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Dedicated
to preserving the experience of seeing silent comedy film
*updated: September 21, 2009*
The
Silent Clowns Film Series, New York City's longest-running
regularly-scheduled
showcase for classic silent film comedy, screens the movies of Chaplin,
Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Lloyd and more. Every show features
live
musical accompaniment by Ben Model and introduction and Q&A with
film
historians Bruce Lawton and Steve Massa. Programs are presented
on alternating
Sunday
afternoons from September through April every year, and are geared to
the
classic film fan as well as to families.
We are happy to announce at last that we have secured a venue for the
Silent Clowns Film Series for the Fall/Winter 2009 season -- The
Arclight Theatre. The Arclight Theatre is a charming,
atmospheric
100-seat theater created in the former basement-level chapel space of a
1917 church on West 71st Street, just off Broadway. Our October
and November programs will be presented at the Arclight, and our
December showing
will be held at the Museum of the City of New York. For more
theatre details and ticket pricine click on theater/tkts
at left.
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We
encourage those of you
who
attend our shows or who want to support us financially to
make a donation and become a Friend
of the Silent Clowns Film Series. We are a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
organization and your
contribution is 100% tax-deductible. Click on Join Us!
(at the left) to make a contribution securely online with a credit card
or PayPal or to print out a donation form that you can mail in with a
check.
The
Silent Clowns Film Series is dedicated to the memory of Walter Kerr,
whose
landmark book, "The Silent Clowns," was the inspiration for our
series (and its name), as well as to the memory of William K. Everson,
Lee Erwin, David Gill, Herb Graff, Eric James, Eleanor Keaton, Paul
Killiam, Don
Malkames,
Warren Rothenberger and John Rogers...and dreams that survive.
This
film series is a production of Silent Cinema Presentations, Inc., a
501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization. Silent Cinema Presentations is
supported
by a generous grant from the Ira M. Resnick Foundation, and by funding
from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA),
the
James A. Macdonald Foundation, the Edward Handelman Fund, and by
support
from Elmo USA.
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clowns, walter kerr, buster keaton, charlie chaplin, harold lloyd,
harry langdon, circus, film music, theater organ, theatre organ,
wurlitzer, ben model, phil carli, philip carli, donald sosin, david
drazin, dennis james, robert israel, jon mirsalis, stuart oderman,
steve sterner, bruce lawton, steve massa, marlene weisman abadi, mont
alto orchestra, alloy orchestra, bqe project, kevin brownlow, david
robinson, pordenone, sacile, bologna, silent movie, rowan atkinson,
slapstick, clowns, 16mm film, nitrate, kodascope, richard roberts,
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clowns, walter kerr, buster keaton, charlie chaplin,
harold lloyd, harry langdon, circus, film music, theater organ, theatre
organ, wurlitzer, ben model, phil carli, philip carli, donald sosin,
david drazin, dennis james, robert israel, jon mirsalis, stuart
oderman, steve sterner, bruce lawton, steve massa, marlene weisman
abadi, mont alto orchestra, alloy orchestra, bqe project, kevin
brownlow, david robinson, pordenone, sacile, bologna, silent movie,
rowan atkinson, slapstick, clowns, 16mm film, nitrate, kodascope,
richard roberts, brent walker, mack sennett, mabel normand, custard
pie, silent clowns, walter kerr, buster keaton, charlie chaplin,
harold lloyd, harry langdon, circus, film music, theater organ, theatre
organ, wurlitzer, ben model, phil carli, philip carli, donald sosin,
david drazin, dennis james, robert israel, jon mirsalis, stuart
oderman, steve sterner, bruce lawton, steve massa, marlene weisman
abadi, mont alto orchestra, alloy orchestra, bqe project, kevin
brownlow, david robinson, pordenone, sacile, bologna, silent movie,
rowan atkinson, slapstick, clowns, 16mm film, nitrate, kodascope,
richard roberts, brent walker, mack sennett, mabel normand, custard
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