This page will hold my upcoming silent movie plans. In all cases I provide live, improvised accompaniment on a Roland keyboard.

Some time around Halloween 2026, I’ll provide musical accompaniment for the 1931 Frankenstein, the one with Boris Karloff. That one has spoken dialogue, of course, but it has little music, and several silent film accompanists have shown the movie, adding their live music where it’s appropriate. The show will be at the Rye and Plaistow libraries. Watch this space for the times and dates. It’s LIVE!!

My next silent film show at the Plaistow, NH Library will be on June 23, 2026. The film will be D. W. Griffith’s America (1924), a semi-fictional treatment of the American Revolution.

You can find silent films and film snippets I’ve accompanied on my YouTube silent film list. The out-of-copyright films come from various sources, including the Internet Archive. Nearly all silent era films are now out of copyright.

These are the films I’ve accompanied for a live audience at the Plaistow, NH Library:

• October 28, 2022: Nosferatu (1922)
• January 27, 2023: The Black Pirate (1926)
• April 28, 2023: City Lights (1931)
• July 28, 2023: Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
• October 13, 2023: Faust (1926)
• January 19, 2024: Phantom of the Opera (1925)
• April 12, 2024: Metropolis (1927)
• October 11, 2024: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
• February 21, 2025: The Flying Ace (YouTube) (1926)
• April 11, 2025: Peter Pan (YouTube) (1924)
• May 29, 2025: One Week (1920) as part of the library building’s 25th anniversary celebration
• July 22, 2025: The General (1926)
• October 28, 2025: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (YouTube) (1923)
• January 13, 2026: Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (1922)
• April 7, 2026: Three short films, The Immigrant (1917), Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925), His Royal Slyness (1920)
• June 23, 2026: America (YouTube) (1924)

At the Newmarket, NH Library I’ve accompanied:

• February 11, 2026: Peter Pan (1924)

Several years ago I accompanied several silent films at the Boskone science fiction convention in Boston. I don’t have a good record of the films and dates. On February 15, 2026, at Boskone 63, I accompanied The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923). The movie was scheduled to be shown with whatever music the video provided, but I made last-minute arrangements to provide live accompaniment.

(Caution: The movie below has strobe-like effects that may be unpleasant to people with some neurological conditions.)