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2020

Next up for 'Silent Comedy Week': Charlie Chaplin and a very young Uncle Fester in 'The Kid' (1921)original ↗
12 Aug 2020
"It's got Joan Crawford in it? Does she play the tramp?" Plus thoughts about Harry Langdonoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2020
Starting Monday: silent comedy tonight! And every night at Town Hall Theatre, Wilton, N.H.original ↗
10 Aug 2020
In which I get featured in my own newspaper! Plus: 'Robin Hood' (1922) on 8/9 in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
6 Aug 2020
Need a laugh? Silent film screenings return to Flying Monkey with Keaton's 'Three Ages'original ↗
31 Jul 2020
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. to the rescue! Next up in Wilton, N.H.: 'Robin Hood' (1922)original ↗
29 Jul 2020
Out of the concession stand, onto the screen: 'The Three Musketeers' on Sunday, July 26original ↗
20 Jul 2020
Restarting silent film screenings: report from 'Thief of Bagdad' at the Town Hall Theatreoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2020
Comeback time! Silent films with live music return to Town Hall Theatre in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
30 Jun 2020
Notes on Gloria Swanson's 'Manhandled' plus fried pickles at the Kansas Silent Film Festivaloriginal ↗
24 Feb 2020
Topeka! Utica! Columbus! Cleveland! Ocala! But first: 'Manhandled' on 2/23 in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
18 Feb 2020
A child's laughter = proof of immortality; also, 'The Navigator' on 2/12 in Plymouth, N.H.original ↗
9 Feb 2020
Dinner with a movie, N.H.-style: pot luck supper and silent film on Feb. 8 in Camptonoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2020
Whistle while you work: accompanying 'Girl Shy' (1924) on Sunday, 1/26 in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
25 Jan 2020
Up next: 'Underworld' on 1/23 in Plymouth; plus reports from three unusual recent showsoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2020
Three sci-fi marathons in the next two months: Aelita; The Lost World; and Jekyll & Hydeoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2020
Dialing up Keaton's 'Seven Chances' on 1/19 for the New Hampshire Telephone Museumoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2020

2019

A big finish for 2019 with 'Four Horsemen,' now a big start to 2020 with 'Metropolis'original ↗
30 Dec 2019
Coming on Sunday, 12/29 in Wilton, N.H.: 'Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' (1921)original ↗
28 Dec 2019
Tonight: Harold Lloyd way up on that building and me way up in Maine paper mill countryoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2019
One more 'Man Who Laughs' followed by two 'Nosferatus,' but please hold the 'Phantom'original ↗
27 Oct 2019
'Faust' and foremost: spooky F.W. Murnau masterpiece tonight at Brandon (Vt.) Town Halloriginal ↗
25 Oct 2019
'Man Who Laughs' tonight in Concord, N.H. starts run of four spooky shows in three statesoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2019
Upcoming screenings, plus close encounters with the maker of Play-Doh & Mr. Potato Headoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2019
Pawtucket, R.I. 'Steamboat Bill Jr.' screening venue changed on account of...mosquitoes!original ↗
12 Sept 2019
Back on the silent film circuit: 'College,' 'Steamboat Bill Jr.,' and a carousel dedicationoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2019
Silent film at Tanglewood: mixing high culture with low comedy, or 'Where are the birds?'original ↗
2 Sept 2019
On the road in Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo: movies, skyscrapers, cheese, and canoesoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2019
Tonight (Wednesday, 7/24) in Arlington, Mass.: One last voyage to the moon at Regent Theatreoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2019
Tonight Last night in Brandon, Vt.: the first of a quartet of 'Woman in the Moon' screeningsoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2019
Thursday, June 27: 'The Last Command'; film won Emil Jannings first-ever 'Best Actor'original ↗
25 Jun 2019
Meeting a Gloria Swanson superfan, and other tales from silent film music worldoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2019
Silent film thrills: 'Safety Last' followed by 'Speedway' then 'Zorro' then 'Zaza'original ↗
27 May 2019
'The Flying Fleet' coming in for a landing at Aviation Museum of N.H. on Thursday, May 23original ↗
21 May 2019
Three birthday parties were celebrated, but yours truly received the best gift of alloriginal ↗
21 May 2019
A long trip to accompany short films at the Niles (Calif.) Essanay Silent Film Museumoriginal ↗
15 May 2019
Best of New England, according to Yankee...plus 'Safety Last' on Saturday, 5/11 in Brandon, Vt.original ↗
10 May 2019
Warmer weather, a busier silent film schedule: four days, three screenings, three statesoriginal ↗
9 May 2019
Today's French lesson courtesy Abel Gance: 'Roulette' = little wheel; 'La Roue' = BIG filmoriginal ↗
1 May 2019
'La Roue' (1923) this weekend in Wilton, N.H.: A film so big we can't show it all at onceoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2019
Helping out my friends at Harvard, then 'Metropolis' at Plymouth's Flying Monkeyoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2019
Tonight: 'Mystery of the Eiffel Tower' (1927) at Aeronaut Brewing Co. in Somerville, Mass.original ↗
31 Mar 2019
Accompaniment from small town to big city: it's a 'Safety Last' kind of silent film weekendoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2019
Dashing across the pond tonight to accompany 'Cat and the Canary' in London tomorroworiginal ↗
12 Mar 2019
What if Disney's songwriting duo the Sherman brothers had been born in Beijing, not NYC?original ↗
6 Mar 2019
Ben and Ken and Marvin and Bob and Bill and me and the Talking Heads, too: Music at this year's Kansas Silent Film Festivaloriginal ↗
25 Feb 2019
How playing tuba in a youth orchestra led to some unconventional sci-fi musicoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2019
The countdown to 'Frau im Mond,' the movie that introduced the pre-launch countdownoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2019
Tubas and pot luck and movies, oh my! Plus thoughts on scoring 'Woman in the Moon' at this year's Boston Sci-Fi Marathonoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2019
Cheap eats and cheap seats in Keene, N.H., plus Keaton, Valentino screenings coming soonoriginal ↗
31 Jan 2019
Tonight's screening is still on! Plus, collaborating with guitarist Paul Bielatowiczoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2019
To France, or China, or Manchester, N.H.: Silent film, live music restarts this weekendoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2019

2018

Why isn't this film more highly regarded? Thoughts on Griffith's 'Hearts of the World'original ↗
31 Dec 2018
Ending 2018 with 'Hearts of the World,' D.W. Griffith's rarely screened WWI dramaoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2018
In which I am mistaken for a fellow traveler, and a religious non-debate ensuesoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2018
'The Big Parade' (1925) on Thursday, 11/29 at Merrimack College, North Andover, Mass.original ↗
29 Nov 2018
Time for another time change: Tomorrow's screening of 'Barbed Wire' starts at 5:30 p.m.original ↗
27 Nov 2018
Playing 'Name That Tune' at the Coolidge, and other tales from 'The City Without Jews'original ↗
19 Nov 2018
Scoring 'The City Without Jews' (1924) tonight and then Buster Keaton later this weekoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2018
Armistice Day +100: Sunday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m.:scoring 'The Big Parade' at Somerville Theatreoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2018
'Wings' and other silent films set in WWI: often the drama is about returning homeoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2018
Marking a century since the Armistice with shows in San Francisco, Boston, and moreoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2018
To scream or not to scream? Find out: Attend 'Phantom' on 10/31 in Keene, N.H.original ↗
30 Oct 2018
The Great Popcorn Spill of 2018, plus Chaney's 'Hunchback' Sunday, 10/28 in Wilton, N.H.original ↗
28 Oct 2018
Taking a different approach to Halloween: this year, no plan or pattern whatsoever!original ↗
23 Oct 2018
The bells, bells, bells, bells, bells...Accompanying 'Nosferatu' in Natick, Mass.original ↗
12 Oct 2018
You always remember your first time: The comedy calm before the Halloween avalancheoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2018
From Russia to Chicago: a geographically diverse double-header of silents this weekendoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2018
Blisters and ciphers and stops, oh my! The exhilaration of accompanying 'Wings' on the Orpheum's Mighty Wurlitzer in Sioux City, Iowaoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2018
In this corner, 'Her Sister From Paris,' then later a true heavyweight: 'The Last Laugh'original ↗
12 Sept 2018
Back to the beginning: the original 'Sherlock Holmes' on Friday, 9/7 in Brandon, Vt.original ↗
6 Sept 2018
Traveling through the centuries: film music at screenings in Detroit, Cleveland, and Buffalooriginal ↗
4 Sept 2018
Thursday, 8/23: 'The General' in Concord, N.H.; Harold Lloyd on Sunday 8/26 in Wilton, N.H., then screenings in Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalooriginal ↗
22 Aug 2018
The problem with ice cream for dinner, plus 'Her Sister' tonight and again Saturday nightoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2018
Coming up: 6 screenings, 5 days, 4 states... Back to reality with a silent film mini-marathonoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2018
Elephants and Harold Lloyd: thoughts on visiting Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Chinaoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2018
In which we start with 'Peter Pan' (1924) and end nearly 100 years in the future on a miniature golf course in Cambodiaoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2018
Live music for three films in a single day: 'Docks' and 'Hell's Hinges' and 'Go West,' oh my!original ↗
8 Jul 2018
A mad dash of silent film accompaniment, plus working Curly Howard into a press releaseoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2018
Next up: Summer silent series at the seaside, plus Harvard Magazine silent film music story—and chalk up another great escape for Houdini!original ↗
25 Jun 2018
Harry Houdini adventure film this weekend; plus notes on promotion and the weatheroriginal ↗
20 Jun 2018
Attending 'College' with Buster Keaton this afternoon (Sunday, 6/17) in Natick, Mass.original ↗
17 Jun 2018
Traveling with the silent film time machine, plus Buster Keaton tonight in my hometownoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2018
Drama, comedy, history, ethnic stereotypes: 'The Iron Horse' (Thursday, 6/14) has it all!original ↗
11 Jun 2018
Accompanying 'Chicago' on Sunday, June 10: music ON screen and off, and all that jazz...original ↗
9 Jun 2018
Country accompanist, city accompanist: 'Steamboat Bill Jr.' in the back woods on 6/9, then 'Chicago' at the Somerville Theatre 6/10original ↗
8 Jun 2018
A Western double feature, plus: 'What would Lewis & Clark think of frequent flier points?'original ↗
24 May 2018
We're off to Brandon, Vt. with 'Wizard of Oz,' where it's all about the audienceoriginal ↗
19 May 2018
Mother's Day and Steamboat Bill Jr; new piece for flute/piano, plus 'The Black Pirate' on 5/17original ↗
14 May 2018
'Steamboat Bill' in 35mm Sunday in Somerville, plus weird pre-show accompanist ritualsoriginal ↗
11 May 2018
A memorable introduction, plus 'Barbara Worth' on 5/10 at Red River Theatres, Concord, N.H.original ↗
7 May 2018
'Who's supposed to be the hero?' and other questions about Fritz Lang's Nibelungen filmsoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2018
Halfway through: 'Siegfried' today, 'Kriemhild's Revenge' tomorrow (4/29) at Town Hall Theatreoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2018
Less Wagner, more Carl Stalling: creating music for Lang's two 'Nibelungen' films 4/28 & 4/29original ↗
17 Apr 2018
New series starts Sunday, 4/15: 'Peter Pan' (1924) at Center for the Arts in Natick, Mass.original ↗
13 Apr 2018
Tracking down Buster's replica 'Rocket' train used in 'Our Hospitality,' screening April 14original ↗
11 Apr 2018
Thoughts on Martin Luther King, Jr., racism, and Buster Keaton's silent film 'The General'original ↗
6 Apr 2018
April Fool's Day rewinding, fast forwarding:Past projects, future possibilitiesoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2018
Swanson and Keaton and Jerry Herman, and 'Metropolis' Thurs., 2/15 at Merrimack Collegeoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2018
Harold, Gloria, Greta and Buster all wish you a very happy Valentine's Dayoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2018
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