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Keaton filmed two Educational shorts in 1936 at the former Paramount studio located at 35th Ave. and 35th St. This overview shows several shots, still with confirming buildings, filmed along 34th Ave. just north of the studio. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/00-07-blue-blazes-34t...

The full aerial photos, and Sanborn maps, show that Grant Ave. ran ~ east west, for a short block terminating at Madison to the east, which ran ~ north south. Madison had a funeral home on the SW corner of Grant, and a gas station, but no homes. I can't account for Harold's recollection, but as I me...

Buster Keaton's Kennel on the MGM lot was likely built in late 1930. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/p1-1-018-kennel-box.jpg This photo shows the back of the Kennel, and part of the New York set where he filmed The Cameraman (1928). You can read all about the Kennel below https:/...

I've really enjoyed the new Blu-ray release of W. C. Fields and Louise Brooks in It's The Old Army Game (1926). There were so many details and locations that I ended up doing six posts about it. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/old-army-game-55.jpg The latest post covers Fields fi...

Here's a fun film from Eye Film Institute - "No Parking" Director: Scott Sidney | Production Country: United States | Year: 1921 | Production Company: Christie Film | Film from the collection of EYE (Amsterdam) - http://www.eyefilm.nl https://youtu.be/heiiLRCdnp8 I know nothing about the m...

For what it's worth, the Keaton Studio demolition permit (historic LA building permits are searchable online) was pulled on May 27, 1931. The person listed as owner was J.F. Germain, address 6139 Fountain Ave. I read somewhere, that makes sense, that the studio was too small, out of date, to make it...

Here's an illustrated 20-page PDF walking tour of the former Keaton Studio site at Lillian Way and Eleanor in Hollywood, prepared in honor of the new studio plaque that was dedicated last month. https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2018/06/26/new-buster-keaton-self-guided-tours/ You can download an...

Late for his wedding in Seven Chances (1925), Buster Keaton must marry by 7:00 p.m. in order to inherit a fortune. But what time is it? A woozy drunkard tosses his alarm clock out the window, konking Buster on the head, beside the Cheremoya Apartments, completed in 1924 at 5987 Franklin Ave. https:/...

A bungalow that appears in Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. (1924), and in his early short film Convict 13 (1920), is still standing today at 4908 McKinley Avenue, when it was moved 11 miles away from Buster’s studio in 1926, the third time the modest home had been moved in less than six years. https://...

What a time machine. I've written over a dozen posts and tours explaining how more silent films were shot on Cahuenga south of Hollywood Blvd. than at any other spot in town. This early 1920 film has many, many scenes filmed on Cahuenga, including a full panoramic shot on Cahuenga between Selma and ...