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.
ep. 62: accompanying a Mary Pickford film on campus, Marcel Perez at the Silent Clowns, Monta Bell at MoMA, and more
The Silent Film Music Podcast with Ben Model
51 minutes 36 seconds
1 year ago
ep. 62: accompanying a Mary Pickford film on campus, Marcel Perez at the Silent Clowns, Monta Bell at MoMA, and more
In this episode: Ben accompanies Tom Mix in "Sky High" at the Library of Congress, adapting for organ some themes he originally composed for piano; Ben and Kerr discuss the importance of seeing silents with live music, and how a film may play one way when watched alone and completely differently at a show; Ben and Kerr discuss the hilarious and gifted silent film comedian Marcel Perez; Ben covers an upcoming Blu-ray/DVD release from Undercrank Productions; discussion of the newly restored "Man, Woman and Sin" screened at MoMA in January; news about upcoming shows, and more.
Show notes for episode 62 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.
