Yesterday (12/10/11) I attended another program of silent films—this time, four Laurel & Hardy comedies (plus a bonus short "talkie"). These were all from 1928 and 1929—a bit later than the films in the first two events in the series. Also different this time was the live accompaniment; a synthesizer/digital sampler was used, giving the effect of a theater organ instead of piano only. (As an aside, we learned that there is a working theater organ at the Loew's theater in Jersey City, NJ. Who knew?) Ben Model was once again the more-than-able accompanist.
The films were: Leave 'Em Laughing (the boys are overexposed to laughing gas at the dentist), Two Tars (sailors getting into all sorts of fine messes while driving a rental car!), Wrong Again (a mix-up involving the painting Blue Boy and a racehorse named Blue Boy), and Big Business (holiday-themed with the boys as Christmas tree salesmen).
Plenty of laughs and applause, and a great program/series put on by Silent Cinema Presentations, Inc. and supported by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Thanks for such great programming!
ConcertMeister
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