Tag: silent film
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The Blackhawk Films catalogs are available again!
USC Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive and Lobster Films Collaborate to Make Blackhawk Films Catalogs Available to Fans and Scholars Again The monthly arrival of the Blackhawk Films catalog was one of the most highly anticipated mail deliveries for me, growing up, as it was for many classic film fans in the 1970s and…
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The Humor of “Jackass” and AFV In the Early 1900s, as Performed by Marcel Perez and Others
The injury humor of Johnny Knoxville, the Farrelly Brothers, and thousands of anonymous klutzes is nothing new — French and Italian comedians were doing it during movies’ first decade. Last September, a lot of people sent me a link to an article in the New York Times that articulated something I’d been thinking for some…
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Working with People Who Haven’t Been Dead for 60 Years
“Have you ever scored any new films, like regular movies, not silent ones?” It’s a question I get asked by reporters and people I meet socially. The answer usually surprises people. It’s “Nope.” I do get asked from time to time to score a new silent film, and that’s something I’ll cover in another post.…
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new DVD release: “The Marcel Perez Collection”
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I’m very excited announce the release today of my new DVD, The Marcel Perez Collection! The DVD contains 10 rare short silent comedies in new digital transfers from prints preserved by the Library of Congress and by the EYE Filmmuseum (Netherlands), and each has a brand new piano score by yours truly. The films on…
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NEW DVD COLLECTION OF FORGOTTEN SILENT FILM STAR MARCEL PEREZ
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THE MARCEL PEREZ COLLECTION SHOWCASINGFORGOTTEN SILENT FILM COMEDIAN CONFIRMED FOR RELEASE ON FEBRUARY 3 IN NEW DVD FEATURING NEW DIGITAL TRANSFERS OF RARE ARCHIVAL PRINTS Undercrank Productions Collaborates with Library of Congress and EYE Filmmuseum (Netherlands) to Shine Spotlight onOverlooked Silent Clown & Director; New Book on Perez by Steve Massa Also to be Published.…
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William S. Hart in THREE WORD BRAND (1921) – new release
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Happy new year! Today I’m releasing William S. Hart in THREE WORD BRAND (1921) for streaming only. It’s available for just $2.99 on my YouTube channel. Why am I releasing this in this manner? my YouTube channel was recently approved for offering videos for a fee, as well as for starting a separate subscription-only channel…
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Tony Sarg: Macy’s Parade Balloons and sillhouette silents
Tony Sarg designed the first balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade. He also made a series of silhouette-animated cartoons in the 1920s. Here’s one. Transferred from a rare, home-use 16mm print from the 1930s.
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Undercranking’s “smoking gun” courtesy of Milton Sills
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I knew it. I just knew it. I’ve been looking for years for written evidence that silent film actors had to adjust the way they moved to compensate for the speed-up of silent film. It has always appeared to have been the case to me when I’ve slowed down silent film segments to the speed…
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Newsday: “Silent Films Amass a Quiet Following”
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From today’s Newsday: Silent films amass a quiet following January 3, 2012 by JIM MERRITT. Special to Newsday Tonight’s Keaton film is getting a warm reception from about 60 people sitting in a screening room at the Cinema Arts Centre. But, it’s not Michael Keaton or even Diane Keaton scoring big laughs in “Seven Chances,”…
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New audiobook on/of Francis X. Bushman
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I’ve long been a fan of Ben Ohmart’s “BearManor Media” book publishing outfit, and when I heard about what he had up his sleeve for the imprint about a year ago, I was re-impressed. After self-publishing a book on The Great Gildersleeve in 2001 he established BearManor, doing for other authors of books on classic…