Monthly Archives: July 2006

11th SFSFF – The Hot Club of San Francisco (4:02)

Play Quicktime version The inventive musical group the Hot Club of San Francisco performed for the amazing silent film, "Au Bonheur des Dames" at the 11th San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Afterwards I interviewed Paul Mehling about how they prepared … Continue reading

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Harry Carey, Jr on John Ford and John Wayne (8:26)

Play Quicktime version The son, Harry Carey, Jr., of the early silent film preiminent cowboy star, Harry Carey, talked about working with John Ford and John Wayne. This occurred after the showing of the fourth feature John Ford made, "Bucking … Continue reading

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SF Silent Film Festival – Saturday

The first feature on Saturday was John Ford‘s 1917 “Bucking Broadway” starring Harry Carey. It was remarkable to see how advanced the Ford’s techniques were in his fourth film at his age of 24. Close-up was often used to so … Continue reading

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SF Silent Film Festival Opening Night

I was with a friend of the family from Romania showing her around Stanford — one of the Colleges she wants to go to when she finishes High School. Well, I left too late from Palo Alto — 7 pm … Continue reading

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11th S.F. Silent Filim Festival

The Eleventh San Francisco Silent Film Festival is happening this weekend, July 14-16 at the Castro Theatre. I’ve attended three in the past and always loved them. There’s something about the quality of the monochrome nitrate film, music and evocation … Continue reading

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Andrew Baron At CaseCamp – III (9:51)

Play Quicktime version Andrew Michael Baron at CaseCamp July, 2006. This is part 3 of 3. Andrew talks about the challenge of satisfying the audience for the upcoming show. This video comes from thechickentest‘s youtube video. I cleaned up the … Continue reading

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Andrew Baron At CaseCamp – II (9:27)

Play Quicktime version Andrew Michael Baron at CaseCamp July, 2006. This is part 2 of 3. Andrew talks about the transition to restarting Rocketboom. This video comes from thechickentest‘s youtube video. I cleaned up the video and audio. In converting … Continue reading

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