Friday, November 20, 2015

My vow of silents

Usually I don't preview my viewing or reviewing plans here but I found that pun too good (?) to waste. Be informed, therefore, that up through the Thanksgiving holiday, circumstances permitting, I'll be taking a look here at a diverse range of silent movies viewed in various places. From Netflix comes The Daughter of Dawn, a recently rediscovered 1920 film shot with a Native American cast. From Troy, New York comes a new silent sci-fi featurette, When An Alien Robot Crash-Lands in Troy, NY, which I'll be seeing tonight with live musical accompaniment. Tomorrow takes me to the Madison Theater in Albany, where a Cecil B. De Mille festival climaxes with the "world premiere" showing of a George Eastman House restoration, with a new musical score, of the great showman's long-obscure 1925 film The Golden Bed. In addition to all these, I DVR-ed some early Douglas Fairbanks Sr. pictures off Turner Classic Movies last night and may have something to say about those in time. Stay tuned as the reviews come in....

3 comments:

hobbyfan said...

You should've been a comedian, Sammy.

Samuel Wilson said...

And you were at the library last night! Your opinion of it scans with mine, as I'll elaborate on later. It's been a treat this weekend watching silents old and new with actual audiences (however imperfect) and creatively constructed (or compiled) scores.

Sam Juliano said...

Well, sounds some some great stuff is coming!! Great show!