The 2009 Festival will take place at the Barbican Cinema from 4th to 6th June.
Our theme this year is Sound, Music and the British Silent Film which will encompass all aspects of music and sound relating to silent film.
| Thurs June 4 | Fri June 5 | Sat June 6 | Sun June 7 | |
| 9.00
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Registration Barbican
Screen 1 Foyer |
Sound Film Before 1930Presented byTony Fletcher with John Sweeney | The Vortex (1927) 73 minsIntro by Jo Botting
Music by Stephen Horne |
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| 10.30 -11.00 | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 11.00
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The Runaway Princess(1929) 79 minsMusic by John Sweeney | The Wheels of Chance(1922) 71 minsMusic by Philip Carli | Family Film ClubA Canine Concoction: silent film dogs90 minsNeil Brand | SOCIAL EVENTSilent Cinema Walk led by Ian Christie/org by Kelly Robinson |
| 12.30 – 2.00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 2.00
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Knowing the Score: case studies in musical accompaniment.Presented by Neil Brand, Philip Carli, Stephen Horne & John Sweeney | Under the Greenwood Tree (1929) 87mins(Sound) | The Manxman(1929) 90minsMusical accompaniment by
John Sweeney
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| 3.30-4.00 | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 4.00
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The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the TanksToby Haggith from the Imperial War Museum on different approaches to reconstructing the original score for this film with Laura Rossi andStephen Horne | W.K.L. Dickson in London Paul Spehr on this pioneering film maker. Includes screenings of Biograph films | The Lost Musicians: the art of the cinema musician. With Neil Brand & colleagues Music in Cinemas: a case study by Gerry TurveyThe Last Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Mazarin Stone (1923) 23mins GB NB | 3.00pmWay Down East(1920)
Intro by David Mayer -score arranged and performed by Gillian Anderson (separate tickets required) Sounds of Silent Cinema Conference |
| 5.30-6.00 | Break | Break | Break (6.30pm) | |
| 6.00
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Shooting Stars(1928) 81 minsPhil Carli | The Third Annual Rachael Low Lecture Silence is a Different World
Given by David Robinson |
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| 7.30 | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | |
| 9.00pmThe Dodge BrothersGo West with White Oak(1921) 71mins
Programme 90 mins |
8.30pmPalais de Danse(1928) 95mins
With the Barbican Palais Orchestra |
8.30pmBFI Southbank The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain in‘Ukulelescope’
(tickets required ) |
If you would like to be added to our email list please send your details to director@britishsilentfilm.org.uk
The theme will link with the ‘Sounds of Early Cinema in Britain’ Conference taking place at the Barbican from the 7th to the 9th June. See link on the home page
March 27, 2009 at 11:18 am |
Hello,
I have seen that you have previously screened the remains of the 1913 film “The Battle of Waterloo” by Charles Weston, but not since 2000.
I would be delighted to get a chance to see that piece of early British monumental film making. OK- Charles Weston was American ans so was the production company but the film was made in Irthlingborough, Northants on the banks of the River Nene and involved almost everybody in town as extras. Furthermore- Charles Weston got married to the daughter of the landlord of the local pub, where he resided.
Maybe you could consider this.
Regards,
Christian Schmueck
Irthlingborough
March 28, 2009 at 11:45 am |
Yes, it’s a very short fragment. It is a great shame more of it doesn’t survive. In a few months you should be able to see this on Screenonline, the BFI’s online history of British film and TV. The footage is available through higher education institutions, schools and also your public library.
May 13, 2009 at 10:02 am |
I would recommend Pimple’s Battle of Waterloo to go with it!