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...king on news reels and and his career in film began in 1935 with "Escape Me Never"
He edited countless films since then among others Pygmalian (Bernard Shaw play) in 1938 and "A Passage to India" (1...
...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 Times,' by David Denby.
2) ...
...? 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 r...
Woiuld someone be kind enough to repost the list that David Shepard supplied of the films that will be withdrawn?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
...mself 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...
...nce 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....
...horts 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....
...s 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...
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
... 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 ...
...is includes 'The Tramp And the Dictator' documentary (55 min.), plus 25 minutes of Sydney's color silent films shot on the set (bravo!). The 'Sunnyside' outtake is also included here. This was on the ...
...t difficult to believe the Chaplin estate has suddenly found the original versions of the First National films.
Derek Gee...
...lm 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 deleted practically...
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
...gain. 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 gue...
... 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 ...
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
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...)
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
...d 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 co...
...horts and other mostly inferior shorts featuring Chaplin imitators. At any rate, they were showing these films as a part of their Great American Comedy film festival. The guy who put the festival toge...
...ve 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 defens...
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
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.
...hidden for 60 years is amazing,' he said. 'It provides a unique insight into one of the world's greatest films and the man who made it'.
The Great Dictator is regarded as Chaplin's finest achievemen...
Re-posted from alt.movies.silent
Group: alt.movies.silent Date: Sun, Jun 13, 1999, 7:23pm
& music (was Re: The Unknown last ni...
What was CC's 'original intent?' Chaplin would have released it
...at 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 ha...
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
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
... distraction from the sufferings of their day-to-day lives. As the film critic Roger Ebert said, 'Silent films stay with you. They are not just a work, but a place,' and a place of laughter and imagin...
Does anyone know where someone could download all the charlie chaplin films ever made? ok, if not all, at least some. Also interested in Buseter Keaton and the Marx Brothers.
...916 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper (2 copies)
Let's see... 'Caught In The Rain' was issued by Official Films as 'In The Park,' so perhaps somehow the titles got combined into 'Caught In a Park.' Thi...
...ith an 8.9, followed by 'The Circus' with an 8.7.
But the surprising thing is how many people give the films a ONE rating. Out of 1397 voters, 61 people gave 'Modern Times' a one rating. Out of 893 ...
...Chaplin's movies on VHS. I was in a couple of the well-known chains, but they don't seem to carry silent films. Anyone have any suggestions? I live in the NYC area. I'd rather not do it via the Web, s...
...said of Ophuls 'His reputation as one of the great directors of cinema stems not from the content of his films, which was often rather flimsy, but from their form. Ophuls was a virtuoso of the directi...
... to the extent of 'Shoulder Arms.'
And I'll say again, it's an aesthetic CRIME to do this to Charlie's films, and even worse to pass this off as the real film. What's on the DVD is NOT 'Shoulder Arm...
...s of a Chaplin Mutoscope which - if I remember right - was a unique scene also not from any of the known films... anyone seen that and, if so, any relation to this thing?...
... I've been going over the new Essanays. Here are my preliminary reactions. Of course, the quality of the films are superb and the music is essential appropriate.
As for sound effects, I think that t...
A few years ago I picked up a video called The Origional Keystone Comedies Volume Eight. It has 4 short films that Sydney made for Keystone in 1914 and 1915. It was released by by a company called Bar
...ive me an insight into a part of Chaplin's life and background which isn't all that evident in his other films, except, to some degree, _A Night in the Show_, and that's mostly from a spectator's poin...
...erences between the Madacy and Image titles, I wonder if the original Essanay title cards on the earlier films were slightly different than the later ones (i.e., lacking the 'Chaplin brand' designatio...
..., isolated from others by his overwhelming success and his innate shyness.
Clips from his more than 80 films are shown. Those films include The Gold Rush, A Woman of Paris, The Circus, City Lights, ...
I've gotten so spoiled lately, that I never watch Chaplin films on TV
... the story is timeless.
Charlie Chaplin made his greatest film when he set out to make one of the last films that would be silent.
Mr. Chaplin very well could have used dialogue in this movie when...
Beyond the question of the subject line, I've often wondered how ANY Chaplin films, particualrly the Keystones, could have gone missing in the first place. It seems that they were in constant reissue
...s Ago (1962, 32 min.) (presented in anamorphic widescreen) * The Awakening (1954, 26 min.)
Educational Films:
* Allez-Oop! (1934, 19 min.) * Jail Bait (1937,19 min.)
Other Shorts:
* Hard Luck ...
...'m obsessed with the tiny little things in Chaplin's movies that I have picked up after viewing the same films over and over. Was wondering if you all had any answers for these nagging questions.
1)...
... picture - you get the idea), but if you're looking for a very cheap way to add some of the more obscure films to your collection, these will do quite nicely.
The place I got them from is tempocity....
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