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- Fri Nov 11, 2022 12:39 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: How Chaplin found the baby who became The Kid
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How Chaplin found the baby who became The Kid
Step by step, views of early Hollywood and the Plaza de Los Angeles downtown reveal where Edna Purviance lost and #CharlieChaplin found the baby who became The Kid. Charlie’s beautiful scores for The Kid accompany this detailed study of the movie’s opening scenes. YouTube link below https://silentlo...
- Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:53 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Harold Lloyd’s “Hot Water” Sherlock turkey troubles
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Harold Lloyd’s “Hot Water” Sherlock turkey troubles
Wrangling a live turkey on a trolley, forced to walk it home, overlapping Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. , even more visual history is now revealed from Harold Lloyd’s Hot Water (1924). https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2022/09/0-hot-water_sherlock-162-lucerne-tn.jpg https://silentlocations....
- Fri Sep 30, 2022 6:01 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Chaplin’s “Modern Times” Sanitarium Solved
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Chaplin’s “Modern Times” Sanitarium Solved
Where does Charlie Chaplin recover from his Modern Times breakdown? The last remaining location has now been solved https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/0-modern-times-occidental-then-and-then.jpg Read all about where and how here https://silentlocations.com/2022/08/21/charlie-chaplin...
- Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:25 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Keaton’s Studio appears during Seven Chances - new post and video
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Keaton’s Studio appears during Seven Chances - new post and video
As angry brides chase Buster up what turns out to be Vine Street during Seven Chances , you can see the corner of his Keaton Studio down the street as they run across Eleanor Ave. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2022/09/00-keaton-studio-1920-16-x-9-2.jpg Read all about them running up Vi...
- Wed Sep 28, 2022 6:09 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: HER FRIEND THE BANDIT - NOT!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2868
Re: HER FRIEND THE BANDIT - NOT!
My post about His Day Out shows Oliver Hardy filmed across the street from the Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley in Hollywood, and Billy appears at Evans Photo Studio where Lloyd filmed Look Pleasant Please , below, and at the Bergstrom mansion appearing in Keaton's Cops , Houdini's The Grim Game , and Web...
- Wed Sep 28, 2022 6:00 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: HER FRIEND THE BANDIT - NOT!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2868
Re: HER FRIEND THE BANDIT - NOT!
Here's a high def copy of His Day Out hosted by Eye Filmmuseum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARyEqsDYVs0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARyEqsDYVs0
- Wed Sep 28, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Lizzies of the Field near but before The Griffith Park Observatory
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Lizzies of the Field near but before The Griffith Park Observatory
We applaud Dave Glass and Dave Wyatt who join the growing ranks of silent film superheroes preserving and restoring classic films, and making them available on home video to grateful fans. Their latest two-disc Blu-ray release contains over 5 hours of Billy Bevan comedies. Lizzies of the Field (1924...
- Sun Apr 03, 2022 11:16 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Buster Keaton's riverbank footsteps - Steamboat Bill, Jr.
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- Views: 1915
Buster Keaton's riverbank footsteps - Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Buster Keaton filmed Steamboat Bill, Jr. in Sacramento, along the west bank of the Sacramento River, across from what is now Discovery Park, barely a mile from the State Capitol Building. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/steamboat-pan-04-side-by-side.jpg This post shows exactly wh...
- Sun Feb 06, 2022 1:49 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Take the Tour - the Buster Keaton Studio
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Take the Tour - the Buster Keaton Studio
Buster filmed dozens of scenes beside his studio, where Chaplin filmed his Mutual comedies. Look for the surprise at the end. Score by classical-ragtime-jazz pianist, silent film accompanist Frederick Hodges http://www.frederickhodges.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jQODvj4CbE [youtube]https:/...
- Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:35 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: 1914 Lady Cops Reveal Lost LA Treasures
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1914 Lady Cops Reveal Lost LA Treasures
Lady cops in the 1914 comedy Forcing the Force provide priceless views of a lost world, LA landmarks that no longer exist, including views from the Bradbury Mansion ( where Harold Lloyd and Hal Roach began their careers ) to the LA Times clock tower – so much more to see https://silentlocations.file...