THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920) w/ Pipe Organ Music by Ben Model
Sat, Jul 27
|Epsilon Spires
The original swashbuckler, action- icon Douglas Fairbanks battles oppression with graceful athleticism and joyful, exuberant comedy! Featuring a live musical score performed on our Historic Estey by Ben Model, resident silent film accompanist at MoMA and The Library of Congress!
Time & Location
Jul 27, 2024, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Ben Model is one of the nation's leading silent film accompanists, performing on both piano and theatre organ. Over the past 40 years, he has created and performed thousands of live scores for silent films at universities, museums, and historic theaters, and is one of the few exponents of this craft who is working at it full-time. Ben is a resident film accompanist at the Museum of Modern Art (NY) and at the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus Theatre, and he accompanies silents at classic film festivals around the USA and internationally. Ben’s Blu-ray/DVD label Undercrank Productions works with archives and collectors to bring undiscovered gems of silent cinema to fans. The Online Film Critics Society recently awarded him a Special Achievement Award in for his work restoring and releasing silent films on home video. Ben is a Visiting Professor of Film at Wesleyan University. This will be Ben Model's 5th…
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