This was several years ago, but I can remember the pass where the scene happened; at least I think it was the pass. When I went to Truckey there were of course no signs saying this is where Charlie Ch...
... when I first saw City Lights, I've cried at every subsequent viewing! I tend to cry earlier in the scene than most. It's the moment Charlie looks up in the window and sees the flower girl t...
.... 'Chaplin: His Life & Art', quoting:
'Michael Chaplin recalled a charming comedy scene from the trip:
When you're seventy-two and you believe that you've had all ...
I just uploaded the little adventure I had locating the present film location of the opening scene of Charlie's The Pilgrim. You can find it on the front page of THEN & NOW at http://members...
Here's another scene that lost it's humor without sound...
In _The Masquerader_, Charlie is disguised as The Senorita - but when the manager has him alone, his flirting goes a bit too fa...
I noticed tonight while watching SHOULDER ARMS that in the scene where Henry Bergman (as fat German soldier) runs into the woods after Charlie (while CC is in the tree costume), after CC, perched on a...
I don't think he doesn't notice it. First of all, he included the decorated tree in the scene - there was no tree when Hank left or when he invited the girls to dinner. Therefor, I would ass...
...lie & Buster creating their hysterical routine. Apparently, quite a lot of footage was shot for this scene! A documentary like that would be fantastic. But, alas, I doubt the footage survives...(o...
...he music four times, this last time with a sixty-piece orchestra. As the music played, he acted out each scene as he proposed to do it when he shot the film. It was a wonderful performance, well over ...
... restored Kino Video version... the Kino version is missing a trick shot Keaton performs in a pool table scene, which is in the 16mm version... I wonder if, perhaps, video companies sometimes do a lit...
...ue print, retaining CC's score, eliminating the narration, and reinstating the titles and the final scene. Is this what has happened, and if so, is it available?
It was a bit more involved an...
...t were used for the versions of both films on the Reel Classic DVD. In "Pay Day", the opening scenes at the worksite are from totally different takes, the scenes with Charlies digging are o...
...g. Cross-cuts were a new, sophisticated editing technique. Some prints were also hand colored in certain scenes. None of the techniques were original to The Great Train Robbery, and it is now consider...
...was 'The Cook.' Only recently has the mistake been corrected.
There's a still of this scene on 'Arbucklemania' at http://www.uno .edu/~drif/arbuckle/Com1917.htm.
It i...
...ie Monsour where even though he counts the money several times in the movie with his left hand, theres a scene after he has killed a wife and just before he shows her house for sale, that he signs fo...
Billy West did pretty well for himself as a Chaplin imitator in the 1917-1920 years. He appropriated more than Chaplin's makeup and costume. He did the funny walk and cane tricks, too. He even sl...
...e prime-quality footage coming from that edition. The 60% that is highest quality include all of the key scenes. It is obvious that great care was taken to restore the film to the length it is on disc...
Chaplin Fantasies
by:Je'Tamme Derouet
Of the eleven children by Charlie Chaplin, ten survived. Most went on to do some pretty fascinating ...
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