popularity of silent film: BBC report from 1998

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This report aired in June 1998 on BBC and on BBC World News. Reporter Tom Brook produced this story, interviewing Eleanor Keaton (wife of Buster), silent film accompanist Ben Model, performer/filmmaker Chris Rozzi, film preservationist David Shepard and others. "The Silent Clowns Film Series", with Bruce Lawton at the projectors, is shown as an example of younger audiences coming out to silents. ... Ben Model Bruce Lawton Silent Clowns Film Series Chris Rozzi Charlie Chaplin Eleanor Keaton ...