Silent Film Alert! MOMA French Comedies

I’ll be performing the following two shows with Donald Sosin:   Wednesday, Nov 28, 4:00pm https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/4932?locale=en The French had their share of broad, slapstick performers, but they also developed more subtle, character-driven comedies typified by the work of actor-director Leonce Perret. His influence across the Atlantic can be seen in the situational shorts of Mr….

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MOMA performance on October 30th, 2011

On October 30th at 2:30 pm I’ll be performing at the Museum of Modern Art with Donald Sosin, Peter Gordon, Bobby Hirschhorn, David Tasgal and Rick Cutler for a program of silent films entitled “Cruel and Unusual Comedy from the Desmet Collection of the Eye Institute”. These are some wacky shorts from 1911-1913, many from…

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