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Post by Brian on May 6, 2021 23:00:28 GMT -8
I'm fascinated with that video for two reasons: I love Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, and I used to frequent the World Book and News on Cahuenga just south of Hollywood Boulevard. Thanks to a column in Saturday's Los Angeles Times, I learned that three of my favorite films used the alley next to the newsstand as a location an entire century ago. There's a lot more on this webpage put together by film historian and detective John Bengtson: silentlocations.com/chaplin-keaton-lloyd-alley/
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Post by silent movies on May 8, 2021 0:29:45 GMT -8
silent movies should be accompanied by an organist:
Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society octos.org Orange County Theatre Organ Society sbtos.org Santa Barbara Theatre Organ Society
American Theatre Organ Society
The Rialto Revealed: A Landmark Restoration Event Recording (March 2021) friendsoftherialto.org/Friends of the Rialto (south Pasadena) The Forgotten Organ at South Pasadena High School Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale Ed Torres at Paramount Iceland paramounticeland.com
Terrific Tunes at Old Town Music Hall | Bob Baker Day 2021
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Post by Oss Rae on May 10, 2021 9:19:32 GMT -8
My grandmother remembered watching an organist play while watching a Charlie Chaplin movie at Pasadena's Egyptian theater (later renamed The Uptown) on East Colorado. I've seen live organists during showings (reissues of course) at the Nuart in Santa Monica and the Silent Movie house that was in Fairfax. I also used to see silent movies at the Vagabond, which was near Westlake/MacArthur Park and Otis Parson's, but I can't remember if there was an organist or if recorded music was played.
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Post by Oss Rae on May 10, 2021 19:39:08 GMT -8
I was in Hollywood today, so I stopped by that alley. Unfortunately there were some people who looked like they could've been druggies sitting on the ground there, and I didn't feel like being in such a confined space with them. It was neat seeing it, though, and I'll have to go back and visit it longer.
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Post by Oss Rae on May 11, 2021 22:35:17 GMT -8
Looks like this just showed on cable. I hope it runs again.
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Buster Keaton plaque
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Post by Buster Keaton plaque on May 11, 2021 23:41:20 GMT -8
I was in Hollywood today, so I stopped by that alley. Unfortunately there were some people who looked like they could've been druggies sitting on the ground there, and I didn't feel like being in such a confined space with them. It was neat seeing it, though, and I'll have to go back and visit it longer.
Buster Keaton had a studio in LA
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Post by Brian on May 12, 2021 23:00:27 GMT -8
I almost didn't start this thread because I thought no one besides Anni and me would be interested. We love all of these posts! Then I looked back at the three previous threads about silent movies -- they've accumulated more than 2,500 views to date, a high number for the Montrose Peace Vigil message board. This two page thread reviews the annual silent film gala in Royce Hall at UCLA with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra starting in 2007: montrosepeacevigil.proboards.com/thread/77/silent-movies-ucla?page=1Unfortunately, 2014 turned out to be the last silent film gala at UCLA. This thread includes two wonderful Charlie Chaplin clips: montrosepeacevigil.proboards.com/thread/364/silent-movies-ucla-page-3The Valley Performing Arts Center at Cal State Northridge, now called the Soraya, took up the baton in 2017 with the New West Orchestra and organist Dennis James: montrosepeacevigil.proboards.com/thread/575/silent-movies-orchestra-northridgeFinally, I want to give a shout out to the last video in the stack posted above by Guest silent movies. Edward Torres demonstrates the Wurlitzer beautifully.
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Post by Oss Rae on May 15, 2021 20:12:04 GMT -8
I came across some interesting bios about Harold Lloyd. They compliment each other fairly well, I think.
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Post by Oss Rae on May 17, 2021 17:14:57 GMT -8
I live close to where the first Mack Sennett studios was built. When I was growing up I got off the school bus there. In the early '80s my parents were involved with trying to save the remaining buildings, but a city council man, who they helped get in, betrayed his supporters and promptly facilitated U-Haul coming in and demolishing one of the two remaining buildings (that was Mike Woo. There was a big effort against him because of that and his over development in Hollywood. I still have an old flyer, for the "Anyone But Woo" campaign. It's pictured in this old story of mine at the bottom of the page: la.indymedia.org/news/2012/08/255155.php.
Here's some old footage of the studio in its heyday.
There was a second Mack Sennett Studio in nearby Silver Lake--and it's still functioning as a studio!
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Post by silent movies on May 17, 2021 23:23:05 GMT -8
My grandmother remembered watching an organist play while watching a Charlie Chaplin movie at Pasadena's Egyptian theater (later renamed The Uptown) on East Colorado. I've seen live organists during showings (reissues of course) at the Nuart in Santa Monica and the Silent Movie house that was in Fairfax. I also used to see silent movies at the Vagabond, which was near Westlake/MacArthur Park and Otis Parson's, but I can't remember if there was an organist or if recorded music was played. Cinema Treasures lists lots of theatres.
the LA Orpheum is the only Downtown LA theatre that still has its original Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ
Now demolished, but its Wurlitzer was saved, the Wurlitzer is now at the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Blvd
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