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  • Newsday article on Joan of Arc show

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    Ben Model

    This is an article/interview from 3/19/09’s issue of Newsday promoting the Cinema Arts Centre show of The Passion of Joan of Arc which we did on 3/24/09. Click on the image to see it larger.

  • Wild Bill Hickok and The Passion of Joan of Arc

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    Ben Model

    Tuesday morning, after a day off to rest and recover from Cinefest, I was at MoMA for a press screening of Wild Bill Hickok (1923) starring William S. Hart. At right is a still I found online of Hart as Hickok, with Abraham Lincoln and General Custer (well, actors playing Lincoln and Custer). The running…

  • Buster Keaton in “The General”

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    Ben Model

    Hey, isn’t that Al St. John next to the bone-head commander who thinks the Rock River bridge is strong enough to hold his train? Bruce and Steve were talking about this after the show, pretty certain it’s Al, and so I grabbed this frame from the DVD. Al’s not in the shot of the commander…

  • Berkshire Jewish Film Festival pics

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    Ben Model

    Here are photos from the Berkshire Jewish Film Festival. At right is the upright piano and piano stool (first time I think I’ve ever used this kind of stool at a show). Kudos to Al Saldarini of the Duffin Theater at the Lenox Memorial Middle & High School for all the tech-spertise and piano wrangling…