Pianists play it again at the silent movies

Musical accompaniment enhanced the mood of silent films, as this year's British Silent Film festival made loud and clearHarpo Marx lasted just two weeks as a silent film pianist – and it's no wonder. The poor bloke only knew two songs (Waltz Me Around Again, Willie and Love Me and the World is Mine), which he would rotate, speeding up or slowing down his fingers in hopes of fitting the music to the action on the screen. Luckily, not all players had such limited repertoires, and the 14th Britis...

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