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- Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:36 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Santa Monica’s Slapstick Comedy Cliffs
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Re: Santa Monica’s Slapstick Comedy Cliffs
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 ...
- Sun Feb 05, 2023 11:19 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Santa Monica’s Slapstick Comedy Cliffs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2041
Santa Monica’s Slapstick Comedy Cliffs
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...
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:55 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: JANE'S TROUBLES (1926) Wanda Wiley
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2017
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:54 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: How Chaplin found the baby who became The Kid
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1988
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:52 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: POLISHING UP (1914) John Bunny, Flora finch
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1572
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: A TOUGH WINTER (1923) - Snub Pollard
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2180
Re: A TOUGH WINTER (1923) - Snub Pollard
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...
- Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:14 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Do you see this VFX from Keaton’s Go West – hiding in plain sight
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Do you see this VFX from Keaton’s Go West – hiding in plain sight
Do you see it? Hiding in plain sight – when Buster Keaton first meets Brown Eyes the cow during Go West , a touching scene, he boldly employs some cinematic magic. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/25-go-west-shes-my-friend.png Buster uses this trick several times during the film -...
- Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:05 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Hang on - new Safety Last! views
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- Views: 1468
Hang on - new Safety Last! views
Step by step, see how Harold Lloyd filmed Safety Last! atop increasingly taller buildings, a single scene filmed atop three different buildings, also filming near USC, MacArthur Park, and at the Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley in Hollywood. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/safety-last-...
- Fri Nov 11, 2022 12:39 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: How Chaplin found the baby who became The Kid
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1988
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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- Views: 1586
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....