Ben and Kerr talk about Ben's shows at MoMA's "Silent Movie Week" of "Saxophon Susi" and "Berlin: Symphony of a Great City", and at the Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center for an early Louise Brooks Paramount feature. Ben discusses adjusting his approach to laying down a recorded score when scoring "Poisoned Paradise" (1924) with Clara Bow for the National Film Preservation Foundation, and for Keystone shorts for the "Rediscovering Roscoe" Blu-ray set due out in 2026. Ben and Kerr discuss their both noticing a growing and a younger audience for silent film in recent years, with Ben observing this at Capitolfest this past August. Performance excerpts include "Saxophon Susi" (piano, at MoMA), "Love 'em and Leave 'em" (1924) (piano, at the Atrium), and "Finders Keepers"(1928) starrring Laura LaPlante (theatre organ, at Capitolfest). The latter is also included as an example of a live score being affected by the film's introduction, in this case by historian/author Laura Jerrolds.
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Ben and Kerr talk about Ben's shows at MoMA's "Silent Movie Week" of "Saxophon Susi" and "Berlin: Symphony of a Great City", and at the Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center for an early Louise Brooks Paramount feature. Ben discusses adjusting his approach to laying down a recorded score when scoring "Poisoned Paradise" (1924) with Clara Bow for the National Film Preservation Foundation, and for Keystone shorts for the "Rediscovering Roscoe" Blu-ray set due out in 2026. Ben and Kerr discuss their both noticing a growing and a younger audience for silent film in recent years, with Ben observing this at Capitolfest this past August. Performance excerpts include "Saxophon Susi" (piano, at MoMA), "Love 'em and Leave 'em" (1924) (piano, at the Atrium), and "Finders Keepers"(1928) starrring Laura LaPlante (theatre organ, at Capitolfest). The latter is also included as an example of a live score being affected by the film's introduction, in this case by historian/author Laura Jerrolds.
In this episode: Ben talks about doing double-duty as both silent film accompanist and Blu-ray producer-distributor; Ben talks about accompanying "Clash of the Wolves" starring Rin-Tin-Tin at the TCM Classic Film Festival and the differences between this performance and the one of recording a score for this film, along; Kerr and Ben talk about the upcoming Ernie Kovacs book "Ernie in Kovacsland", and Kerr takes a real deep dive into the history and recordings of "Die Moritat", known to Kovacs fans as the music heard during the comedian's "oscilloscope" gag sequences; Ben talks about the 10th anniversary of his first DVD release, about starting what became his homevideo label Undercrank Productions, and about he's celebrating; musical performance excerpts are heard from a show for Kindergarteners, and from a recent performance on piano accompanying "Wings".
Show notes for episode 58 can be found here.
The Silent Film Music Podcast with Ben Model
Ben and Kerr talk about Ben's shows at MoMA's "Silent Movie Week" of "Saxophon Susi" and "Berlin: Symphony of a Great City", and at the Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center for an early Louise Brooks Paramount feature. Ben discusses adjusting his approach to laying down a recorded score when scoring "Poisoned Paradise" (1924) with Clara Bow for the National Film Preservation Foundation, and for Keystone shorts for the "Rediscovering Roscoe" Blu-ray set due out in 2026. Ben and Kerr discuss their both noticing a growing and a younger audience for silent film in recent years, with Ben observing this at Capitolfest this past August. Performance excerpts include "Saxophon Susi" (piano, at MoMA), "Love 'em and Leave 'em" (1924) (piano, at the Atrium), and "Finders Keepers"(1928) starrring Laura LaPlante (theatre organ, at Capitolfest). The latter is also included as an example of a live score being affected by the film's introduction, in this case by historian/author Laura Jerrolds.
