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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0f0e5-6378-7001-818e-6e71eba0300f", "title": "Up next: 'Sunrise' at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge for Silent Movie Day on 9/29", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/09/up-next-sunrise-at-brattle-cinema-in.html", "published_at": "2026-09-28T00:16:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-02b5-71a2-9ec9-3c7c3927bfad", "title": "Coming up: New silent film series in Fairlee, Vt., plus thoughts on gender roles and coinage inspired by Harold Lloyd's 'For Heaven's Sake'", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/09/coming-up-new-silent-film-series-in.html", "published_at": "2026-09-21T00:41:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-02b5-71a2-9ec9-3c7c397edf90", "title": "Up next: Harold Lloyd's 'For Heaven's Sake' (1926) in 35mm at Somerville Theatre on Sunday, 9/20", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/09/harold-lloyds-for-heavens-sake-1926-in.html", "published_at": "2026-09-14T00:19:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d873c5c6f6f", "title": "Tackling Theda Bara—well, not literally—in 'A Fool There Was' on Sunday, Sept. 13", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/09/tackling-theda-barawell-not-literallyin.html", "published_at": "2026-09-09T16:31:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d873cc459c6", "title": "Up this week: 'Beau Geste' in Maine, Harold Lloyd in Vermont, and Theda Bara in N.H., and more!", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/09/up-this-week-beau-geste-in-maine-harold.html", "published_at": "2026-09-09T15:33:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d873d9f2fed", "title": "Marking the 100th anniversary of Valentino's untimely death—but first, Buster Keaton's 'Steamboat Bill Jr.' at Flying Monkey in Plymouth, N.H. on Thursday, 8/13", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/08/marking-100th-anniversary-of-valentinos.html", "published_at": "2026-08-11T08:09:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d873dc2aa3d", "title": "Off the grid for a short spell, but then back at keyboard for programs starting in mid-July", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/07/off-grid-for-short-spell-but-then-back.html", "published_at": "2026-07-09T06:49:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d873ea1e6b1", "title": "Off to California for Harold Lloyd at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, but first some thoughts about Keaton's 'The General'", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/05/off-to-california-for-harold-lloyd-at.html", "published_at": "2026-05-26T08:53:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d873f36ae69", "title": "Up next: 'The General' with live music in Newport, R.I. on Thursday, May 21, plus the perils of using Vivaldi for Civil War battle scenes", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/05/up-next-general-with-live-music-in.html", "published_at": "2026-05-20T12:26:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d873fa9120f", "title": "Leavitt Theatre opens silent film season with 'Girl Shy' (1924) on Saturday, May 16; D.W. Griffith's 'America' provides a surprisingly satisfying afternoon at the movies", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/05/leavitt-theatre-opens-silent-film.html", "published_at": "2026-05-11T08:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d87406fc21e", "title": "Celebrate our 250th birthday (a little early) with D.W. Griffith's 'America' (1924) on Sunday, May 10", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/05/celebrate-our-250th-birthday-little.html", "published_at": "2026-05-06T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d8740bed800", "title": "Opening Night for 2026 Brandon Vt. Silent Film Series features 'Annie Laurie' (1927) Saturday, 5/2", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/04/opening-night-for-2026-brandon-vt.html", "published_at": "2026-04-29T12:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d8740d423f2", "title": "On Wednesday, April 29: Buster Keaton's 'The General' at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, Mass.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/04/on-wednesday-april-29-buster-keatons.html", "published_at": "2026-04-27T11:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d8741be775f", "title": "Next up: Lillian Gish stars in 'Annie Laurie' (1927) on Sunday, April 26 at Natick, Mass.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/04/next-up-lillian-gish-stars-in-annie.html", "published_at": "2026-04-26T10:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d8741e58a69", "title": "Flying to Florida for 'The Flying Fleet,' then back to Boston for 'The Blot' at the Lois Weber Festival", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/03/flying-to-florida-for-flying-fleet-then.html", "published_at": "2026-03-15T10:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d87424a6550", "title": "Saturday, March 14: accompanying the cape-wearing 'Phantom of the Opera' at a Cape Cod library", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/03/saturday-march-14-accompanying-cape.html", "published_at": "2026-03-09T08:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d87431b8e8b", "title": "Before Basil Rathbone, there was William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes; see for yourself on Saturday, March 7", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/03/before-basil-rathbone-there-was-william.html", "published_at": "2026-03-07T13:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d87435958d6", "title": "Making the annual pilgrimage to Kansas to commune with the best piano I play all year", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/03/making-annual-pilgrimage-to-kansas-to.html", "published_at": "2026-03-05T18:57:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d8743775b76", "title": "The long journey of 'The Old Homestead' from stage to screen; world 're-premiere' of silent film versions on Saturday, Feb. 7 in Keene, N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-long-journey-of-old-homestead-from.html", "published_at": "2026-01-27T10:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d874431db39", "title": "Let's try that again! 'Annie Laurie' rescheduled to Sunday, Feb. 1, but first 'Metropolis on Thursday, Jan. 29 plus a few others as well", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/01/lets-try-that-again-annie-laurie.html", "published_at": "2026-01-26T03:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d8744948e25", "title": "'Annie Laurie' (1927) will be screened as scheduled on Sunday, Jan. 25 just a'fore the snow", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/01/annie-laurie-1927-will-be-screened-as.html", "published_at": "2026-01-24T22:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d8744fe4ed5", "title": "Welcome to 2026 in silent film screenings: being Charlie Chaplin ain't what it used to be", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2026/01/welcome-to-2026-in-silent-film.html", "published_at": "2026-01-09T14:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d87450181a9", "title": "A 10-minute 'Christmas Carol'? Early holiday silent films with live music on Sunday, Dec. 14 at Town Hall Theatre in Wilton, N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-10-minute-christmas-carol-early.html", "published_at": "2025-12-08T14:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d87458980a6", "title": "Coming up: a slate of pre-holiday silent film screenings, then a road trip to Cleveland", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/12/coming-up-slate-of-pre-holiday-silent.html", "published_at": "2025-12-07T09:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d874624fd13", "title": "Up next: Buster Keaton in 'Seven Chances' (1925) on Saturday, Nov. 15 in Brandon, Vt.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/11/up-next-buster-keaton-in-seven-chances.html", "published_at": "2025-11-10T10:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d8746978468", "title": "Marching towards Veterans Day with John Gilbert in King Vidor's 'The Big Parade' (1925) on Sunday, Nov. 9 at Somerville Theatre", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/11/marching-towards-veterans-day-with-john.html", "published_at": "2025-11-08T16:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d87478cb34d", "title": "Up next: 'Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at Derry (N.H.) Opera House", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/10/up-next-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-on.html", "published_at": "2025-10-28T16:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e0-cb56-70ba-ae10-5d8747d14485", "title": "Next up: 'Phantom of the Opera' on Monday, Oct. 27 at Leavitt Theatre in Ogunquit, Maine", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/10/next-up-phantom-of-opera-on-monday-oct.html", "published_at": "2025-10-28T15:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9c3cc8af9", "title": "Get into the Halloween spirit with 'The Man Who Laughs' on Thursday, Oct. 23 in Plymouth, N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/10/get-into-halloween-spirit-with-man-who.html", "published_at": "2025-10-22T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9c469214e", "title": "Celebrate 'Silent Movie Day' with 'Way Down East' (1920) tonight in Greenfield, Mass.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/09/celebrate-silent-movie-day-with-way.html", "published_at": "2025-09-29T10:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9c4d1b228", "title": "Back to the future with 'Metropolis' (1927) on Friday, Sept. 26 in Derry (N.H.) Opera House", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/09/back-for-future-with-metropolis-1927-on.html", "published_at": "2025-09-22T01:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9c52ab6b0", "title": "Next up: 'Risky Business' (1925) on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at Leavitt Theatre in Ogunquit, Maine", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/09/next-up-risky-business-1925-on.html", "published_at": "2025-09-14T11:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9c5d64e97", "title": "This month: I play at Harvard, make my Pittsburgh debut, and do music for a film made in Maine", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/09/this-month-i-play-at-harvard-i-make-my.html", "published_at": "2025-09-08T18:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9c6037fd6", "title": "Tonight! A mid-summer 'Phantom,' plus rounding up recent screenings, notes from Lake Wobegon", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/08/tonight-mid-summer-phantom-plus.html", "published_at": "2025-08-12T09:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9c63dc46c", "title": "This Saturday in Maine: music for silent films starring canines; this Sunday in Massachusetts: 'Padlocked' (1926) at Somerville Theatre", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/08/this-saturday-in-maine-music-for-silent.html", "published_at": "2025-08-04T07:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9c69a4528", "title": "Why you should see Emil Jannings in 'The Last Command' (1928) on Sunday, 8/3 in Natick, Mass.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/08/why-you-should-see-emil-jannings-in.html", "published_at": "2025-08-02T10:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9c72dc967", "title": "Hitchcock's 'The Ring' (1927) today at 2 p.m.: thoughts on silent film, boxing, and ballet", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/07/hitchcocks-ring-1927-today-at-2-pm.html", "published_at": "2025-07-20T15:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9c7cc92e0", "title": "Tonight at 7 p.m. in Plymouth, N.H.: Milton Sills seeks ocean-going vengeance in 'The Sea Hawk'", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/07/tonight-at-7-pm-in-plymouth-nh-milton.html", "published_at": "2025-07-17T14:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9c87fa1f6", "title": "Up next! Scoring original dinosaur flick 'The Lost World' on Wednesday, 7/16 at Leavitt Theatre", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/06/up-next-scoring-original-dinosaur-flick.html", "published_at": "2025-06-28T09:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9c93e5f57", "title": "Up next: 'Don Q' at Coolidge on June 17, 'Unholy Three' at Leavitt on June 18", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/06/up-next-don-q-at-coolidge-on-june-17.html", "published_at": "2025-06-09T11:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9ca275362", "title": "Up next: Harold Lloyd heads east in 'Speedy,' then reversing direction with Keaton's 'Go West'", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/05/up-next-harold-lloyd-heads-east-in.html", "published_at": "2025-05-19T08:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9ca96aebc", "title": "Up next: Douglas Fairbanks in 'Zorro' on Tuesday, May 13 then 'The Gaucho' on Sunday, May 18", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/05/up-next-douglas-fairbanks-in-zorro-on.html", "published_at": "2025-05-12T12:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9cb1979da", "title": "Back from California, next to Brandon, Vt. to open the 2025 season with 'The Strong Man'", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/05/back-from-california-next-to-brandon-vt.html", "published_at": "2025-05-05T03:22:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9cbfe261a", "title": "To California to accompany 'Algol' (1920), then a new summer season of silent film in Brandon, Vt.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/05/to-california-to-accompany-algol-1920.html", "published_at": "2025-05-03T04:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9cc1862f5", "title": "'Show People' (1928) on Wednesday, April 2 in Manchester starts a run of silent film screenings", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/03/show-people-1928-on-wednesday-april-2.html", "published_at": "2025-03-31T04:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9cc6b99e6", "title": "This weekend: 'Zorro' still on, but 'Straight is the Way' (1921) postponed to Saturday, April 5 due to weather", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/03/this-weekend-zorro-still-on-but.html", "published_at": "2025-03-28T22:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9ccd34b3e", "title": "Like father, like son: double feature of 'Zorro' and 'Son of Zorro' this weekend at Town Hall Theatre", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/03/like-father-like-son-double-feature-of.html", "published_at": "2025-03-24T09:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9cd9b1eef", "title": "How my former life as an opera singer led to this weekend's screening of 'Steamboat Bill Jr.'", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/03/how-my-former-life-as-opera-singer-led.html", "published_at": "2025-03-17T10:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9cdc70a51", "title": "This weekend: Lois Weber Film Festival, Buster Keaton, and 'Underworld' plus notes from this year's Kansas Silent Film Festival", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/03/this-weekend-lois-weber-film-festival.html", "published_at": "2025-03-17T10:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9cde36075", "title": "Next: Valentino in 'The Sheik' (1921) on Monday, March 3 in Greenfield, Mass.; notes from the 50th annual Boston Sci-Fi Marathon", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/02/next-valentino-in-sheik-1921-on-monday.html", "published_at": "2025-02-17T18:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfad-a4d0-71f1-837a-b3a9cdecba3a", "title": "This weekend: 'Sunrise' in Newport on Saturday, then 'Algol' at 50th annual Boston Sci-Fi Marathon", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/02/this-weekend-sunrise-in-newport-on.html", "published_at": "2025-02-09T02:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9ed70e6db", "title": "Changed date for 'The Strong Man' this weekend; classic comedy now showing on Saturday, Feb. 8, plus Boston Globe coverage of 'The Flying Ace'", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/02/changed-date-for-strong-man-this.html", "published_at": "2025-02-07T12:14:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9edc224cd", "title": "This weekend: 'Battling Butler' in Campton, N.H., then 'The Flying Ace' in Somerville, Mass.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/02/this-weekend-battling-butler-in-campton.html", "published_at": "2025-02-01T19:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9ee6a6f52", "title": "Up next: Greta Garbo in 'Wild Orchids' on Wednesday, Jan. 29 in Manchester, N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/01/up-next-greta-garbo-in-wild-orchids-on.html", "published_at": "2025-01-27T03:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9eefa17a5", "title": "Report from Cleveland: 'The Lost World' (1925) highlights sci-fi marathon. Next up: 'Way Down East' on Sunday, Jan. 26 in Wilton, N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/01/report-from-cleveland-lost-world-1925.html", "published_at": "2025-01-20T05:12:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9ef04bf46", "title": "Off to Cleveland to accompany 'The Lost World' at Case Western Reserve's 50th annual sci-fi marathon; then 'Way Down East' in Wilton, N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/01/off-to-cleveland-to-accompany-lost.html", "published_at": "2025-01-15T15:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9ef580eb6", "title": "Thoughts about silent film music and life in 2025: Back to the start in more ways than one", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2025/01/thoughts-about-silent-film-music-and.html", "published_at": "2025-01-02T05:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9efd0b676", "title": "Time for a 2024 year-end wrap up after scoring 'Oliver Twist' (1922), my 400th silent film", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/12/year-end-wrap-up-after-accompanying.html", "published_at": "2024-12-15T20:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f083ea60", "title": "Up next: back to the future with 'Metropolis' on Sunday, Dec. 8 at Natick Center for the Arts", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/12/up-next-back-to-future-with-metropolis.html", "published_at": "2024-12-07T17:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f17252ad", "title": "Post Turkey Day screening: W.C. Fields in 'So's Your Old Man' on Sunday, Dec. 1 in Wilton, N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/11/post-turkey-day-screening-wc-fields-in.html", "published_at": "2024-11-28T16:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f1be4838", "title": "Pre-Thanksgiving cinematic feast: Creating music for 'The Thief of Bagdad' 100th anniversary screening on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at Coolidge Corner in Brookline, Mass.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/11/pre-thanksgiving-cinematic-feast.html", "published_at": "2024-11-22T02:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f2276d64", "title": "2024 Silent Film Season in Brandon, Vt. concludes Saturday, Nov. 16 with 'Barbed Wire' (1927)", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/11/2024-silent-film-season-in-brandon-vt.html", "published_at": "2024-11-15T00:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f2df01ed", "title": "Thoughts on 'Daughter of the Dawn' in San Francisco, and remembering Joe Yranski", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/11/thoughts-on-daughter-of-dawn-in-san.html", "published_at": "2024-11-04T10:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f3db6df4", "title": "Up next: Native dancing in San Francisco, then accompanying 'The General' on Monday, Nov. 4", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/10/up-next-native-dancing-in-san-francisco.html", "published_at": "2024-10-31T13:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f4b22c8a", "title": "One without arms, the other with no legs: scoring a pair of Lon Chaney's most challenging roles", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/10/one-without-arms-other-with-no-legs.html", "published_at": "2024-10-30T14:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f5243f4e", "title": "Tonight! Live scoring for 'Dracula' (1931) at the Jane Pickens Theatre, Newport, R.I.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/10/tonight-live-scoring-for-dracula-1931.html", "published_at": "2024-10-29T15:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f561242d", "title": "Monday, Oct. 28: See 'The Phantom of the Opera' (1925) in a 100-year-old Maine theater", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/10/monday-oct-28-see-phantom-of-opera-1925.html", "published_at": "2024-10-28T03:29:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f5e2d6ff", "title": "A fresh take on silent spookiness: 'The Bat' (1926) on Sunday, Oct. 27 at Somerville Theatre", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-fresh-take-on-silent-spookiness-bat.html", "published_at": "2024-10-26T22:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f647569c", "title": "'Lost World' screening at Flying Monkey in Plymouth, N.H moved to Wednesday, Nov. 6", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/10/lost-world-screening-in-at-flying.html", "published_at": "2024-10-22T01:43:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f6a5ce9f", "title": "Let the spooky steeplechase begin! Accompanying 11 films in the 12 days before Halloween", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/10/let-spooky-steeplechase-begin.html", "published_at": "2024-10-15T09:29:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f772397c", "title": "Hope everyone likes trains: Improvising music to support 'La Roue,' a silent film seven hours long", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/10/hoe-everyone-likes-trains-improvising.html", "published_at": "2024-10-03T15:43:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f77dea8c", "title": "Going where few have gone: doing live music for all seven hours of Abel Gance's 'La Roue' (1923)", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/09/this-weekend-going-where-few-have-gone.html", "published_at": "2024-09-23T08:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f7f337b3", "title": "Don't miss a rare chance to see Tod Browning's rediscovered thriller 'The Show' (1927) on Sunday, Sept. 22 at Wilton, N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/09/dont-miss-rare-chance-to-see-tod.html", "published_at": "2024-09-16T18:13:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f87d4f03", "title": "A rare chance to see 'La Roue' with live music—all seven hours of it on Saturday, Sept. 28", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-rare-chance-to-see-la-roue-with-live.html", "published_at": "2024-09-05T07:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f95981f6", "title": "Featuring Babe Ruth cameo! Harold Lloyd's silent comedy 'Speedy' (1928) on Thursday, 9/12 at Rex Theatre, Manchester, N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/09/featuring-babe-ruth-cameo-harold-lloyds.html", "published_at": "2024-09-01T20:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-0f7d-7292-a555-34a9f9702a5b", "title": "Finish Labor Day weekend with W.C. Fields in 'Running Wild' Monday, 9/2 in Greenfield, Mass.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/09/finish-labor-day-weekend-with-wc-fields.html", "published_at": "2024-09-01T19:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a404940cb480", "title": "See Chaplin's classic comedy 'The Gold Rush' (1925) with live music on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at Rex Theatre in Manchester, N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/08/see-chaplins-classic-comedy-gold-rush.html", "published_at": "2024-08-26T13:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a40494b2c8cb", "title": "This week: music for MGM late silent 'The Pagan' (1929), then Murnau's 'The Last Laugh' (1924)", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/08/this-week-music-for-mgm-late-silent.html", "published_at": "2024-08-19T08:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a40494b4b0b7", "title": "Up next: Harold Lloyd in 'Speedy' (1928) on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at Leavitt Theatre", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/08/up-next-harold-lloyd-in-speedy-1928-on.html", "published_at": "2024-08-12T22:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a40494bed7fd", "title": "Join us Sunday, Aug. 11 for Keaton double feature—and help the West Newton Cinema stay open!", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/08/join-us-sunday-aug-11-for-keaton-double.html", "published_at": "2024-08-09T09:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a40495942134", "title": "Accompanying 'Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' on Saturday, Aug. 10 at Brandon (Vt.) Town Hall", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/08/accompanying-four-horsemen-of.html", "published_at": "2024-08-05T10:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a40496653810", "title": "Next up: Buster Keaton's 'The Cameraman' (1928) on Saturday, July 20 at Brandon (Vt.) Town Hall", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/06/next-up-buster-keatons-cameraman-1928.html", "published_at": "2024-06-20T15:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049667c67f", "title": "Starting summer with three silent comedies: one Buster, one Harold, and one Marion Davies", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/06/starting-summer-with-three-silent.html", "published_at": "2024-06-14T15:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a40496e5e611", "title": "Up next: 'Our Hospitality' (1923) on Wednesday, June 12 at Flying Monkey, Plymouth, N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/06/up-next-our-hospitality-1923-on.html", "published_at": "2024-06-09T16:41:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049725fcb2", "title": "Next up: 100th anniversary of Doug Fairbanks in 'Thief of Bagdad' on Saturday, 6/8 in Brandon, Vt", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/05/next-up-100th-anniversary-of-doug.html", "published_at": "2024-05-30T10:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a40497789b76", "title": "Opening night at Leavitt Theatre in Ogunquit, Maine brings Buster Keaton's 'The General' (1926)", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/05/opening-night-at-leavitt-theatre-in.html", "published_at": "2024-05-28T09:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049831bd0d", "title": "If it's May, then it must be time to start showing silent films with live music in Brandon, Vt.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/05/if-its-may-then-it-must-be-time-to.html", "published_at": "2024-05-11T13:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a40498bf8d47", "title": "Next up: Emil Jannings in 'The Last Laugh' (1924) at Epsilon Spires on Friday, 5/10 in Brattleboro, Vt.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/05/next-up-emil-jannings-in-last-laugh.html", "published_at": "2024-05-02T22:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049957a34d", "title": "This week: Harold Lloyd is 'Speedy' on Tuesday, April 30 at Jane Pickens Theatre, Newport, R.I.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/04/this-week-harold-lloyd-is-speedy-on.html", "published_at": "2024-04-29T12:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049a32af68", "title": "On Friday, 3/15: at the Cleveland Cinematheque to do music for 'The Last Command' (1928)", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-friday-315-at-cleveland-cinematheque.html", "published_at": "2024-03-11T19:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049a3469fe", "title": "Up next: 'Passion of Joan of Arc' (1928) on Monday, 3/4 at Garden Cinemas, Greenfield, Mass.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/03/up-next-passion-of-joan-of-arc-1928-on.html", "published_at": "2024-03-04T06:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049b308e17", "title": "Thoughts on how we all need a Topeka, plus 'Why Worry?' in Wilton, N.H. on Sunday, 3/3", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/03/thoughts-on-how-we-all-need-topeka-plus.html", "published_at": "2024-03-02T15:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049b76d672", "title": "A big audience for a big celebration—plus some embarrassing confessions in a local newspaper", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-big-audience-for-big-celebrationplus.html", "published_at": "2024-02-20T05:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049ba6724b", "title": "Sunday, Feb. 18: Celebrate a theater's 100th anniversary with 'Hunchback of Notre Dame'", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/02/sunday-feb-18-celebrate-theaters-100th.html", "published_at": "2024-02-17T14:57:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049bacf57f", "title": "This Valentine's Day, fall in love with silent film by seeing 'Speedy' (1928) in Manchester, N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/02/this-valentines-day-fall-in-love-with.html", "published_at": "2024-02-12T02:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049bb80679", "title": "A weekend of 100th anniversaries with Buster Keaton in Newport, R.I. and Peter Pan in Somerville, Mass.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-weekend-of-100th-anniversaries-with.html", "published_at": "2024-02-10T17:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049bece792", "title": "On Thursday, Feb. 8: 'The Flying Ace' (1926) for Black History Month at Aviation Museum of N.H.", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/02/on-thursday-feb-8-flying-ace-1926-for.html", "published_at": "2024-02-06T12:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049c96f7ec", "title": "Warm up for Valentine's Day with Garbo and Gilbert in 'Flesh and the Devil' on Monday, 2/5", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/02/warm-up-for-valentines-day-with-garbo.html", "published_at": "2024-02-04T17:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049d94be3a", "title": "Coming Saturday, Feb. 3: dinner and a movie (Chaplin's 'The Gold Rush') at Campton Historical Society", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/01/coming-saturday-feb-3-dinner-and-movie.html", "published_at": "2024-01-31T13:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfae-9121-7314-a83a-a4049e197f3f", "title": "Sunday, Jan. 28: Chaney's 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' highlights Colonial's centennial celebration", "url": "https://silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/2024/01/sunday-jan-28-chaneys-hunchback-of.html", "published_at": "2024-01-22T09:43:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Up next: 'Sunrise' at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge for Silent Movie Day on 9/29original ↗
28 Sept 2026
Coming up: New silent film series in Fairlee, Vt., plus thoughts on gender roles and coinage inspired by Harold Lloyd's 'For Heaven's Sake'original ↗
21 Sept 2026
Up next: Harold Lloyd's 'For Heaven's Sake' (1926) in 35mm at Somerville Theatre on Sunday, 9/20original ↗
14 Sept 2026
Tackling Theda Bara—well, not literally—in 'A Fool There Was' on Sunday, Sept. 13original ↗
9 Sept 2026
Up this week: 'Beau Geste' in Maine, Harold Lloyd in Vermont, and Theda Bara in N.H., and more!original ↗
9 Sept 2026
Marking the 100th anniversary of Valentino's untimely death—but first, Buster Keaton's 'Steamboat Bill Jr.' at Flying Monkey in Plymouth, N.H. on Thursday, 8/13original ↗
11 Aug 2026
Off the grid for a short spell, but then back at keyboard for programs starting in mid-Julyoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2026
Off to California for Harold Lloyd at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, but first some thoughts about Keaton's 'The General'original ↗
26 May 2026
Up next: 'The General' with live music in Newport, R.I. on Thursday, May 21, plus the perils of using Vivaldi for Civil War battle scenesoriginal ↗
20 May 2026
Leavitt Theatre opens silent film season with 'Girl Shy' (1924) on Saturday, May 16; D.W. Griffith's 'America' provides a surprisingly satisfying afternoon at the moviesoriginal ↗
11 May 2026
Celebrate our 250th birthday (a little early) with D.W. Griffith's 'America' (1924) on Sunday, May 10original ↗
6 May 2026
Opening Night for 2026 Brandon Vt. Silent Film Series features 'Annie Laurie' (1927) Saturday, 5/2original ↗
29 Apr 2026
On Wednesday, April 29: Buster Keaton's 'The General' at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, Mass.original ↗
27 Apr 2026
Next up: Lillian Gish stars in 'Annie Laurie' (1927) on Sunday, April 26 at Natick, Mass.original ↗
26 Apr 2026
Flying to Florida for 'The Flying Fleet,' then back to Boston for 'The Blot' at the Lois Weber Festivaloriginal ↗
15 Mar 2026
Saturday, March 14: accompanying the cape-wearing 'Phantom of the Opera' at a Cape Cod libraryoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2026
Before Basil Rathbone, there was William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes; see for yourself on Saturday, March 7original ↗
7 Mar 2026
Making the annual pilgrimage to Kansas to commune with the best piano I play all yearoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2026
The long journey of 'The Old Homestead' from stage to screen; world 're-premiere' of silent film versions on Saturday, Feb. 7 in Keene, N.H.original ↗
27 Jan 2026
Let's try that again! 'Annie Laurie' rescheduled to Sunday, Feb. 1, but first 'Metropolis on Thursday, Jan. 29 plus a few others as welloriginal ↗
26 Jan 2026
'Annie Laurie' (1927) will be screened as scheduled on Sunday, Jan. 25 just a'fore the snoworiginal ↗
24 Jan 2026
Welcome to 2026 in silent film screenings: being Charlie Chaplin ain't what it used to beoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2026

2025

A 10-minute 'Christmas Carol'? Early holiday silent films with live music on Sunday, Dec. 14 at Town Hall Theatre in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
8 Dec 2025
Coming up: a slate of pre-holiday silent film screenings, then a road trip to Clevelandoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2025
Up next: Buster Keaton in 'Seven Chances' (1925) on Saturday, Nov. 15 in Brandon, Vt.original ↗
10 Nov 2025
Marching towards Veterans Day with John Gilbert in King Vidor's 'The Big Parade' (1925) on Sunday, Nov. 9 at Somerville Theatreoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2025
Up next: 'Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at Derry (N.H.) Opera Houseoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2025
Next up: 'Phantom of the Opera' on Monday, Oct. 27 at Leavitt Theatre in Ogunquit, Maineoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2025
Get into the Halloween spirit with 'The Man Who Laughs' on Thursday, Oct. 23 in Plymouth, N.H.original ↗
22 Oct 2025
Celebrate 'Silent Movie Day' with 'Way Down East' (1920) tonight in Greenfield, Mass.original ↗
29 Sept 2025
Back to the future with 'Metropolis' (1927) on Friday, Sept. 26 in Derry (N.H.) Opera Houseoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2025
Next up: 'Risky Business' (1925) on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at Leavitt Theatre in Ogunquit, Maineoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2025
This month: I play at Harvard, make my Pittsburgh debut, and do music for a film made in Maineoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2025
Tonight! A mid-summer 'Phantom,' plus rounding up recent screenings, notes from Lake Wobegonoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2025
This Saturday in Maine: music for silent films starring canines; this Sunday in Massachusetts: 'Padlocked' (1926) at Somerville Theatreoriginal ↗
4 Aug 2025
Why you should see Emil Jannings in 'The Last Command' (1928) on Sunday, 8/3 in Natick, Mass.original ↗
2 Aug 2025
Hitchcock's 'The Ring' (1927) today at 2 p.m.: thoughts on silent film, boxing, and balletoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2025
Tonight at 7 p.m. in Plymouth, N.H.: Milton Sills seeks ocean-going vengeance in 'The Sea Hawk'original ↗
17 Jul 2025
Up next! Scoring original dinosaur flick 'The Lost World' on Wednesday, 7/16 at Leavitt Theatreoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2025
Up next: 'Don Q' at Coolidge on June 17, 'Unholy Three' at Leavitt on June 18original ↗
9 Jun 2025
Up next: Harold Lloyd heads east in 'Speedy,' then reversing direction with Keaton's 'Go West'original ↗
19 May 2025
Up next: Douglas Fairbanks in 'Zorro' on Tuesday, May 13 then 'The Gaucho' on Sunday, May 18original ↗
12 May 2025
Back from California, next to Brandon, Vt. to open the 2025 season with 'The Strong Man'original ↗
5 May 2025
To California to accompany 'Algol' (1920), then a new summer season of silent film in Brandon, Vt.original ↗
3 May 2025
'Show People' (1928) on Wednesday, April 2 in Manchester starts a run of silent film screeningsoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2025
This weekend: 'Zorro' still on, but 'Straight is the Way' (1921) postponed to Saturday, April 5 due to weatheroriginal ↗
28 Mar 2025
Like father, like son: double feature of 'Zorro' and 'Son of Zorro' this weekend at Town Hall Theatreoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2025
How my former life as an opera singer led to this weekend's screening of 'Steamboat Bill Jr.'original ↗
17 Mar 2025
This weekend: Lois Weber Film Festival, Buster Keaton, and 'Underworld' plus notes from this year's Kansas Silent Film Festivaloriginal ↗
17 Mar 2025
Next: Valentino in 'The Sheik' (1921) on Monday, March 3 in Greenfield, Mass.; notes from the 50th annual Boston Sci-Fi Marathonoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2025
This weekend: 'Sunrise' in Newport on Saturday, then 'Algol' at 50th annual Boston Sci-Fi Marathonoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2025
Changed date for 'The Strong Man' this weekend; classic comedy now showing on Saturday, Feb. 8, plus Boston Globe coverage of 'The Flying Ace'original ↗
7 Feb 2025
This weekend: 'Battling Butler' in Campton, N.H., then 'The Flying Ace' in Somerville, Mass.original ↗
1 Feb 2025
Up next: Greta Garbo in 'Wild Orchids' on Wednesday, Jan. 29 in Manchester, N.H.original ↗
27 Jan 2025
Report from Cleveland: 'The Lost World' (1925) highlights sci-fi marathon. Next up: 'Way Down East' on Sunday, Jan. 26 in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
20 Jan 2025
Off to Cleveland to accompany 'The Lost World' at Case Western Reserve's 50th annual sci-fi marathon; then 'Way Down East' in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
15 Jan 2025
Thoughts about silent film music and life in 2025: Back to the start in more ways than oneoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2025

2024

Time for a 2024 year-end wrap up after scoring 'Oliver Twist' (1922), my 400th silent filmoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2024
Up next: back to the future with 'Metropolis' on Sunday, Dec. 8 at Natick Center for the Artsoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2024
Post Turkey Day screening: W.C. Fields in 'So's Your Old Man' on Sunday, Dec. 1 in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
28 Nov 2024
Pre-Thanksgiving cinematic feast: Creating music for 'The Thief of Bagdad' 100th anniversary screening on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at Coolidge Corner in Brookline, Mass.original ↗
22 Nov 2024
2024 Silent Film Season in Brandon, Vt. concludes Saturday, Nov. 16 with 'Barbed Wire' (1927)original ↗
15 Nov 2024
Thoughts on 'Daughter of the Dawn' in San Francisco, and remembering Joe Yranskioriginal ↗
4 Nov 2024
Up next: Native dancing in San Francisco, then accompanying 'The General' on Monday, Nov. 4original ↗
31 Oct 2024
One without arms, the other with no legs: scoring a pair of Lon Chaney's most challenging rolesoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2024
Tonight! Live scoring for 'Dracula' (1931) at the Jane Pickens Theatre, Newport, R.I.original ↗
29 Oct 2024
Monday, Oct. 28: See 'The Phantom of the Opera' (1925) in a 100-year-old Maine theateroriginal ↗
28 Oct 2024
A fresh take on silent spookiness: 'The Bat' (1926) on Sunday, Oct. 27 at Somerville Theatreoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2024
'Lost World' screening at Flying Monkey in Plymouth, N.H moved to Wednesday, Nov. 6original ↗
22 Oct 2024
Let the spooky steeplechase begin! Accompanying 11 films in the 12 days before Halloweenoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2024
Hope everyone likes trains: Improvising music to support 'La Roue,' a silent film seven hours longoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2024
Going where few have gone: doing live music for all seven hours of Abel Gance's 'La Roue' (1923)original ↗
23 Sept 2024
Don't miss a rare chance to see Tod Browning's rediscovered thriller 'The Show' (1927) on Sunday, Sept. 22 at Wilton, N.H.original ↗
16 Sept 2024
A rare chance to see 'La Roue' with live music—all seven hours of it on Saturday, Sept. 28original ↗
5 Sept 2024
Featuring Babe Ruth cameo! Harold Lloyd's silent comedy 'Speedy' (1928) on Thursday, 9/12 at Rex Theatre, Manchester, N.H.original ↗
1 Sept 2024
Finish Labor Day weekend with W.C. Fields in 'Running Wild' Monday, 9/2 in Greenfield, Mass.original ↗
1 Sept 2024
See Chaplin's classic comedy 'The Gold Rush' (1925) with live music on Wednesday, Aug. 28 at Rex Theatre in Manchester, N.H.original ↗
26 Aug 2024
This week: music for MGM late silent 'The Pagan' (1929), then Murnau's 'The Last Laugh' (1924)original ↗
19 Aug 2024
Up next: Harold Lloyd in 'Speedy' (1928) on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at Leavitt Theatreoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2024
Join us Sunday, Aug. 11 for Keaton double feature—and help the West Newton Cinema stay open!original ↗
9 Aug 2024
Accompanying 'Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' on Saturday, Aug. 10 at Brandon (Vt.) Town Halloriginal ↗
5 Aug 2024
Next up: Buster Keaton's 'The Cameraman' (1928) on Saturday, July 20 at Brandon (Vt.) Town Halloriginal ↗
20 Jun 2024
Starting summer with three silent comedies: one Buster, one Harold, and one Marion Daviesoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2024
Up next: 'Our Hospitality' (1923) on Wednesday, June 12 at Flying Monkey, Plymouth, N.H.original ↗
9 Jun 2024
Next up: 100th anniversary of Doug Fairbanks in 'Thief of Bagdad' on Saturday, 6/8 in Brandon, Vtoriginal ↗
30 May 2024
Opening night at Leavitt Theatre in Ogunquit, Maine brings Buster Keaton's 'The General' (1926)original ↗
28 May 2024
If it's May, then it must be time to start showing silent films with live music in Brandon, Vt.original ↗
11 May 2024
Next up: Emil Jannings in 'The Last Laugh' (1924) at Epsilon Spires on Friday, 5/10 in Brattleboro, Vt.original ↗
2 May 2024
This week: Harold Lloyd is 'Speedy' on Tuesday, April 30 at Jane Pickens Theatre, Newport, R.I.original ↗
29 Apr 2024
On Friday, 3/15: at the Cleveland Cinematheque to do music for 'The Last Command' (1928)original ↗
11 Mar 2024
Up next: 'Passion of Joan of Arc' (1928) on Monday, 3/4 at Garden Cinemas, Greenfield, Mass.original ↗
4 Mar 2024
Thoughts on how we all need a Topeka, plus 'Why Worry?' in Wilton, N.H. on Sunday, 3/3original ↗
2 Mar 2024
A big audience for a big celebration—plus some embarrassing confessions in a local newspaperoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2024
Sunday, Feb. 18: Celebrate a theater's 100th anniversary with 'Hunchback of Notre Dame'original ↗
17 Feb 2024
This Valentine's Day, fall in love with silent film by seeing 'Speedy' (1928) in Manchester, N.H.original ↗
12 Feb 2024
A weekend of 100th anniversaries with Buster Keaton in Newport, R.I. and Peter Pan in Somerville, Mass.original ↗
10 Feb 2024
On Thursday, Feb. 8: 'The Flying Ace' (1926) for Black History Month at Aviation Museum of N.H.original ↗
6 Feb 2024
Warm up for Valentine's Day with Garbo and Gilbert in 'Flesh and the Devil' on Monday, 2/5original ↗
4 Feb 2024
Coming Saturday, Feb. 3: dinner and a movie (Chaplin's 'The Gold Rush') at Campton Historical Societyoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2024
Sunday, Jan. 28: Chaney's 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' highlights Colonial's centennial celebrationoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2024
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