Paragon Ragtime Orchestra The Charlie Chaplin Moving Picture Show!

Product Description By 1916, over 20,000 movie theaters were in operation across America, showing what are now referred to as "silent movies." But the presentation of these films was certainly not silent; there was always an abundance of MUSIC played live by the resident musicians who accompanied the action on the screen.In the smallest theaters (called "Nickelodeons"), film music was often a dicey affair - banged out of an rackety upright piano by the neighborhood "Professor." But in theaters of any size or pretense, true orchestras provided the accompaniment to the action on the Silver Screen.On this DVD, The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra relives this grand film-music tradition by recreating - down to the last detail - the classic Movie Palace pit-orchestra of that golden era.The New York City-based Paragon Ragtime Orchestra is the world's most veteran silent film accompaniment group, and since 1986 has played for 550 live silent film screenings across 48 U.S. states and several European countries. The Orchestra prides itself in its exclusive use of 938 title collection of original silent film scores and cue sheets created from 1895 through 1928.On this DVD, Paragon underscores three legendary Chaplin comedies, using their original 1916/17 Mutual Studio musical cue sheets. These one-of-a-kind materials, discovered by PRO conductor Rick Benjamin in a library basement in 1992, are now reunited with these films for the first time in more than 80 years!As an added bonus track, the Orchestra itself conducted by Rick Benjamin, is shown performing an Overture to Motion-Picture Comedy live in the pit of the historic 1921 Capitol Theatre. Review "Listening to a full band perform these complete scores, written and timed to the action, proved to be a surprising delight...As any good soundtrack should be, the band was nearly subliminal in its soft, well-modulated accompaniment to the screen performances." --The Washington Post

Detalles del producto Dimensiones del paquete : 7.52 x 5.39 x 0.71 pulgadas; 3.14 Onzas Número de modelo del producto : 6824860001588 Director : Charles Chaplin Formato multimedia : NTSC Tiempo de ejecución : 1 hora y 3 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : Junio 1, 2007 Actores : Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman Estudio : Rialto ASIN : B000V4C0W6 País de origen : EE. UU. Número de discos : 1 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº330,887 en Películas y TV (Ver el Top 100 en Películas y TV) nº30,952 en Comedia (Películas y TV) Opiniones de clientes: 3.0 de 5 estrellas 2 calificaciones Dimensiones del paquete : 7.52 x 5.39 x 0.71 pulgadas; 3.14 Onzas Número de modelo del producto : 6824860001588 Director : Charles Chaplin Formato multimedia : NTSC Tiempo de ejecución : 1 hora y 3 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : Junio 1, 2007 Actores : Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman Estudio : Rialto ASIN : B000V4C0W6 País de origen : EE. UU. Número de discos : 1