Philip Carli is one of the world’s leading silent film accompanists, and this is his library of films, books, records and other oddments from the silent film era. Subscribe for members-only content and to see a new silent film every month with accompaniment improvised live on the spot by one of the best.

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The Italian with live piano by Philip Carli

It is extraordinary, in 2025, to look at this 1915 film about immigration, food safety, wealth inequality, and the ways in which political machinations affect people’s lives. The working title for the film (at least according to Wikipedia) was Dago,

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Les Deux Timides with live piano by Philip Carli

Les Deux Timides is a French film, René Clair’s last silent feature, which hops back and forth between drawing room farce and slapstick. A shy young lawyer accidentally helps to get a wife-beating thug what’s coming to him, and when

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