A LIVE "Anything But Silent" Event!
EDWARD EVERETT HORTON – SILENT COMEDIAN
featuring Live Piano Accompaniment by BEN MODEL from home!
Live Streaming on Tuesday, February 22nd at 7:00 PM Eastern Time!
General Admission is Pay-What-You-Want! – Click "Buy Tickets" above for price options
Edward Everett Horton is remembered today for his fussy on-screen character in Hollywood sound films such as Top Hat (1935) and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), and as the narrator of Fractured Fairytales from the Bullwinkle animated series. Horton’s early film career as a silent slapstick comedian is almost entirely unknown, despite having appeared in dozens of silent comedies in the 1920s. These culminated in eight starring two-reelers made at the tail end of the silent era, and were produced by no less than Harold Lloyd. The Edward Everett Horton comedy shorts have not been seen by the general public in 95 years, and have recently been digitally restored by Ben Model's Undercrank Productions from 35mm camera negatives preserved by the Library of Congress. Three of these hilarious, unseen gems will be presented in this program – Find the King (1927), Scrambled Weddings (1928) and Dad’s Choice (1928).
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Ben Model is one of America’s leading silent film accompanists, and has been playing piano and organ for silent films at the New York MoMA since 1984 and the CAC since 2006. Since March 16th, 2020, Ben has been hosting a weekly live-streamed silent film show from his living room, “The Silent Comedy Watch Party.” Click here to visit Ben's YouTube page!
