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- Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: A TOUGH WINTER (1923) - Snub Pollard
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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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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
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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
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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: 3390
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...