http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/06/24/silent-movie-madness Comments On: Silent Movie Madness by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:30:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
2009
November 13, Blue Mouse Theatre, Tacoma, Washington
86th Anniversary screening: original opening night film THE GREEN GODDESS
2010
January 21, Washington Center, Olympia, Washington
4th annual silent film series: Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in FLESH AND THE DEVIL
February 11, Washington Center, Olympia, Washington
4th annual silent film series: Rudolph Valentino in SON OF THE SHEIK
February 14, Lynwood Theatre, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Silent film series- two screenings: Harold Lloyd in GIRL SHY
February 15, Admiral Theatre, West Seattle, Washington
Original Silent Movie Mondays site debut: William Boyd in THE YANKEE CLIPPER
March 7, City Museum, Wenatchee, Washington
Silent film program: comedy films
March 8, Town Hall, Seattle, Washington
OdeonQuartet (string quartet) with Dennis James, Glass Armonica chamber music performance
March 11, Washington Center, Olympia, Washington
4th annual silent film series: Janet Gaynor and George O'Brien in SUNRISE
July 5, Lynwood Theatre, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Annual Anniversary silent film screenings:
July 6, Location tba, Seattle, Washington
American Theatre Organ Society National Convention - feature silent film event by invitation conveyed by convention chairman Tom Blackwell: title tba

For more information, visit: http://www.cas.sc.edu/film/james.html

Posted by muscur]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:59:42 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Samos]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:53:43 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Papa Walt]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:15:47 -0700 The Stranger
Hi Jim. Great playing last monday! I have been going to silent movie
mondays here in Seattle at the Paramount for nearly 10 years. In that
whole time, Dennis James has NEVER failed to amaze us. I assume you must
be aware of him and his HUGE contribution to keeping silent movies alive
and thriving. We fans here in Seattle are all very concerned and worried
about this situation, and we are worried about Dennis. Although I love
your playing, I hope it will not be in the context of a terrible and ungrateful decision by STG to remove Dennis James. Dennis has brought us fans here in Seattle more joy than can be imagined. He has given us far more than can be repaid, both in his words and stories, and of course, his amazing playing. I hope that you will consider this situation to be an opportunity to support Dennis as an artist and as a human being, and not just as a job opportunity. He has given so much in his life to us, and if he is having some sort of trouble, I would hope that all of us who love silent movies could at least try to reach out and support him. I of course say this not knowing all of the details of what is going on. I'm just worried that corprate interest might be slighting a man who has been responsible for bringing us great art for decades, and has given his very life and soul to it.

Thanks for listening.

Posted by Samos]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:36:54 -0700 The Stranger
I also see that Jason Ferguson said "you don't know the exact print of the film" that you're getting until you've got it. That is particularly true, of course, when the middle management associate assigned this year to produce STG silents series producer isn't aware there are multiple versions available of a film made and doesn't order the preferred print. If one sets up print delivery from the distributor to have a print in hand in advance of a planned screening, any necessary replacements can be in hand in time for the eventual public screening. Silent film distribution prints are both individually labelled and numbered for file identification, and ordering the correct print helps all involved to avoid these mixups.

We should all be pleased that at least a print of The Godless GIrl was ordered at all - a basic step overlooked for the June 8th morning Charle Chaplin screening forcing the showing of a commercial DVD digital edition.

Dennis James
Silent Movie Mondays Organist Emeritus


Posted by muscur]]> Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:49:10 -0700 The Stranger http://www.pstos.org/
Posted by OrganizedLightning]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:54:37 -0700 The Stranger http://www.atos.org/artists/james/ - His performance schedule is at http://www.cas.sc.edu/film/james.html He's playing on Bainbridge island on July 5th.
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