On April 11, I accompanied the 1924 Peter Pan at the Plaistow, NH Library. There’s a moment in the movie which calls for audience participation, and it got it.
The movie is now up on YouTube with the music that I played at the library.
Videos
Silent Film: It’s a Gift
Snub Pollard is mostly remembered for his supporting roles in Harold Lloyd comedies, but he starred in some films. In It’s a Gift, he plays a Rube Goldberg-inspired inventor who creates assorted devices and demonstrates an automobile fuel which is vastly more efficient than gasoline. Maybe a little too efficient. There’s even a flying car.
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The Flying Ace, recorded live at Plaistow Library
On February 21, 2025, I accompanied the 1926 film The Flying Ace at the Plaistow, NH Library. This YouTube video combines an MP4 file of the film with the audio recording of my live accompaniment on a Roland keyboard, with about four minutes of introductory remarks by librarian Jennifer O’Connor, who does a great job making these movies happen, and by me.
The next movie I’ll accompany there will be Peter Pan on April 11.
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