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If David Lean was alive today he would be celebrating 100!
He started his film career from the bottom as a clap board assistant, and work his way up. in the 1930 he was working on ne
...few recent books that have Chaplin-related materials in them:
1) 'The A List: The National Society of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films.' Edited by Jay Carr.
Has an interesting essay on 'Modern Ti...
... The running time would be in line with David Shepard's groundbreaking restorations, but it appears the films are on two double discs. In contrast, the previous European versions of David's Essanay re...
how much would an original film of chaplins go for cause I own one of his that my familly has had since it came out. Somewhere in my family someone bought it for 99 cents years and years ago COOL HUH.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zteKrQnhYSc
Look at this film it could have been filmed on the set of the Gold Rush. It's from 1924 Yukon Jake.
Who knows where to get DVD's from this fantastic guy
Woiuld someone be kind enough to repost the list that David Shepard supplied of the films that will be withdrawn?
Thank you.
Sounds like most are.
In anyone's estimation, 1. how many short films did Chaplin make and 2. how many of those were butchered for rerelease and original versions are now lost or unavailable to the
One of world largest film collector's the Dutchman Fenno Werkman owns the only copy in the world lasting 120 minutes. During the easterweekend I spoke him, no it's not because of the wrong speed in th
...ce identified him as Leo Kouper. Any information about this artist and the posters he did for Chaplin's films, particularly the time frame, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Nancy K....
...self Chaplinesque curls!
But the charade really went a good deal farther than that. The titles of his films sometimes harkened back to those of Chaplin's, like 'His Day Out,' 'The Hobo,' etc. There ...
...orts from print to print, from different eras and from different companys.
I am kind of familiar with films made for toy projectors. I have a few myself in both 16 and 35mm format. But no Chaplins. ...
Has anyone heard anything about improving on the film quality of Chaplin movies ?. If they can improve on the old faded Star War movies then they should be able to improve on the Chaplin movies. Has a
Due to the large amount of people interested, I've put up the Little Rascals print on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1566366159
thanks to everyone who responded for all y
So, I thought that, with the help of knowledgeable Chaplin film print collectors such as Mr. Doug Sulpy, we could perhaps hammer out a master list of shots and intertitles missing from the Image Mutua
Hello,
On IMb search I looked at some Chaplin films to the length of the films:
A Woman Of Paris: 84 min | USA:93 min (original version)
The Gold Rush: 1925 version 96 min | USA:72 min (1942
... now but there is a topic I wanted to get some input on. Recently, I was able to see all of the feature films of Harold Lloyd, restored and uncut. I have already seen all the feature films of Chaplin ...
...but I'll try again. Where, besides the Madacy tapes/dvds, can I get good copies of the Chaplin Keystone films? I have the Madacy vhs box sets, as well as a couple other tapes, and the Tillie dvd. Is t...
Chaplin Silent Film to Close Cannes
A newly restored version of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times
Hello, I am trying to remember which Charlie Chaplin film features Charlie chasing his hat for many minutes - each time he reaches it, he somehow kicks or drops it and it slips away. I thought it was
...don't buy this because you won't be able to play it!).
All in all, it's a very appealing package. The film itself looks great. There seems to be far more detail than the previous DVD and, while ther...
... difficult to believe the Chaplin estate has suddenly found the original versions of the First National films.
Derek Gee...
...he following post from 2000:
I've been trying for a long time to copy this print from the National Film...
...on July 1st: The Gold Rush, The Great Dictator, Limelight and Modern Times (SRP $29.95 each). Four more films in the series will follow in the fall (titles TBA). Details on these first titles are as f...
I'm not sure whether this has been shared here yet, but the BFI are to release some essanay and mutual films this year in the UK.
Heres a link to volume 1 of the essanay set:
http://www.play.com/p
...stions I have too.
MAKING A LIVING This begins with a 30-second prologue about the history behind the film. I don't know if Grapevine added this or not. The print quality is all right, but all of th...
... out and buying these things? I've
I've bought the first set. For about $67 shipped (about 17 bucks a film) it's hard to resist. Plus, I'm looking forward to those sleek new transfers, documentaries...
Found this on alt.movies.silent:
Yah! Who wants ta watch all dose stinkin' silent moovies? All dat readin' hurts ma eyezzzz....
Leslie (who can't help but think that Leonard Maltin was right...)
...ps the buyer would be equally uninformed and also believe that it is Chaplin. It is hard to imagine any film collector not knowing Chaplin from Billy West, but I suppose screwier things have happened....
I recently have become more interested in silent films and I'm obsessing over finding a particular film.
When I was a child my father had an excerpt of a Chaplin film on 16mm, and I remember laughin
... to poor and all of them seem to have the same early 20's jazz soundtrack. Also on some of the Keystone films the dates say 1920 insted of 1914. Some of these films were probably reissued by other com...
What would you recommend as best Chaplin film?
I just bought a film print of 'The Face on the Barroom Floor' from ebay. Unfortunately, it turns out to be an old Official Films copy, and while the picture quality is OK, the good folks at Official d
I have aquired 'The GOld Rush' on 4 reels - and 'The Pawnshop' on one reel.
They are in perfect cond. I just don't know anything about them. Anyone know anything?
David Please respond in E-Mail if
...een re-edited, because there's one shot of two cars coming down the road towards us that repeats in the film -and I don't think an original Keystone would have had a repeating shot of ANYTHING (didn't...
Updated schedule...
http://nilesfilmmuseum.org click on EVENTS.
...ain. A couple of the firms that are still in the business of making new 16mm prints list some of the FN films, including 'A Dog's Life,' Shoulder Arms,' and 'The Kid.' Does anyone know (or have a gues...
...ng new to the whole Chaplin experince though. Charlie Chaplin is one of the two reasons I'm going in to film making. So I just wanted to say hello and it's nice to be able to talk to other Chaplin kno...
...e extended.
It appears to me that WB and Doug want to promote their opinion of which version of these films is 'original' (dubiously equated to best), and profess that they are doing this in defense...
I'm really enjoying the week of Chaplin films on AMC; even though I have all of them, I love to catch them on tv...maybe it's because I know that others are enjoying them too, not just me in my little
... loading an article a week.... To view, just click on the Picture-Play icon on the main page of Chaplin Film Locations THEN & NOW at http:/jerre.com/TandN
Best regards,
Gerald...
Starts @8:00 pm runs until 6:15 am. Looks like it shows each of the four recent Warner DVD films (not sure which version of Gold Rush) preceded by a documentary of each film.
On Sunday, I was at Film Forum in NYC to watch a bunch of Chaplin shorts and other mostly inferior shorts featuring Chaplin imitators. At any rate, they were showing these films as a part of their Gre
...y Chris Hastings (Filed: 13/01/2002)
A HOME movie containing unseen colour footage of Charlie Chaplin filming his 1940 black-and-white classic The Great Dictator has been found in a suitcase at his ...
...e presentation probably approximates the grand aural presentation that Chaplin would have liked for the film. but which was no longer commercially practicable.
The idea that the Chaplin estate needs...
Just caught this film on HBO and was wondering about the friendship between Chaplin and Hearst/Davies. If there was any truth to any of this story did their friendship endure past this time period. In
...t there is a two disc special edition of Modern Times.
There is also an 8 disc set that includes four films, at two discs each, including Modern Times.
Are these the same or different?
Which has...
Are the subtitles on the DVDs of the First National films originals, or were they remade by Chaplin either during the 1940s or 70s? The reason I ask is because I read somewhere that the original First
...er one for you Edna fans, http://jerre.com/TandN/special/edna/Edna3.jpg More to come..
Gerald Chaplin Film Locations THEN & NOW...
Is there an exact date of release for the Warner Home Video releases of the Chaplin films? This may have been announced in here already, but I missed it. Also, I hear there is also plans for Warner Vi
If interested in these Blackhawk films, please email me....
A Woman Shanghaied The Vagabond The Cure The Fireman One a.m. Caught in a Cabaret The Tramp.
All are in original box and excellent condi
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