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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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
I Kiss Your Hand, Madame with live piano by Philip Carli
I Kiss Your Hand, Madame was filmed in Germany (as Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame) in 1928, released in 1929 – so late in the silent period that it was not silent. While the filming was done as usual (for