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Great view of the Educational Studios - you can see the lamp logo painted on the back wall

Guest blogger Jim Dallape, creator with Robert Winslow of the remarkable Hal Roach Studios Backlot Tour, http://www.lordheath.com/menu1_1240.html https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/6.png reports how TV’s Starsky & Hutch and Charlie’s Angles filmed in the same places as Laurel &a...

A few modest bungalows built in 1922 that once stood across the street from the Keaton Studio were relocated, and are still standing today. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/2balloona-crop-pan.jpg Read more here: https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2018/03/12/the-surviving-keaton...

A massive oak tree that witnessed, and appears in, the finale to Charlie Chaplin's The Circus (1928) still stands on Verdugo Road in Glendale. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/circus-end-large-labels-crop2.jpg https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/920-n-verdugo-road-...

Geez, Bengston posts his NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK post here, but doesn't post the one linked to the Charley Chase set? https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2018/02/07/charley-chase-fast-work-around-hollywood/ RICHARD M ROBERTS Thanks for posting this Richard - you beat me to the punch. Th...

Here's part 2 (I didn't even post part 1) of the frantic Keystone-style race to the maternity hospital concluding W.C. Fields' final starring film NGASAEB. https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/never-give_312-pan.jpg https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/never-give_313-2....

THANK YOU! What a beautiful set! Charley in top form, wonderful, crisp prints, entertaining and informative commentary by RMR. Wow, what a gift to comedy fans. Thank you SO MUCH for releasing this wonderful set. What a treat! We are all truly indebted to you for making this available. Hooray!

The Red Kimono (1925), a searing drama notably produced and written by women, captures a remarkably comprehensive visual record of early Los Angeles. From Broadway and posh gated communities to Chinatown and the amusement park piers, these settings, along with numerous stretches of still residentia...

Well actually, it didn't take me that long to find the Colorado Street Bridge being used in Keystone's LOVE, SPEED AND THRILLS (released January 18, 1915) a good year before Weber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti27vQBe6Qc look around the 12:43 mark. RICHARD M ROBERTS Thank you sir. That was/is o...

Years before Chaplin, Keaton, and other men would film at classic Hollywood locations, Lois Weber filmed there first! https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2017/10/29/another-lois-weber-first-using-locations/ https://silentlocations.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/where-are-my-children_page_2.jpg https:...