tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43715612797465235912024-03-04T23:43:26.753-05:00Silent Movie NightOne night a year the silent stars come out...Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-58055247774144149472015-04-18T17:40:00.000-04:002015-04-18T17:42:34.324-04:00Silent Film Music: Cue Sheets (a repost)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The business of bringing silent films alive for audiences in the 1910's and 1920's required the able assistance of talented musicians. From the organ bench or orchestra pit the scoring and accompaniment of the movie had the potential to magnify the qualities of any picture, perhaps even saving a mediocre or poor film. The musicians were required to provide emotional, dramatic and artistic assist to each picture. The selection of music they used was critical if the movie was going to be a success. For those players and orchestra leaders, it must have been grueling (if creatively rewarding) work. Their success and failure, based on period reports, indicate that the style and quality of movie music varied widely; it all depended on the training, background, abilities and tastes of the house talent.</div>
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The best and largest movie palaces had top end professional organists and full symphony orchestras. Here a patron was ensured of music that would match or surpass any screen drama or comedy. These legendary theaters, such as the Roxy in New York City rivaled their concert hall peers, sometimes surpassing them, in the quality of performance and diversity and difficulty of the repertoire on offer. Conductors such as Eugene Ormandy, and composers like Villa-Lobos, began in the silent cinema. However, no matter how large or small the ensemble, no matter it's technical ability, it still had to score a new film every week if not every day. Large theaters had the staff and in-house libraries to handle the inundation. </div>
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Yet, even in small towns, like Kittanning, there were also a variety of solutions to the problem. Professional musicians and semi-professional amateurs played the pictures daily and nightly. In Kittanning the Columbia Theater featured a theater organ, while the Lyceum boasted about its orchestra (a small group of 5 to 9 players). I am unsure of the full range of accompaniment at the other movie houses in town, but in nearby Ford City, The Roxy featured piano and violin, and occasionally one other player; either a drummer, clarinetist, or trumpeter. But how did they know what to play for several different movies a week, for hundreds of films over the course of only a few years?</div>
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One solution to providing effective music for the endless stream of dramatic situations was the cue sheet.</div>
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Cue sheets were a shorthand guide to the film which listed appropriate musical numbers for each part or "cue" of the film. These musical selections printed on the cue sheet were only suggestions that the players might follow closely or completely ignore. Most directors or accompanists had, at most, one chance to see the film before they played the picture live on opening night; which was generally considered the dress rehearsal. So to aid them in making the movie successful - which was in the interest of everyone: musicians, theater owners, film companies, music publishers - cue sheets were sent out to help guide the local talent make effective choices. The pianist, organist, or orchestra leader would look over the cue sheet, watch the film once (if possible), and organize music accordingly to play during the film's public run, adjusting afterward or on the fly, as needed. Some musicians never saw a cue sheet, some used them, ignoring them as much or as little as they pleased. Some musicians resented cue sheets as just another chance for film companies and music publishers to work together to push their ware. Some theatrical chains had in-house musical staff that would prepare music and send them out to the theaters in the chain, but this was an expensive and time consuming process; and a few top end motion pictures had new or compiled musical scores written especially for them, films like the 1925 <i>Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ</i>.</div>
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Below is the complete cue sheet for the 1926 Action Pictures western melodrama, <i>Ace of Action. </i>The film was directed by William Bertram and starred Wally Wales, Alma Redford, and Charles Colby, and had a screenplay by Betty Burbridge. The music has been suggested by James C. Bradford who edited hundreds of cue-sheets during the silent film era.</div>
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As you can see, the cue sheet sketches out each bit of the film, either by referring to an on-screen event (action), or to one of the title cards that carried the dialogue and other text (title), each section or cue also indicated the type and change of music. The music needed is illustrated with a musical quotation, and is listed by title with the composer's name in parenthesis, the approximate running time for the piece of music, and finally the copyright information for that work.</div>
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Today cue sheets are a valuable guide to the past for two reasons: 1. many of these films are lost, <i>Ace of Action</i> being one of them. In fact many scholars estimate that 80 to 90% of all silent films are lost forever, so cue sheets, along with press releases, advertisements, and reviews are about the only way we can ever know the contents of these movies, and 2. For those who wish to keep silent movies with live musical accompaniment alive, they provide a written record of what a particular film score might have sounded like, although as always, they were only one set of many, many possibilities.</div>
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Join the Ivy Leaf Orchestra in Johnstown, PA for a screening of <i>The Johnstown Flood</i> (1926).</h3>
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May 30th - 7 p.m. Tickets at the Door, $10 - Seniors & Students $8<br />
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A great evening of film and music, with free popcorn and bottle water.<br />
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<a href="http://www.jaha.org/125thCommemoration/May30.html" target="_blank">125th Commemoration of the Johnstown Flood</a><br />
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A 100th anniversary salute to Charlie Chaplin's entry into film with two prime pictures that combine hilarity and rich emotions:<br />
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Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-68398022850997158282013-12-31T20:19:00.000-05:002013-12-31T20:30:32.083-05:00Yes Virginia, there will be a Silent Movie Night 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Silent Movie Night will be happening in 2014, just a little later than is typical. Instead of a pre-Lenten bash look for our silent film festival this coming Summer, 2014...<br />
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<b>DREAM OF A RAREBIT FIEND (1906) Edwin S. Porter</b></div>
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Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-60767152359371493672012-11-17T13:01:00.002-05:002012-11-17T13:13:30.811-05:00SILENT MOVIE NIGHT - 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
JOIN US!<br />
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FRIDAY<br />
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FEBRUARY 22, 2013<br />
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7:00 PM<br />
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For an evening of free silent films, free refreshments and live music by<br />
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<a href="http://ivyleaforchestra.com/" target="_blank">THE IVY LEAF ORCHESTRA</a><br />
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Schedule and additional information will be published here shortly.<br />
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Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-68429987979590127452012-05-23T12:41:00.003-04:002012-05-23T13:09:43.335-04:00We're moving...well, the date is changing...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The 7th annual Silent Movie Night is moving to a
different Friday night in 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The day will change, but our program is going to
be the same: wonderful silent films, live musical accompaniment, free to the
public, free refreshments, starting time at 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Winter/Spring 2013, as well as, more information about our upcoming program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-7459659821553538372012-04-16T09:16:00.000-04:002012-04-16T16:45:59.155-04:00A Little Off Topic - A Flash of Murder, Jeff Boarts: A Kittanning Murder Mystery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The great man behind the scenes for our Annual Silent Movie Night is Jeff Boarts. He has always taken upon himself the business end of matters for our program. Contacting film and distribution companies, DVD producers, tracking down copyright holders, and paying our bills and taking care of our business concerns, as well as donating his time, and coordinating all the on the ground activity and advertising.<br />
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Without Jeff, this program would never have been born, and would not have continued annually, and would not have flourished.<br />
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SO...I want to take just a minute and encourage you to visit this page at Amazon.com:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/A-Flash-of-Murder-ebook/dp/B007SPPL4U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334581561&sr=8-1" target="_blank">A Flash of Murder by Jeff Boarts</a></span><br />
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Because Jeff has written and published his first novel, a murder mystery set in our very own burg of Kittanning.<br />
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It's a fun read and has a classic old school flavor about it.<br />
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Jeff's sleuth is a hard-nosed if kind hearted former big city reporter George Cooper who has retired to sleepy Kittanning in the 1950's, Kittanning is his novelist wife's home town. The two expect to write, enjoy some local friends, and settle into a cozy retirement, but a serial killer has other plans....<br />
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It's a wonderful cozy novel with a twist and while the town of Kittanning gets a fictional face-lift, it has all the sounds and colors of the period and the setting.<br />
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Please stop by and give it a try, currently available in Kindle, but soon to appear in at least two other ebook formats and soon to be available as a trade paper back.<br />
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Kudos to Jeff, and enjoy the read!<br />
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</div>Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-63131302276996951592012-03-14T10:03:00.000-04:002012-03-14T10:03:11.698-04:00Plans begin for 2013!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We are already entering the preliminary planning stages for next year's program (2013) of free silent films and live musical accompaniment. <br />
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If you have a suggestion of a film or films you'd like us to screen, a general request to make, a musical suggestion, or ideas that can help us improve our program please send us a comment here!<br />
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We appreciate any suggestion from our past patrons and our potential future ones.<br />
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Currently we are leaning toward a program of four to five short comedy films, most with orchestral accompaniment.<br />
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Your ideas are welcome.<br />
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<br /></div>Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-88355735409904011832012-02-29T13:00:00.000-05:002012-03-06T11:46:23.406-05:00Musical Highlights from our 2012 Show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Our orchestra was made possible with a grant from The Armstrong County Community Foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">This screening was made possible through the generosity of David Shepard, Flicker Alley LLC, the work of Lobster Films and the Danish Filmmuseum.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Photos by Emily Boarts</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Sound engineering and recording by Zach Morgan</span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Thanks and see you soon!</span></div>
</div>Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-91160718706711427302012-02-25T15:17:00.001-05:002012-02-27T08:20:01.855-05:00Thank you to all who assisted St. John's<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our thanks to all the folks at St. John's Lutheran who made this year's Silent Movie Night a great success.<br />
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I hope that no one person will be overlooked, but at the risk of failing to thank someone, I'd like to name all those who helped make the program thrive. In no particular order:<br />
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<b>Pastor Carl Johnson</b>, who has been an unfailing supporter and guide for the program since its inception, and who leads St. John's congregation so ably.<br />
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<b>Rebecca Veith</b> who kindly turns the organ over to Eric for rehearsals and an evening's performance, as well as allowing the orchestra to invade her choir loft!<br />
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St. John's Church Secretary <b>Tricia Howard</b> who produced our programs and offered logistical support.<br />
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Church Sexton <b>Carl Shumaker</b> who ensures that St. John's is always ship-shape and Bristol fashion for guests and members alike.<br />
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The St. John's Sr. & Jr. Bell Choirs, and<b> Dan Minnich</b> for the use of their rehearsal space and music stands.<br />
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<b>The Armstrong County Community Foundation</b> who funded our orchestra for the evening, our thanks to all of their staff, volunteers, and donors who support the arts in our community; but most especially, a thank you to <b>Mindy Knappenberger</b> who helped with the grant application and writing process.<br />
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<b>Val Wilson</b>, and the Music Department of West Shamokin Highschool for providing us with music stand lights and electrical supplies for the orchestra.<br />
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<b>Jeff Boarts</b>, who handles all of the business affairs of the program, runs our projector, and takes care of all the big and little details, organization, and clean up. Jeff has made the program a possibility since it began as a post-movie chat in the fall of 2006.<br />
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<b>Paul's Auto Parts</b> of Kittanning who helped fund the film licensing costs of our films and provided other financial support for the program.<br />
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The rest of the Boart's family, especially <b>Carol and Helen</b> who assisted in many ways, especially with planning, cleaning up, and supporting Jeff.<br />
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<b>Emily Boarts</b> for her fine photography and promotional work.<br />
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<b>Adam Morgan</b> who assisted Emily and provided additional help with the performance.<br />
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<b>Zach Morgan</b> who recorded the musical portion of the performance.<br />
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<b>Stephen Lipnichan</b> who so professionally and cheerfully conducted our orchestra.<br />
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<b>Eric Cook</b> who prepared and arranged our music and played the organ for the short films.<br />
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The players of the <b>Kittanning Ivy Leaf Orchestra</b>:<br />
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<td class="xl24" colspan="2">Dennis F. Cramer</td>
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<td class="xl24" colspan="2">Carrie Semanco</td>
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<td class="xl24" colspan="2">Christie Kecskemethy</td>
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<b>Rex Rutkoski</b> of the Trib Media Group and the Valley News Dispatch who provided a magnificent article and visual spread in the Trib weekend arts and entertainment section. This is the second year in a row that Rex has written a great article and helped to draw a good crowd to our event.<br />
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<b>David Lindemann</b>, who helped usher and host the event.<br />
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<b>Gene Hughes</b> who narrated <i>A Voyage to the Moon</i>.<br />
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<b>Keith Livengood</b> who assisted with the PA system and operated the camera that allows the monitor at the organ to keep focused on the films during the organ accompaniment.<br />
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<b>Julie Smith</b> and the members of the Youth groups of St. John's who helped Usher, make and serve our popcorn, and handed out the bottled water:<br />
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<b>Frances Kirby, Allison Hall, Robert Gamble, Ian Crytzer, Ryan Crytzer, Matthew Bowser, Andrew Bowser, and Derek Kirby.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">David Shepard</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, who</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> has provided unfailing aid
and support for our programs since we planned the first movie night in the fall
of 2006. Mr. Shepard is a film
preservationist, producer, and promoter of silent film. Formerly an employee and now the head of Film </span>Preservation<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Associates, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">he continues to work with his own and other companies, as well as public and private collections, to help preserve, restore,and produce modern editions of these classic films. Among those firms are</span><b style="font-family: inherit;"> Lobster Films </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">and</span><b style="font-family: inherit;"> Flicker
Alley, LLC</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> they were the source for two of this evening’s selections: </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">A Trip to the Moon</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">A Modern Musketeer</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Also our thanks to the </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Danish Filmmuseum</b><i style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold;"> </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">for their support and the permission to screen </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">A Modern Musketeer</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span><br />
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are also thankful for the support of the University of Pittsburgh Theodore M. Finney Music Library
Staff, especially <b>Dr.</b> <b>James Cassaro,</b> and<b> Dr. Carlos E. Pena</b> who provided hours of
support and information during score preparation. They oversee the Nek Mirskey collection of silent film, salon, and dance music, the collection served as the source for approximately half of the music used during the orchestral score for <i>A Modern Musketeer</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are very grateful for <b>Dennis Cramer</b> of East Franklin, and former Band director at Ford City Highschool, who coordinated the musicians for this evening’s orchestral performance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Also thanks to </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Rodney Sauer</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> of the </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Mont Alto Orchestra</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, one of the leading
ensembles in silent film accompaniment, who graciously shared his ideas about
scoring </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">A Modern Musketeer;</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> the DVD
version of this film features his ensemble's </span>superb<span style="font-family: inherit;"> work. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Dr. Kenneth Sarch</b> of Mansfield University shared
his approaching to writing film scores for silent comedy with Eric. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Additional thanks to <b>Jack Theaston, Andrew Greene, Ben Model</b>,
and <b>Robert Israel</b> all of whom shared
some thoughts on silent film scoring with Eric via Nitrateville.com; their
advice was invaluable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And our sincere thanks to <b>Gladys Bertha Schulze Crees </b>and <b>Carol Palmer</b>, daughter and granddaughter of Walter Schulze, who shared original period music and
biographical information about their father and grandfather, and made the creation of our musical score possible.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But finally, and most of all...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Many, many thanks to all of the community members and guests from afar who attended our performance and made it all worthwhile. It was great to host you and I hope we will see you again!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Watch for updates about the planning for our 2013 program, as well as new posts about silent film preservation, history and presentations; as well as information on Kittanning history, and St. John's along the way...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><i>See you next year!</i></b></span></div>
</div>Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-64537098717171817122012-02-25T14:47:00.001-05:002012-02-25T14:48:27.721-05:00Thank you to the Armstrong County Community Foundation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This year's silent film success was due in large part to the Armstrong County Community Foundation (ACCF). <br />
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The ACCF has been serving the citizens of the county by linking charitable donations to worthy causes.<br />
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We were very blessed to be the recipient of an art grant that paid for the majority of the musicians in our silent film orchestra.<br />
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We would like to thank Jeff Boarts, Mindy Knappenberger, and the Church Council of St. John's Lutheran, and the board and staff at the ACCF, for writing, processing and assisting in the grant application and in the awarding of the grant.<br />
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But above all we would like to thank all of the generous donors of the ACCF that made such a wonderful evening possible.<br />
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<a href="http://www.accfound.org/" target="_blank">Armstrong County Community Foundation</a></div>Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-68535176353493668302012-02-21T08:16:00.000-05:002012-02-21T08:16:05.524-05:00A big thank you to Rex Rutkoski<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There a large number of thank you's to go around, but a very special thank you to the Trib reporter Rex Rutkoski.<br />
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Rex spent many days asking thoughtful questions and crafting an outstanding article about our program of silent film and took the time to interview several of the people who make this evening possible.<br />
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His wonderful entertainment section article was superb and had amazing visuals especially in the print edition. This article and it's excellent placement was a huge help in drawing such a diverse and apperciative audience. If you've not seen the article or photo's please visit the link below.<br />
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And thanks again Rex!<br />
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<a href="http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/living/s_781411.html" target="_blank">Trib Article about St. John's Silent Movie Night</a> </div>Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-1219939825212790102012-02-18T19:03:00.002-05:002012-02-18T19:05:21.195-05:002012 A Great Success!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is hard to believe that our Night of Silent Stars has ended for another year. It was a fantastic success, we had 220 people in attendance, as you might imagine the list of thank you's is long. At the risk of omitting anyone, I will create a proper list of thank you's that will appear shortly.<br />
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Already, things are being considered for next year. <br />
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If you were in attendance and have any suggestions on how to improve our program we'd love to hear from you. <br />
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But mostly, we just wish to say thank you to all for their marvelous support!</div>Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-13301019898918966122012-02-09T09:22:00.000-05:002012-02-16T08:29:13.648-05:00Live Orchestra!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><b> <i> THRILLS</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><i><b> ADVENTURE</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17 at 7 PM</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>A Modern Musketeer</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;"><i>Two Short films proceed our feature:</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">A Voyage to the Moon<i>, and </i>One Week</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Doors open at 6:30 p.m.</span><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;">FREE popcorn and bottled water available</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Under the Direction of Stephen J. Lipnichan</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">The One, the Only!</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Kittanning Ivy Leaf Orchestra</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Orchestral score compiled and arranged by Eric W. Cook</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Hear them as they play </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Ragtime, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Dance Music, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Salon Music</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">and original </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><b><i>Dramatic Works for the Photo-Play</i></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Orchestra Made possible by a Community Arts Grant from</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.accfound.org/">The ACCF</a></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><i>The Armstrong County Community Foundation</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><i>Our film presentation is made possible through the generosity of</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><i>David Shepard and <a href="http://www.flickeralley.com/">Flicker Alley</a></i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><i>and</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="http://www.dfi.dk/">The Danish Filmmuseum</a></i></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">The Kittanning Ivy Leaf Orchestra</span></b></div>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;" width="132"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Flute</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;" width="200"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Rebecca Cook</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Clarinet I</span></td><td class="xl25" style="text-align: right;" x:num="150.0"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><br /></span></td>
<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Sam Schreiber</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Clarinet II</span></td>
<td class="xl25" style="text-align: right;" x:num="150.0"></td><td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Megan Maggiore</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Bassoon</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Mary Gibbons</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Lawrence Conway</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Trombone</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Dennis F. Cramer</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Violin I</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Carrie Semanco</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Violin II</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Christie Kecskemethy</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Viola</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Stephanie Marhag</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Cello</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Elizabeth Cramer</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Bass</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Roger Whisler</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Piano</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Eric Cook</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Percussion</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Rob Reams</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" height="15" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Conductor</span></td>
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<td class="xl24" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Stephen Lipnichan</span></td>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">SOME HISTORIC RECORDINGS OF THE FILM MUSIC WE WILL BE PERFORMING:</span></div>
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</div>Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-47248228563431399612012-01-13T14:02:00.000-05:002012-01-19T08:46:32.456-05:00Our Short Films for 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">February 17</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">, 2012 </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All films will be shown free to the public </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Open seating in the church nave</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Doors open at 6:30 p.m. </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There will be no snow date.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Free popcorn and bottled water will be available.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A Voyage to the Moon </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This stunning and playful early film is the first work of cinematic science fiction, based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This iconic French film was the most original and sophisticated motion picture to date, and it is a wonderful way to open our 6th annual program. It also helps celebrate our anniversary, since this is the first film we screened on our first program in 2007. This classic film is at the center of the children's novel <i>The Invention of Hugo Cabret </i>and the new Academy Award nominated film based on the novel, <i>Hugo</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The film will be shown with live narration and organ accompaniment with musical selections from the works of 19th century French theatre composers Charles Gounod and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Léo Delibes.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The film runs 11 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Film provided and licensed for viewing from Flicker Alley and Mr. David Shepard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>Visit Flicker Alley and see their newly restored </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>DVD version of the original hand-tinted color version of this classic film </i></b></span><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Georges Méliès: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A Trip to the Moon in Color.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.flickeralley.com/"><b><i>www.flickeralley.com</i></b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>One Week </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>(1920)</b></span></div>
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</div>Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-49933924681927315772011-10-14T17:31:00.001-04:002012-01-19T08:57:52.321-05:00A Modern Musketeer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our feature film for Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 (7:00 p.m.) will be <i>A Modern Musketeer</i>. This 72 minute feature film is a hoot! A combination of romantic fantasy comedy, period adventure, melodrama, and a touch of Cowboys and Indians, it flies by leaving you wanting more. The movie features some great outdoor cinematography of the Grand Canyon and the Arizona desert, and the ever impressive Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., filling the screen with his signature acrobatic stunts and capers. </div>
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In this pop-corn favorite from almost one hundred years ago, Douglas Fairbanks plays an eccentric young man from small town Kansas named Ned Thacker. Ned tries to embody the chivalry of D'Artagnan and the other gentlemanly Musketeers of old. His instincts for living out the code of a more "civilized" age in the progressive 20th century means that difficulties as well as true heroism follow him wherever he goes. Ned's anachronistic behavior can be traced to his Mother, who in the midst of a Kansas tornado insisted on reading <i>The Three Musketeers</i> as she gave birth! As the movie unfolds Ned imagines himself into the 17th century (where he wrecks an entire tavern and clobbers and kills three dozen rotters just to restore a mysterious lady's handkerchief) and in the modern world he tries to serve justice in a gambling den with hilarious results.</div>
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Tiring of small town life he travels from Kansas toward the far west. Enroute in his Model T, Ned encounters a young woman, Elsie Dodge, and her mother. The Dodges have been taken in by a rich scoundrel and bigamist named Forrest Vandeteer who is pursuing young Elsie. When their car is unable to make it through the desert Ned saves the day and gets them safely to the El Tovar Hotel at the edge of the Grand Canyon. Ned and Elsie fall gently in love, but her Mother's financial needs and Vandeteer's arrogance and desire for Elsie cut young Ned out of the picture. In the meantime a renegade Navajo Indian chief named Chin-de-dah decides that the young Elise would make an excellent, if temporary, wife. Soon Elsie and Vandeteer are embroiled in a kidnapping, a desert chase with the bad guys, and Ned romping around trying to save the young lady from certain disaster.</div>
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While the presentation of Chin-de-dah is insensitive by modern standards, he is not held up as a model of Native Americans, but as an aberration. The film also presents positive, if perhaps condescending footage of actual Zuni Indians performing traditional dances for tourists at the hotel, and Doug bounces a young Zuni boy on his knee with obvious affection. </div>
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The film under the direction Allan Dwan has fast paced action, nice camera work, and fine acting from a strong cast. The film doesn't feel like it was made in 1917 and makes understanding Fairbank's stardom easy.</div>
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The film has been lovingly restored and is nearly free of the distortion, grit, and damage typically found on films of this age resulting in a clear, stable, and throughly enjoyable viewing experience. The painstaking restoration was carried out by the Danish Film Institute, Lobster Films, and Flicker Alley and is made available to St. John's Lutheran Church via the film's current owner, Mr. David Shepard.</div>
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Elsie Dodge: Marjorie Daw</div>
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Mrs. Dodge: Kathleen Kirkham</div>
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Screenplay by Allan Dwan and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. based on the short story <i>D'Artagnan of Kansas</i> by F. R. Lyle, Jr.</div>
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The Film will be projected from a DVD and accompanied by the 14 piece </div>
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The score for the film is made of original period numbers and photoplay music compiled, arranged and edited by Eric W. Cook</div>
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</div>Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-81157097834591905062011-09-24T15:42:00.001-04:002011-09-24T15:57:08.660-04:00Grant Award for Silent Film Orchestra!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Armstrong County Community Foundation has provided St. John's Lutheran Church with a $1900.00 grant for 2012! </span></b><br />
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This generous grant will allow us to provide a live theatre orchestra to accompany the main film showing for the 2012 - 6th Annual - St. John's Lutheran: Silent Movie Night.<br />
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Our feature film that evening will be <i>A Modern Musketeer</i> (1917) and will be accompanied by an eleven piece theatre orchestra under the direction of Mr. Stephen Lipnichan of Pittsburgh.<br />
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As organizers of the Silent Movie Night, Jeff Boarts and I would like to thank St. John's for their continuing support of the arts in the Kittanning, and the wider Armstrong County community, we are grateful that St. John's continues in the fine Lutheran tradition of seeing art and music as an extension of God's love and our response to it. Soli Deo Gloria!<br />
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We would also like to thank the dedicated and very generous donors, staff, and trustees at the ACCF for considering our application, and granting us this wonderful financial gift.<br />
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More details about the film program, our orchestral approach to the film's musical accompaniment, the ACCF and the orchestra's personel will follow.<br />
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Open seating in the church nave; doors will be open to the public at
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A short comedy film will proceed <i>A Modern Musketeer</i>, the short is tentatively set to be Buster Keaton's classic 2 reeler, <i>One Week</i>, running time approximately 22 minutes. With live organ accompaniment by Eric W. Cook<br />
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Special thanks to Mr. David H. Shepard, owner of <i>A Modern Musketeer, </i>for licensing and screening permission.<br />
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Our tentative program for Feb. 17, 2012:<br />
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The business of bringing silent films alive for audiences in the 1910's and 1920's required the able assistance of talented musicians. From the organ bench or orchestra pit the scoring and accompaniment of the movie had the potential to magnify the qualities of any picture, perhaps even saving a mediocre or poor film. The musicians were required to provide emotional, dramatic and artistic assist to each picture. The selection of music they used was critical if the movie was going to be a success. For those players and orchestra leaders, it must have been grueling (if creatively rewarding) work. Their success and failure, based on period reports, indicate that the style and quality of movie music varied widely; it all depended on the training, background, abilities and tastes of the house talent.</div>
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The best and largest movie palaces had top end professional organists and full symphony orchestras. Here a patron was ensured of music that would match or surpass any screen drama or comedy. These legendary theaters, such as the Roxy in New York City rivaled their concert hall peers, sometimes surpassing them, in the quality of performance and diversity and difficulty of the repertoire on offer. Conductors such as Eugene Ormandy, and composers like Villa-Lobos, began in the silent cinema. However, no matter how large or small the ensemble, no matter it's technical ability, it still had to score a new film every week if not every day. Large theaters had the staff and in-house libraries to handle the inundation. </div>
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Yet, even in small towns, like Kittanning, there were also a variety of solutions to the problem. Professional musicians and semi-professional amateurs played the pictures daily and nightly. In Kittanning the Columbia Theater featured a theater organ, while the Lyceum boasted about its orchestra (a small group of 5 to 9 players). I am unsure of the full range of accompaniment at the other movie houses in town, but in nearby Ford City, The Roxy featured piano and violin, and occasionally one other player; either a drummer, clarinetist, or trumpeter. But how did they know what to play for several different movies a week, for hundreds of films over the course of only a few years?</div>
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One solution to providing effective music for the endless stream of dramatic situations was the cue sheet.</div>
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Cue sheets were a shorthand guide to the film which listed appropriate musical numbers for each part or "cue" of the film. These musical selections printed on the cue sheet were only suggestions that the players might follow closely or completely ignore. Most directors or accompanists had, at most, one chance to see the film before they played the picture live on opening night; which was generally considered the dress rehearsal. So to aid them in making the movie successful - which was in the interest of everyone: musicians, theater owners, film companies, music publishers - cue sheets were sent out to help guide the local talent make effective choices. The pianist, organist, or orchestra leader would look over the cue sheet, watch the film once (if possible), and organize music accordingly to play during the film's public run, adjusting afterward or on the fly, as needed. Some musicians never saw a cue sheet, some used them, ignoring them as much or as little as they pleased. Some musicians resented cue sheets as just another chance for film companies and music publishers to work together to push their ware. Some theatrical chains had in-house musical staff that would prepare music and send them out to the theaters in the chain, but this was an expensive and time consuming process; and a few top end motion pictures had new or compiled musical scores written especially for them, films like the 1925 <i>Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ</i>.</div>
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Below is the complete cue sheet for the 1926 Action Pictures western melodrama, <i>Ace of Action. </i>The film was directed by William Bertram and starred Wally Wales, Alma Redford, and Charles Colby, and had a screenplay by Betty Burbridge. The music has been suggested by James C. Bradford who edited hundreds of cue-sheets during the silent film era.</div>
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As you can see, the cue sheet sketches out each bit of the film, either by referring to an on-screen event (action), or to one of the title cards that carried the dialogue and other text (title), each section or cue also indicated the type and change of music. The music needed is illustrated with a musical quotation, and is listed by title with the composer's name in parenthesis, the approximate running time for the piece of music, and finally the copyright information for that work.</div>
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Today cue sheets are a valuable guide to the past for two reasons: 1. many of these films are lost, <i>Ace of Action</i> being one of them. In fact many scholars estimate that 80 to 90% of all silent films are lost forever, so cue sheets, along with press releases, advertisements, and reviews are about the only way we can ever know the contents of these movies, and 2. For those who wish to keep silent movies with live musical accompaniment alive, they provide a written record of what a particular film score might have sounded like, although as always, they were only one set of many, many possibilities.</div>
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Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-55749622027590724072011-05-08T00:38:00.002-04:002011-05-08T00:47:59.043-04:00Silent Movie Night 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Plans are underway for next year's evening of silent films.<br />
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Mark your calendars now for:<br />
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<blockquote><b>Friday, February 17, 2012.</b></blockquote><blockquote><b>Time to be announced. </b></blockquote><br />
After reviewing our survey of what format you would enjoy most, and which films you were most interested in viewing - we plan on offering a short comedy and a feature film, as always with live musical accompaniment. As always, the evening will feature an intermission, and the programming will be suitable for the entire family.<br />
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The total program to run approximately 100 minutes.<br />
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We have reviewed several films that reflected your interests, as expressed in the survey, and we are in the process of contacting the owner of those films for permission to run them in 2012.<br />
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As soon as we have arranged for permission and licensing, the films titles will be announced.<br />
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So please stay tuned!<br />
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</div>Eric W. Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00735754294095882223noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4371561279746523591.post-87243471813028576492011-03-17T12:16:00.002-04:002011-05-08T00:17:14.940-04:00A Great Year - THANK YOU!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;">The 5th Annual Silent Movie Night, March 5th, 2011 - was a great success! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Our thanks to all those who made the evening possible and all those who turned out in spite of heavy rains for our second best crowd every, app. 103.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The survey results are being tabulated, it was great to have so much feedback to help us with future planning.</div><br />
Thanks to St. John's Lutheran Church, the Rev. Carl Johnson, St. John's Church Council and the Christian Education Committee. To Rob Milligan, Emily Boarts, and Jeff Boarts, Eric Cook, Paul's Auto Parts, and our film licensing providers: Image Entertainment, Mr. David Shepard, and Kino Films.<br />
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Information about next year's program will be available as soon as details are confirmed.<br />
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We will also post various items related to silent film, music, St. John's and Kittanning.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and inspecting our site and please join us in Kittanning!<br />
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