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#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...

Whoopeee! Some good news for Snub fans to cheer up this gloomy January. The wonderful Tamara at Gosfilmofond has unearthed the first reel of Snub's A TOUGH WINTER (1923)... and it's GREAT! PLUS it's shared on-line (http s ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhyTRm40APg) too, for all of us Snub and Roach fan...