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Harold Lloyd's GIRL SHY (1924) The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection New Line Home Entertainment
Laurel & Hardy–Eye Poking Frenzy
A marvelous scene from
DOUBLE WHOOPEE (1929)​
The Manhunt
The dazzling opening chase from
Charlie Chaplin​'s
THE ADVENTURER (1917)
Love Theme
A tender moment from
THE RACKET (1928)​
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Music as Dialogue
A brilliantly directed and acted sequence
from Tod Browning's THE BLACKBIRD (1926)​
With Lon Chaney and Renée Adorée
The Invisible Orchestra
This is a piece about creating a
music score for recording.
The Final Struggle
The fight in the castle from
Rex Ingram's THE MAGICIAN (1926)
with Paul Wegener
Into the Depths
A scene from Buster Keaton's
THE NAVIGATOR (1924)​
In Hell
A vision of Hell come to life from
Rex Ingram's THE MAGICIAN (1926)
with Paul Wegener and Alice Terry
Spinning Out of Control
A fascinating montage by the great
director, F.W. Murnau.
PHANTOM (1922)​
Musical Comparison
Comparing scoring technique with a
scene from Josef von Sternberg's
THE LAST COMMAND (1928)​
with Emil Jannings
Theme & Variation
A short essay on using a theme and orchestrating a variation. The sequence is from George Hill's TELL IT TO THE MARINES (1926)​, starring Lon Chaney