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- Wed Nov 29, 2017 12:12 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Pioneer Lois Weber used locations before Chaplin and Keaton
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Pioneer Lois Weber used locations before Chaplin and Keaton
Years before Chaplin, Keaton, and other men would film at classic Hollywood locations, Lois Weber filmed there first! https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2017/10/29/another-lois-weber-first-using-locations/ https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/where-are-my-children_page_2.jpg https:...
- Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:56 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Keaton's "What No Beer?" Barrel Avalanche
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Keaton's "What No Beer?" Barrel Avalanche
While much has been written about Keaton’s loss of control working for MGM, What No Beer? (1932), Buster's final MGM picture, contains a pure, elaborately staged “Keatonesque” moment, when Buster struggles with a truck load of beer barrels on a steep hill, recalling the avalanche scenes from his sil...
- Fri Sep 15, 2017 1:07 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Arbuckle and Keaton at the Biograph Studios
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Arbuckle and Keaton at the Biograph Studios
Arbuckle and Keaton filmed Oh Doctor! (1917) at the Biograph Studios 100 years ago in the Bronx, near Crotona Park. Many settings from the film are still recognizable, and even appear in the early 60s sitcom Car 54 Where Are You? https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/oh-doctor-1979-mar...
- Sun Aug 27, 2017 5:25 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Arbuckle and Keaton at the Arrowhead Hot Springs
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Arbuckle and Keaton at the Arrowhead Hot Springs
Roscoe Arbuckle, Al St. John, and Buster Keaton must have had special fun making their Comique film Good Night Nurse (1918), leaving their Long Beach studio behind to film certain scenes at the Arrowhead Hot Springs resort 75 miles to the east. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/pan...
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:47 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Chaplin filmed in San Jose - now a high tech company
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Chaplin filmed in San Jose - now a high tech company
One of Chaplin's first scenes upon returning to California from Chicago in January 1915 was filming A Night Out beside Chick Leddy's saloon in San Jose, still standing, and now home to a high tech company. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/a-night-out-pan-chicks.jpg Read more here ...
- Tue Jul 11, 2017 6:37 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Buster Keaton's real Haunted House
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Buster Keaton's real Haunted House
Buster filmed The Haunted House at the Bonebrake Mansion shortly before it was demolished to make way for the Auto Club headquarters. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/haunted-house-02.jpg Read more here https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2017/06/19/buster-keatons-haunted-house/...
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:00 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Hallroom Boys 3 DVD set - 14 titles
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Hallroom Boys 3 DVD set - 14 titles
You can purchase a 3 DVD set of 14 Hallroom Boys shorts at this eBay link. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hallroom-Boys-Silent-Comedies-Sid-Smith-Edward-Flanagan-Neely-Edwards-DVD-/261419859403?epid=1625035432&hash=item3cddd67dcb:g:ipMAAOxyoVZTHS-~ The image quality of these 9.5mm films is quite good c...
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:25 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: HIGH FLYERS (1922) Sid Smith, Zip Monberg
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Re: HIGH FLYERS (1922) Sid Smith, Zip Monberg
Safety Last! and High Flyers - side by side
https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/solved-at-last-the-safety-last-mystery-building/
https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/solved-at-last-the-safety-last-mystery-building/
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:46 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Chaplin - Pavlova - Lois Weber - a lost Hollywood castle
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Chaplin - Pavlova - Lois Weber - a lost Hollywood castle
Chaplin's Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) and the Lois Weber historical epic The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916), starring Anna Pavlova in her only film role, both share scenes filmed at an early Hollywood landmark - the Castle Sans Souci mansion. The owner's prior castle mansion was later purchased b...
- Thu Jun 15, 2017 6:14 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: HIGH FLYERS (1922) Sid Smith, Zip Monberg
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Re: HIGH FLYERS (1922) Sid Smith, Zip Monberg
My sense is Lloyd used the setting first, as Strother climbed the 12-story International Bank Building for Safety Last! on September 17, 1922, and thus likely climbed the Dresden much earlier that summer. The Hall Room Boys released 16 shorts in 1922, every 3-4 weeks, with High Flyers debuting on De...