Who will continue????

Just getting melancholy and wondering aloud if there will be enough people around in 20-30 years to continue the preservation of CC's work, or if it will fall by the wayside as goofy primitive art/film.

×××××××××××××××××××××××××××à —×× ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' WE MUST BE WILLING TO LET GO OF THE LIFE WE HAVE PLANNED,SO AS TO HAVE THE LIFE THAT IS WAITING FOR US.

I think there are sufficient number of Chaplin children and grandchildren around to preserve the family legacy going forward.

I agree with George. Chaplin is one of the few whose films will forever be available. Hopefully there will always be a Kino, Milestone and others who will see to the preservation of the work of other artists as well.

There is an interesting thread on alt.movies.silent regarding the fact that AMC rarely shows films of the early 20th century and has concentrated more on 'newer' films ('50s, '60s and even '70s, most in color). Many blame this on Turner due to their ownership of MGM, Warner and RKO films, but I remember AMC showing Paramounts *and* Chaplin films as well. I saw my first Chaplin film on AMC. It was a Sunday afternoon in 1994 I believe. Now it seems that silents are relegated to the early morning hours, if shown at all on that network. *sigh*

I think in the last two decades Chaplin's films have claimed their rightful place as film masterpieces. They will be preserved as long as film is preserved.

I believe I read somewhere that the Chaplin family has turned the care and prervation of Chaplin's films over to an Italian archive, which is also restoring a number of them. I assume this is a necessary step, since when the copyright expires on the remaining films they will no longer generate enough revenue to pay for their care and feeding.

Connie K.

I think Chaplin's films will have much more staying power than many of his contemporaries because of the timeless nature of his work. Only 'A King in New York' will become more and more of a historical curiosity. 'The Great Dictator' will stay relevent as long as there are despotic rulers (forever).

Rob Farr

I think the only gag that Chaplin did that will have to be explained in years to come is in 'Modern Times' where his waving a dark gray flag causes a crowd to run after him. That reference is already dated, and in a few years, may be as much an oddity as 'Goat Glands' in Keaton's 'Cops.'

That has to be explained already. Believe me.

There are others, like the 'three on a match' gag in _Shoulder Arms_, which Chaplin cut for the reissue in _Chaplin Revue_, since by that time it was already obsolete. And I wonder how many of the references in that film young people who know nothing about trench warfare would catch

Yes. The block of ice seems to be in the top. I wonder how well that worked.

You're the eagle-eyed Chaplinophile of the week. I never noticed that

Doug,

I recently saw the version with the Alpine gear at a UK Chaplin Society thing and I think they're showing it again this November (of course, that's over in London). However, I'm pretty sure Hooman Mehran may have a copy. He always seems to be in charge of such things. Maybe he could get you in contact with a copy.

Besides the alpine bit, there were some extended scenes with Charlie very expertly spinning around the table while standing on it

The longer version of ONE A.M. that is around apparently originates with a TV series of Chaplin shorts prepared by Mo Rothman in 1972 and scored with a jazz band from the Netherlands. All the films in this series are kinescopes, slowed down (to irregular degrees from one film to another, so that each episode comes out to a standard length). The source print of ONE A.M. came from the National Film Archive, London, and since the unfamiliar scenes are spliced into it from material of other origin and of worse quality than the rest, one could think that indeed someone may have cut in out-takes.

However, I recently obtained a 35mm print with English titles from about 1919 which is absolutely integral and intact and does include all this extra material. It is still two reels

Thanks, David

I hope this gets you thinking about upgrading the Mutual DVDs (and don't forget you already have the original 'One A.M.' intertitles on the 'old' Blackhawk edition)...

I have a 1925 kinescope of 'Easy Street', and there are some shots missing from there as well that are described in the copyright material, so I think even at that point the films were beginning to lose footage - not surprisingly, it seems, from the beginnings or ends of reels.

Anyway, thanks for solving this mystery - I hope we all get to see the complete 'One A.M.' someday. It's my favorite Mutual, and the Mutuals are my favorite Chaplin films .