South Dakota State University’s School of Performing Arts will present a silent film masterpiece with live organ accompaniment at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 and Oct. 17 in Founders Recital Hall at the Oscar La...

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I teach a silent film course at Wesleyan University's College of Film and the Moving Image, which has been offering it to students since 2015. On the first day of my class, I go around the room and as...

Good news for fans of Undercrank Productions who live in Norway! There's an online vendor there that carries all my Blu-ray and DVD releases called Platekompaniet.no (literally, "The Record Company")....

CMOTF returns to the Elgin Short Film Festival this year, with a film that has given audiences belly-laughs for almost one hundred years! Felix the Cat, an animated superstar of the 1920’s, appears in...

I'm pleased as punch to see that the Ernst Lubitsch silent film So This Is Paris (1926) has been getting a boost in notoriety in the last few years. Previously, it hadn't been screened as often as the...

When it comes to silent film, university students are an important group of younger viewers to aim for of when it comes to "audience preservation". The live accompaniment makes a huge difference with ...

Ben and Kerr discuss Ben’s performance schedule being back to or surpassing 2019 levels, the scoring and restoration of "The Cardboard Lover" (1928) with Marion Davies, accompanying Davies' "The Patsy...

Good luck comes to CineSavant: Silent movie film historian Denise Morrison will be writing special disc reviews for us. She’s long been associated with  The Kansas Silent Film Festival and knows her s...

Cosmopolitan/MGM, 1928. Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Scenario: F. Hugh Herbert, adapted by Carey Wilson from a play by Jacques Deval. Camera: John Arnold. Film editor: Basil Wrangell. Cast: Marion Dav...

Discover Schroon Lake's Classic Movie Mondays with Strand Theatre owner Elizabeth McNamara and silent film accompanist Ben Model. Explore one of the Adirondacks' most unique cultural traditions.

Symphony Space is a performing arts center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan offering theater, film, literature, music, dance and family entertainment. Our mission is to connect art, ideas, and comm...

I've had the privilege of presenting and accompanying a silent film show at the historic Strand Theater in Schroon Lake NY every summer since 2017. The Strand Theater in Schroon Lake NY is a vintag...

1923 | NR | 123 min | Period Drama, Horror, Romance | DCP In 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant rev

Hell Bent. 1918. USA. Directed by John Ford. Screenplay by Harry Carey, Ford. With Harry Carey, Duke Lee, Neva Gerber, Joseph Harris. DCP. 57 min. John Ford was 23 years old and had been directing Wes...

In this month’s episode we speak to silent film polymath Ben Model, discussing his 2025 publication ‘The Silent Film Universe’.

The Navigator. 1924. USA. Directed by Buster Keaton and Donald Crisp. Screenplay by Clyde Bruckman, Joseph A. Mitchell, Jean C. Havez. With Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom. Preserved a...

Edward Everett Horton: 8 Silent Comedies

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Ben Model’s Silent Film Shows Below are the listings of my upcoming performances, live-streams and home-video releases, with links to each venue for more details. Shows are usually posted 2-3 month...

1921 | NR | 68 min | Comedy, Family | DCP Charlie Chaplin was already an international star through the popularity of his short films, when he made his first full-length feature. The Kid proved tha...

Ben Model'sSilent 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. Shows are usually po...