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Hollywood has used pre-screenings to gauge audience response since the silent-film era, but Mr. Farrell drew on his earlier career with the Lou Harris polling organization to develop a systematic approach to focus groups, telephone surveys and interviews at screenings.

Researcher's Data Rewrote Hollywood Endings Stephen Miller 2011

The pianist can be heard every week around town, playing solo, but he also explores another facet of his musical personality as part of the Gershwin Hotel's monthly silent-film programs.

The Strong, Silent Types Steve Dollar 2011

An underappreciated counterpart to French silent-film hero Georges M é li è s, de Chom ó n took a special, proto-Surrealist pleasure in lampooning the young 20th century's rapid technological progress: in The Electric Hotel a stop-motion house comes alive, as luggage self-packs, letters home write themselves, and a massive control panel (an inspiration to Tati's Playtime?) makes furniture waltz.

The Best of the Rest Greater New York Staff 2010

The Look: Erdem The house's designer, Frida Giannini, said she drew inspiration from two icons of the 1920s: silent-film star Louise Brooks and writer/activist Nancy Cunard.

Costume Drama Rachel Dodes 2012

Speaking again of NBM, Rick Geary is looking through the dirty laundry of another era again with a new Treasury of 20th Century Murder, Famous Players, which examines the death of silent-film director William Desmond Taylor.

Upcoming 6/17/2009 2009

In illustrations, we follow an apparently troubled, star-struck runaway during the silent-film era.

Struck By Myriad Delights Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

The Weinstein Company/Getty Images Michel Hazanavicius with his wife, Berenice Bejo For the last few months, film-festival goers have been buzzing about Jean Dujardin's performance as a silent-film actor in "The Artist," an exuberant black- and-white feature directed by the French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius.

Silent Buzz for 'Artist' Team 2011

Speaking again of NBM, Rick Geary is looking through the dirty laundry of another era again with a new Treasury of 20th Century Murder, Famous Players, which examines the death of silent-film director William Desmond Taylor.

16 « June « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon 2009

Merkin's series (which features Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo ) incorporates the additional innovation of having all of its participants compose scores for Buster Keaton 's silent-film comedies, and climaxes with a performance by the expressive Howard Fishman (offering a score to Keaton's "Frozen North").

The Jazz Scene: Giving Cole the Royal Treatment Will Friedwald 2012

And the models on Gucci's runway, who had all the glamour of the silent-film era, could have seamlessly tap-danced their way onto the set of the best-picture-nominated film "The Artist."

Costume Drama Rachel Dodes 2012