I have two film events coming soon to the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library: on Sunday, March 11th, at 2PM, Silent Film Composer and Historian Ben Model and I return with another Let’s Hear It For The Silent Films event: we depart from comedy, for the tragic romance and first pairing of John Gilbert and Greta Garbo, in Clarence Brown’s 1926 MGM film, The Flesh And The Devil. As always, Ben will discuss the history of music and silent films, and I will discuss the making of The Flesh And The Devil.

On Tuesday, April 10th, at 1pm,  I present a program, What A Glorious Feeling: Singin In The Rain 60th anniversary. I will discuss the background of the making of the film, and will disuss the impact of the film on the musical genre. It’s nice that we are having the screening  a day before the actual 60th anniversary of the film’s New York release.

As a side note on Singin’ In the Rain, my article on Singin’ In The Rain, part of a series on Films of 1952, was published this month in the current issue of Temple Avodah’s Temple Topics. My temple is celebrating its 60th anniversary.