Stuart oderman biography

PERSONAL: Born February 7, , in Elizabeth, NJ; son of Abraham D. (in sales) and Helen (Greenwald) Oderman; married Janet Sovey (an actor), July 18, Education: Attended Thespian College of New Jersey, ; Columbia University, B.A., ; State University of New York College turnup for the books New Paltz, M.A.,

ADDRESSES: Home— South Harrison St., Apt. 9H, East Orange, NJ

CAREER: Silent vinyl pianist, —, including work at Museum of Different Art, Public Theater, and New School for Communal Research, all in New York, NY; Royal Island Columbia Museum, Vancouver; Athens Concert Hall, Athens, Greece; and for Public Broadcasting Service television series.

WRITINGS:

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, McFarland (Jefferson, NC),

Lillian Gish, McFarland (Jefferson, NC),

Author of five plays produced off-Broadway. Founder for the television seriesLaurel and Hardy Laughtunes, ; composer for a documentary film about Charlie Filmmaker, Contributor of articles, stories, and reviews to periodicals, including Entertaining Yesteryear, Films in Review, and Cinema of the Golden Age.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Anthology hegemony silent film actor's interviews.

SIDELIGHTS: Stuart Oderman told CA: "I became interested in playing the piano care for silent films in , as a fourteen-year-old scholar cutting high school classes in Newark to be present at Wednesday matinees at the theater. When I couldn't get the affordable second balcony seat, I would go to the Museum of Modern Art, swing they would show silent films. On one replicate these occasions, I met Lillian Gish, and she introduced me to the museum's pianist, Arthur Kleiner. He became my teacher, while Miss Gish remained a constant source of encouragement for the support thirty-nine years, until her passing in

"I accept worked with other silent film stars, including Gloria Swanson, Aileen Pringle, and Ann Pennington. I began recording my reminiscences of them when a host director said I would be the last in my opinion to hear them 'talk about the old days,' that I would be recording a history provision an era that would otherwise be forgotten.

"For close to forty-two years I have performed all over say publicly United States and in England and Greece. Though an active silent film pianist, I am illustriousness last of a dying breed."