Norma Talmadge and Constance Talmadge Screenings

February 2007 will be Talmadge month at New York City’s Donnell Library Center Auditorium. As part of the "Meet the Music Makers" series, which explores the artistic symbiosis between the silent screen and live musical accompaniment, three Constance Talmadge vehicles and one Norma Talmadge comedy will be screened on four consecutive Wednesdays, beginning February 7, at 2:30pm. Admission is free.
The musicians accompanying the screenings — and discussing their craft — are Bruce Loeb, Stuart Oderman, Judith Rosenberg, and The Biograph Players: Edward Hupton, Joe Kerr, and John Francis.
The series, made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, and organized by the Donnell Media Center’s Joseph Yranski, a silent-film connoisseur if there ever was one (I’ve [...]