BARolfe’s Palace D’Or Orchestra – Do What You Do, 1927

Benjamin Albert Rolfe (1879 – 1956) was an American musician known as “The Boy Trumpet Wonder” who went on to be a bandleader, recording artist, radio personality and film producer. Born in Brasher, New York, Rolfe was the son of a music director. At a young age he played the piccolo and cornet in his father’s band, touring the US East Coast as well as Europe. After high school, he worked as a musical clown in a traveling circus until joining the Majestic Theater Orchestra in Utica, New York. His work led to a position at the Utica Conservatory of Music where he was head of the brass instrument department. However, drawn back to show business, in the early part of the 20th century, he worked in vaudeville, producing a revue and serving as bandleader. In 1915, BA Rolfe turned his talents to the fledgling motion picture business, establishing his own production company, Rolfe Photoplays Inc. Rolfe’s productions were primarily made in and around Fort Lee, New Jersey and distributed through an agreement with Louis B. Mayer’s Metro Pictures Corporation. Rolfe’s company produced more than fifty silent films, several of which were collaborations with director/screenwriter Oscar AC Lund including the 1916 drama “Dorian’s Divorce” starring Lionel Barrymore. His film company’s last production was the 1919 15-part mystery serial “The Master Mystery” starring Harry Houdini. Mounting financial difficulties resulted in Rolfe Photoplays Inc. going out of business and before 1920 he was …

“Making New Nano” is the third part of the NANOYOU film, an introduction to the strange new world of Nanoscience, narrated by Stephen Fry. This film is non-commercial and funded by the EC from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement No: CSA-SA 233433 for the NANOYOU project – www.nanoyou.eu – an education portal about all things nano. This film was produced as a resource for young people, teachers and anyone interested to get a quick introduction to Nanoscience. Credits: Producer/Director: Tom Mustill Assistant Producer: Sam Mansfield Graphics: Devin Hunt and Laurence Honderick Music: Aaron Audio Editor: Hugh Lewis Nanomedicine and Red Blood Cell graphic courtesy: Professor Constantinos Mavroidis, ‘BionanoRobotics Laboratory’, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, bionano.neu.edu Robot on Dime footage courtesy: Chytra Pawashe, NanoRobotics Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University Tree of Life Animation courtesy: wellcometreeoflife.org Human medicine animations courtesy: wehi.edu.au Car production line footage courtesy: Ford Motor Company
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