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Buster Keaton and WC Fields filmed beside the same apartment in Astoria Queens, but they also filmed near Buster’s studio, and the 100 year old storage building still standing at 6372 Santa Monica Blvd. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/00.jpg https://silentlocations.files.wordpres...

#CharlieChaplin in POLICE #BusterKeaton in NEIGHBORS #JackieCoogan in MY BOY – each filmed on Sanchez, revealed during a brief glimpse from THE KID https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/000-trio.jpg Read more at https://silentlocations.com/2023/10/14/chaplin-keaton-and-coogan-on-sanche...

This short video reveals several new visual discoveries from The General - watch on YouTube for full screen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOy5NUcjonY https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/general-still-standing.jpg https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/general-history.jpg

A new post about the Wonderful Wanda Wiley, a sadly forgotten silent film comedienne, and the lost apartment at 327 Beaudry that once played her home in A Thrilling Romance (1926). https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/wanda-at-beaudry.jpg Read more here - https://wp.me/p11nfB-5vE - th...

Mabel Normand – “one of the gamest girls in pictures” – tied to RR tracks, climbing roofs, confronting lions.



Read about Mabel’s trio of triumphs here

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Nice piece, John. There sure were a lot of hair-raising stunts back then. But don't forget the studios wouldn't intentionally risk life or limb for art's sake. Many stuntmen were involved and a lot of clever double-exposures & precise editing too. - SteveR I appreciate your thoughts, but these ...

Santa Monica’s Slapstick Comedy Cliffs – crazy, far more dangerous than hanging from a clock downtown. How did they do it? https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/unnamed-file.jpg Let us know if you can solve the mystery! Read more https://silentlocations.com/2023/01/28/santa-monicas-sla...