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 Informer with live piano by Philip Carli
The Informer of 1929 is a perfect example of disruptive technology; it exists both as an elegant precursor of film noir, the last flowering of silent film, and as a clunky part talkie with dubbed voices and grandiose sound track.
Young Romance with live piano by Philip Carli
What if O. Henry had spun out any of his witty short stories in longer form? Young Romance is an answer created by William deMille (Cecil B. DeMille’s older, smarter, less captalized brother) first as a stage play and then
The Regeneration with live piano by Philip Carli
The Regeneration is one of the great no-longer-lost films of the early silent period. The first gangster feature and the first film directed by Raoul Walsh, it is also one of the first films that Dr. Carli scored, for the