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By 1916 over 20,000 cinemas were in operation across America. In the smallest of these, called "Nickelodeons," music was often provided by a solitary piano, tickled by the neighborhood "Professor." But in more than 8,000 U.S. theaters, orchestras provided the accompaniment to the action on the silver screen.
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra continues this grand tradition, recreating down to the last detail, the classic movie palace pit-orchestra of that golden era.
Click on each of the following to sample short excerpts from the DVD, featuring Paragon's music with Nick Scheuble performing sound effects on the Orchestra's 1910 drum set:
On this DVD, PRO underscores three legendary Chaplin comedies, using their original 1916/17 Mutual Studio musical cue sheets. These ultra-rare materials, discovered by Rick Benjamin in a library basement in 1992, are now reunited with these films for the first time since the late 1910s!
DVD: 68 minutes. Black & white with live orchestra music & effects.
From the WASHINGTON POST:
"Listening to a full band perform 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."
International Customers please note: This DVD is manufactured in the NTSC format, the video format used in the United States, Canada, and parts of Central and South America. The PAL video format is used in Europe and Asia. If you live in Europe or Asia, be aware that this NTSC disc will not function in a PAL format DVD player.
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DVDs are $15 each. Please include $3.50 per DVD for Shipping and handling; please add .50 Cents for postage for each additional DVD. Pennsylvania residents include 6% sales tax.
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Chaplin DVD
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
PO Box 247
Lewisburg, PA 17837-0247
If purchasing by check please allow 2 to 3 weeks for delivery.
[new DVD! Paragon's MARK OF ZORRO starring Douglas Fairbanks]
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