Tag: kino video

  • the complete “Metropolis” on May 7th

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    Ben Model

    Have just gotten the “OK” to announce my performance on Fri May 7 accompanying “The Complete ‘Metropolis’” at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntingotn, NY (that’s on Long Island, folks). This is the new restoration with 25 minutes of lost footage restored. The C.A.C. is doing a one-week run of the picture, and I’ll be…

  • ReelclassicDVD now accepts online orders!

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    Ben Model

    ReelclassicDVD now accepts orders online with payments by credit card or PayPal. Up to now orders had to be placed by emailing or phoning in your CC info, but the company’s just upgraded their website so customers can buy directly over the website and pay securely online as well. ReelclassicDVD has released many rare silents…

  • Sherlock Holmes, with John Barrymore

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    Ben Model

    June 7 — I was hired by Kino in March to record a score for the silent film of Sherlock Holmes (1922) starring John Barrymore, and got my promo copy of the Barrymore box set that it’s part of the other day. Packaging and esp the artwork is very nice, and this should prove to…

  • Next week…Langdon, Chaplin, Wings and Ben Hur

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    Ben Model

    Spent the afternoon yesterday recording a piano score for The Gusher (1913) for Kino. Am assuming the set this is for will come out later this year. An interesting and fun short, one of those Keystones where you really have to watch everybody to see what the story is, as much of the plot is…

  • films booked for Huntington; “It” unavailable

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    Ben Model

    BTW, click on the image at the right to pre-order your copy of Kino’s new 3-disc DVD set Houdini: the Movie Star. Checked my copy and was glad to see everything was in synch. The menus are great, and that front cover artwork is real eye-catching. Several of the films I’ll be accompanying in Huntington,…

  • Reel Baseball at the MCNY

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    Ben Model

    Presented and accompanied a program of films from the Kino Reel Baseball DVD set at the Museum of the City of New York this afternoon. We showed The Busher, plus Hearts and Diamonds and Felix Saves the Day. We had a great crowd, biggest one so far in the five years I’ve been doing silents…

  • DeMille’s “King of Kings”, Keaton, and “Pandora’s Box”

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    Ben Model

    Photo at the right is the beautiful console of the organ at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, which I had the great fortune to play in accompaniment to DeMille’s 1927 epic King of Kings on Fri March 23. The organ is a 4/83 Moller, and was restored in 2000. A magnificent instrument in…

  • Radio City Music Hall concert Jan 16

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    Ben Model

    I attended a theatre organ concert at Radio City Music Hall last Tuesday. This was the third time that NYTOS (the New York Theatre Organ Society) had held this annual event. I had gone the first year, then missed it in ’06 because I had a show, and was really looking forward to coming this…