs On Music – presented by the Association of Recorded Sound Collections, hosted by Seth Winner and Ben Model – NYPL Library for the Performing Arts – New York NY
Weds, Jan 22 at 4:30 – Raoul Walsh’s The Loves of Carmen (1927) – new digital restoration by MoMA – MoMA – New York NY – piano
Sat Jan 25 at 12 noon – Danny Joe’s Tree House , live taping of kids television show – Creative Alliance – Baltimore MD – piano