Ben Model, silent film composer/accompanist

212-712-SCFS / ben@silentclowns.com


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Ben Model has recorded scores for many DVD releases, most notably Kino's 4-disc set Edison: the Invention of the Movies.  Click on the links below to order DVD's directly from these labels; there are over a dozen discs with Ben's scores from ReelclassicDVD.  New releases include Mabel Normand in What Happened to Rosa from Unknown Video; coming in November is American Slapstick, a five-disc shorts compilation set from AllDay Entertainment (Image). 

  • Edison: the Invention of the Movies
    Deluxe, comprehensive four-disc set of films produced by the Thomas Edison studios.  Scores for over 30 titles by Ben Model
  • Baseball Films - box set name TBA - DVD set with two features; shorts will have scores by Ben Model -- Felix the Cat in Felix Saves the Day, the Rinky Dinks in Happy Days, and the last 15 mins of the Edison feature One Touch of Nature(coming in April '07)
  • Haldane of the Secret Service, starring and directed by Harry Houdini.  Part of a box set of Houdini films.  Digital orchestral score.  (coming in July '07)
  • Festival of Silent Comedy, Vol's 1-5
    comedy shorts compilations featuring Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, Chase, Our Gang, Fox kids, Al Christie studios, Hal Roach studios, and more...
  • The Vagabond Prince, with H.B. Warner
  • Grandma's Boy, with Harold Lloyd
  • The Headless Horseman, with Will Rogers
  • My Boy, with Jackie Coogan
  • Raggedy Rose and The Nickel Hopper, with Mabel Normand
  • Ella Cinders, with Colleen Moore
  • The Silent Man, with William S. Hart
  • How Molly Malone Made Good

  • The Extra Girl, with Mabel Normand
  • Flaming Flappers - 1920's compilation
  • What Happened to Rosa, with Mabel Normand (coming soon)

  • Cut to the Chase:
    The Charley Chase Classic Comedy Collection
    Two-disc set of shorts, with scores for The Uneasy Three, Dog Shy and Be Your Age by Ben Model
    (coming soon)











 
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