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by John Bengtson
Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Chaplin In The Eye of the Beholder
Replies: 7
Views: 408

Chaplin In The Eye of the Beholder

Is it me, or do these three new books about Charlie Chaplin listed on Amazon seem to have something in common?

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by John Bengtson
Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:26 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Snub Pollard A Drug Addict?!
Replies: 4
Views: 605

Re: Snub Pollard A Drug Addict?!

I know nothing about AI, but the Snub video was likely created and posted with one push of a button. When the LA Times ran a story in 2021 about efforts to recognize the Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd alley, an unintentionally hilarious AI-generated video popped up, narrating the article text matched with inc...
by John Bengtson
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Snub Pollard A Drug Addict?!
Replies: 4
Views: 605

Re: Snub Pollard A Drug Addict?!

The "narrator" blathered non-stop in generic platitudes without actually saying anything. He pronounced "show biz" as "show BEES." The closing line "Snub's work lives [rhymes with hives] on" suggests they need to upgrade their AI.
by John Bengtson
Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Historic Hollywood Found In "Lost" Films
Replies: 0
Views: 409

Historic Hollywood Found In "Lost" Films

Bits and pieces of Hollywood history appear in little-known comedies and promotional films – studio entrances, Sessue Hayakawa’s home and pet dog house!

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– read more https://wp.me/p11nfB-5Nc
by John Bengtson
Sat Jan 27, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Solved! – Buster Keaton’s 100 Year Old Three Ages Bungalow
Replies: 0
Views: 977

Solved! – Buster Keaton’s 100 Year Old Three Ages Bungalow

100 years later, ripples in time from a “lost” film reveal the Buster Keaton bungalow from Three Ages , still standing at El Centro and Leland - read more https://wp.me/p11nfB-5Ld https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/00-3-ages-pan-11-extra-16-9.jpg Buster’s Roman Age family home was a...
by John Bengtson
Mon Jan 01, 2024 7:04 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Buster Keaton's San Francisco footsteps
Replies: 3
Views: 2228

Re: Buster Keaton's San Francisco footsteps

I have to wonder what they were thinking with the Lombard layout. That just seems like a recipe for MORE accidents. It was a steep, brick street, so the hairpin turns lessened the slope and slowed down traffic. Remarkably it was a TWO-WAY street for about 15 years! But back then no one knew about i...
by John Bengtson
Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Buster Keaton's San Francisco footsteps
Replies: 3
Views: 2228

Buster Keaton's San Francisco footsteps

Buster filmed scenes from Day Dreams (1922) and The Navigator (1924) across San Francisco. Most locations look remarkably unchanged a century later. My latest YouTube video reveals every SF locale, intercut with scenes where Buster “cheated” by also filming in Hollywood and Oakland instead. http://w...
by John Bengtson
Sat Dec 02, 2023 12:38 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Buster Keaton and WC Fields Cross Paths - Again
Replies: 0
Views: 9723

Buster Keaton and WC Fields Cross Paths - Again

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...
by John Bengtson
Sun Oct 22, 2023 12:45 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Chaplin Keaton Coogan filming on Sanchez revealed during THE KID
Replies: 0
Views: 11970

Chaplin Keaton Coogan filming on Sanchez revealed during THE KID

#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...
by John Bengtson
Thu Jun 08, 2023 6:31 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: The General – new visual discoveries
Replies: 0
Views: 2688

The General – new visual discoveries

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