More of the San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Latest Edna Purviance Family Bio on Edna's home site
Starting today, I will be keeping a regular update on the progress of Edna Purviance's family bio on ednapurviance.org main home page. Check there under the Latest Edna News!
Friday, May 17, 2013
Part Four of the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair
Continuing with the San Francisco International Exhibition from 1915...
(Many of Edna's close family members visited this fair, as did Edna.)
(Many of Edna's close family members visited this fair, as did Edna.)
Friday, May 03, 2013
Part Two of the San Francisco 1915 World Fair
San Francisco International Exhibition 1915 (World Fair) - Part Two
Sunday, April 28, 2013
1915 San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exposition
Edna Purviance and her sister, Myrtle, were living in San Francisco, when the San Francisco World Fair opened in 1915. Originally proposal in 1904, but delayed by the 1906 earthquake, it became a major world event, as it celebrated the rebirth of San Francisco and the opening of the Panama Canal.
Many of Edna's family members attended, as did Edna's new employer, Charles Chaplin. Edna started working for Chaplin just a few weeks before the official fair opening.
The following silent films post are a peek at that fair, beginning with the opening:
Many of Edna's family members attended, as did Edna's new employer, Charles Chaplin. Edna started working for Chaplin just a few weeks before the official fair opening.
The following silent films post are a peek at that fair, beginning with the opening:
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Working on Edna Purviance's family biography
Sorry for the lack of new post, again, as I am busy in my free time working on Edna's family biography. So far, I have 145 pages written for the first draft. Also, doing new research as I go along. Takes a lot of time, but getting along with it. So, if quiet here, it's just because I like to get this book completed.
Thanks for visiting, and continue to stop by!
L. W.
Thanks for visiting, and continue to stop by!
L. W.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Happy Birthday, Charlie Chaplin!
Happy Birthday to Charlie Chaplin!
Born in London - April 16, 1889
(died, Christmas Day, 1977)
(died, Christmas Day, 1977)
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Jonathan Winters
Remembering the great Jonathan Winters... One of my favorites. Here he is on the Jack Paar show, doing a few of his best...
Here's one where Winters does his bit on fishing.
Here's one where Winters does his bit on fishing.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
'Charlie Chaplin' in 1920 Benjamin Rabier animation
French comic book artist and film animator, Benjamin Rabier, created a 'tip of the hat' to Charlie Chaplin, in this 1920 silent animated film. Rabier is said to have inspired others, like George Remi (Hergé - the creator of Tintin) to get into the field as a comic book illustrator.
Here's a 9.5MM version of the Pathé film:
Here's a 9.5MM version of the Pathé film:
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Harold Lloyd, Safety Last, re-released
Harold Lloyd's Safety Last has been restored and will be release on Blu-ray and DVD this June. The collection will have David Gill and Kevin Brownlow's excellent documentary called The Third Genius.
To celebrate the new release, digital and 35MM copies of the film will be shown in theaters across the county starting in April. Check this list to see if at a theatre near you.
Here is the new trailer by Janus Films for the theater release.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
2013 Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival
August 22 - 25th, 2013
Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival 2013
Everyman Palace Theatre
Cork, Ireland
Everyman Palace Theatre
Cork, Ireland
Thursday, March 07, 2013
CINETECA DI BOLOGNA 2013
Allan Dawn, the Noble Primitive
After von Sternberg, Capra, Ford, Hawks and Walsh, this year’s tribute will be dedicated to Allan Dwan. His career spans from 1911 – the days of Griffith and Ince – to 1961 – when the new waves set in – and produced 400 films (some claim 1400), covering every genre and technical novelty: from his early films (finally restored) to the more mature ones, a fine star vehicle for Douglas Fairbanks (Robin Hood, The Iron Mask) and Gloria Swanson alike (Manhandled). In the 30s and 40s Dwan is able to combine a spectacular with a more intimate cinema, to make one of the best anti-McCarthyist works ever made (Silver Lode) and even shoot a number of films in Cinemascope, a format which greatly inspired this ‘poet of the filmic space’. Finally, Most Dangerous Man Alive: an extraordinary end of career.
Silent Hitch
Photo: Alfred Hitchcock in Blackmail (1929)
The restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's nine surviving silent films is definitely one of the most complex and important restoration project undertaken by the BFI National Archive to date. It is now an immense pleasure for us to be the first festival to screen them all, for the first time, in 35mm (despite being also available on DCP) the original format in which they were created by Hitchcock. The collection starts with the sensational The Pleasure Garden, a newly born film which was believed to be lost for many years, and ends with the evergreen Blackmail. Between the two The Lodger, The Ring, Easy Virtue, The Manxman and more, nine works which go well beyond the ‘crime scene’ to reveal Hitchcock’s remarkable inspiration and creative power which made him, while still in his 20s, the leading British director of his times.
Bigger than Life:
a journey through European CinemaScope
Photo: The Round-Up by Miklós Jancsó (1966)
Over the last decade or so, the magnificent screen at the Arlecchino theatre has allowed us to celebrate the marvels of CinemaScope, particularly American CinemaScope at its best, before the format somewhat lost its inspiration and motives. We will now look at the magic of the ‘European Scope’ – so defined to take into account all of the variations the widescreen systems adopted in our continent. This section will include the best achivements from both Eastern and Western Europe, such as Marlen Khutsiyev’s works (July Rain, one of the greatest Russian films from the New Wave); Vasiliy Shukshin (perhaps his greatest, Happy Go Lucky); Miklós Jancsó (with The Round-Up a legendary study on the machinery of terror); Jean-Pierre Melville (with a too little known gem by Simenon, L'Ainé des Ferchaux), Mario Monicelli (La grande guerra) as well as Alexander MacKendrick’s journey through a child’s soul with Sammy Going South.
War is near: 1938-1939
Photo: Erich von Stroheim in Menaces by Edmond Gréville (1940)
If, following our planet’s destruction, an alien was to visit a film archive and watch the films that were made in 1938-39, he would get a clear glimpse of the madness to come. Nonetheless, we have decided not to program the most obvious anticipations, but rather earlier films which captivate fear and frail hopes, random shadows, inconclusive dialogues, everything that the greatest films around that period, such as Renoir's La Règle du jeu, did so miraculously. Our round trip to these troubled times will include Menaces (Edmond T. Gréville), Paradis perdu (Abel Gance), White Illness (Hugo Haas), Sans lendemain (Max Ophuls), Engineer Kochin’s Error (Alexandr Macheret), Three Comrades (Frank Borzage), Pour la mérite (Karl Ritter).
Letters from Chris Marker
Photo: Chris Marker
Chris Marker was a unique soul. His essay film came to light after a gestation period which happened to be a very special one, the golden age of the French short film in the 1950s. André Bazin defined Lettre de Sibérie, the most legendary of Marker's early films: "I would say, an essay documented by film. The important word is 'essay', understood in the same sense that it has in literature – an essay at once historical and political, written by a poet as well”. Our tribute to Marker will focus on his early works, some of which have been very hard to see lately: Un Dimanche à Pekin, Description d'un combat (which has disappeared from the face of the earth for almost 50 years), La Jetée, Le Joli mai, La Sixième face du pentagone, together with ...A Valparaiso by Joris Ivens with a commentary &nd ash; nobody surpassed him in commentaries – by Chris Marker.
Japan Speaks Out, Part 2!
Song and Social Realism
Song and Social Realism
Photo: Enoken Seishun Suikoden (Enoken’s Youthful Water Margin) by Kajiro Yamamoto (1934) (From National Film Centre of Tokyo)
By the mid-1930s, sound technology had become more widely disseminated in Japan as both studios and theatres invested in the new medium. By 1933, the Tokyo-based P.C.L. (Photo Chemical Laboratory) and the Kyoto-based Studio J.O. had begun production with the remit of producing sound films exclusively. But the transition was still a slow one, and it was not until 1936 that the majority of films produced in Japan were made with sound. The period thus marks an almost unique instance in which sound films were made alongside silents, and in which the aesthetic potential of new sound technologies were gradually assimilated and developed.
This second part of an ongoing retrospective of Japanese sound films from this transitional period focuses on three studios active in this key period. The work of P.C.L., with its stress on musicality, urban life and its at times trenchant so cial commentary, highlights the troubled modernity of 1930s Japan. Studio J.O., with which P.C.L. would ultimately merge into Toho, shared these concerns, but its base in Kyoto allowed it in addition to produce numerous jidai-geki (period films), most sadly lost. The jidai-geki was also the speciality of Nikkatsu, a studio that stretched back to 1912 but which now sought to fuse traditional narratives with the new sound technology, creating a distinctive style of realist period drama. Programme curated by Alexander Jacoby e Johan Nordström, in collaboration with Tokyo National Film Center.
This second part of an ongoing retrospective of Japanese sound films from this transitional period focuses on three studios active in this key period. The work of P.C.L., with its stress on musicality, urban life and its at times trenchant so cial commentary, highlights the troubled modernity of 1930s Japan. Studio J.O., with which P.C.L. would ultimately merge into Toho, shared these concerns, but its base in Kyoto allowed it in addition to produce numerous jidai-geki (period films), most sadly lost. The jidai-geki was also the speciality of Nikkatsu, a studio that stretched back to 1912 but which now sought to fuse traditional narratives with the new sound technology, creating a distinctive style of realist period drama. Programme curated by Alexander Jacoby e Johan Nordström, in collaboration with Tokyo National Film Center.
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And also…
As in previous years, the Renzo Renzi Library will host the Film Publishing Fair (Books, DVD, antique and vintage goods) and the Schermi e Lavagne Project with many educational activities for young cinéphiles.
MORE TO COME ABOUT CINETECA DI BOLOGNA HERE |
Bologna Welcome – the official tourism website of Bologna – offers a useful, updated and easy information service to all Il Cinema Ritrovato participants or to all people in town for business or tourism purposes. Participants are advised to book their accommodation in advance in order to take advantage of the dedicated rates. Discover the Bologna Welcome offers here!
Saturday, February 16, 2013
HULU - CHAPLIN's CLASSICS, FREE for three days!
Spend this weekend watching
CHAPLIN and PURVIANCE
on HULU (USA)!
CHAPLIN and PURVIANCE
on HULU (USA)!
LAST FEW HOURS!
To see the Criterion Collection of Chaplin's films
that includes the full films of all his First National,
United Artist and two British productions
Which includes Edna Purviance's starring role in A Woman of Paris!
There is also a sampling of the documentaries made for the collection
1) Chaplin's never made Napoléon film
2) John Bengston essay on film location for Modern Times
3) Documentary on the special effects for Modern Times
4) Behind the scenes of the making of Modern Times with Jeffrey Vance
ALSO, a link to VIKI.COM, where you will find 55 Chaplin films available to see
from the Mutual, Essanay and Keystone era!
Again, only three days left! To see the Criterion Chaplin films on HULU!
All for FREE!
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Friday, February 08, 2013
Latest Editions to The Chaplin Library
Latest Books to Dominique's
The Chaplin Library
The Chaplin Library
February 5, 2013 - Dominique has sent in more covers for The Chaplin library. This month's highlights include:
1) 1917 book called 'The Chronicles of Charlie Chaplin 'The Official "Chaplin" book based on the Essanay-Chaplin Photoplays.
2) 1920 Spanish book called Charlie Chaplin "Charlot"
3) 2006 edition of Charlie Chaplin Stories in the language of Kannada.
See the latest updates at this link and the full listing here.
ALSO, check out Edna's book guide for books available to add to your collection. LINK
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| Edna's Book Guide for Chaplin books |
We're always adding more updates, so come back for the latest!
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Completed Rainbow Orchid, interview with Garen Ewing
Interview with author and comic book creator
GAREN EWING
A conversation about the completing of Garen's adventure book
'The Rainbow Orchid' and his continued Adventures of Julius Chancer
With Table Chat host, Linda Wada
'The Rainbow Orchid' and his continued Adventures of Julius Chancer
With Table Chat host, Linda Wada
I'm very excited to share with you my second interview with Garen Ewing, the creator of Julius Chancer and his Rainbow Orchid comic book.
In our first interview in April 2009 (Imagination to Print), we talked about the creation and history of The Rainbow Orchid, just before Garen saw his first printed book from Egmont UK.
In this January 2013 interview, we pick-up where we left off. We talk about finishing the book, the promoting, foreign editions, special research projects, comic workshops and the future of Julius Chancer.
This interview is 1 hour and 9 minutes. So grab your favorite beverage, and have a listen. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have, as we continued the Adventures of Julius Chancer!
A heartily thanks to Garen, for sharing his valuable time with us today, as he shares his 'adventures' in the comic book creating. LINK TO AUDIO INTERVIEW
Sunday, February 03, 2013
Chaplin Pathéscope 'Behind the Screen'
Here's another wonderful Pathéscope 9.5 mm print version of Chaplin's 'Behind the Screen.'
This heavily re-edited film was renamed 'Movie-Making' and shows different takes of the same scenes not seen in the official well-known released film.
Overall, many of the clips are sharper and have more detail, than the official releases. Grab a cup of tea and enjoy! (about 13 minutes - Thanks to Unknown Cinema)
This heavily re-edited film was renamed 'Movie-Making' and shows different takes of the same scenes not seen in the official well-known released film.
Overall, many of the clips are sharper and have more detail, than the official releases. Grab a cup of tea and enjoy! (about 13 minutes - Thanks to Unknown Cinema)
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Easy Street from Pathéscope print
Thanks to Unknown Cinema, here is a Pathéscope 9.5mm print version of EASY STREET with Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell and Charles Chaplin.
It is about six minutes shorter than the more well known versions on DVD. But if you watch the well known versions often, you will spot differences in watching this. Enjoy!
It is about six minutes shorter than the more well known versions on DVD. But if you watch the well known versions often, you will spot differences in watching this. Enjoy!
Monday, January 21, 2013
Napoléon is coming to LONDON in NOVEMBER 2013!
NOVEMBER 2013
Abel Gance's
Napoléon
Royal Festival Hall
November 30, 2013 - London, England
November 30, 2013 - London, England
with Carl Davis and the Philharmonia Orchestra
RARE EVENT! Tickets on sale soon
NOW! and it appears to be nearly sold out for Nov. 30th Check this link for seats still available
(At this update, no word on an added date)
NOW! and it appears to be nearly sold out for Nov. 30th Check this link for seats still available
(At this update, no word on an added date)
This is the trailer from last year's presentation in Oakland, California.
Check this link at Silent London and watch for more information when available.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Coming TCM silent film highlights
Get TCM USA? Here are some dates to mark on your TCM calendar for silent film and Chaplin highlights:
TCM USA Viewers: Here are a few highlights to mark on your calendar:
TCM USA Viewers: Here are a few highlights to mark on your calendar:
January 19th
Hollywood My Hometown (1965)
Ken Murray - Documentary - Includes footage of many stars, including silent film stars like Charlie and Syd Chaplin.
February 8th
Sunrise (1927) - George O' Brien and Janet Gaynor.
Primetime showings
February 19th
The Racket (1928) - With Thomas Meighan and Marie Prevost.
Wings (1927) - With Clara Bow and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers.
March 1st
The Circus - with Merna Kennedy and Henry Bergman
And a couple 'talkie' Chaplin films:
March 1st
Monsieur Verdoux - with Martha Raye
March 5th
Limelight - with Clara Bloom and Sydney Chaplin, jr.
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
GREAT - Did the Nazis ever see Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator?
GREAT
Yugoslavia, 1942: based on a true and astonishing resistance story
about the Nazis and Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator' film
about the Nazis and Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator' film
"May 10th, 1942: a relatively minor event on the brink of world history, which, had it not really happened, would certainly be worth of being dreamt up. All of Yugoslavia is occupied by Nazi-Germany. Nikola, a young Serbian projectionist, has had more than enough.
Instead of emulating his violent Partisan friends, Nikola decides to teach the Germans a lesson all by himself. His weapon of choice: ,The Great Dictator‘ by Charlie Chaplin. His target: a cinema for German soldiers right in the heart of Serbia. What happens there, Nikola couldn't possibly have imagined in his wildest dreams. GREAT, Facebook Fan page
GREAT (2013), the new film directed by Andreas Henn and from Dog Ear Films covers this story. It releases early this year. Here is the preview trailer. Hopefully, this will be available widely to see.
Update: According to the press kit, this is a short film (22 minutes). Hopefully, it will be available in some format for fans to see.
Saturday, January 05, 2013
The Caravan's Trail, Charles Chaplin's Untold Story
The Caravan's Trail, Charles Chaplin's Untold Story
by Michael Chaplin and Stany Coppet
The documentary following the trail to Charlie Chaplin's possible gypsy roots. Here is a brief clip from the current production. More about the project here from NewArts Entertainment. LINK
by Michael Chaplin and Stany Coppet
The documentary following the trail to Charlie Chaplin's possible gypsy roots. Here is a brief clip from the current production. More about the project here from NewArts Entertainment. LINK
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Special SMILE recording for Christmas
UK singer, Katherine Crowe, gets her dream chance to record SMILE at the Abbey Road Studios in London. Crowe, who is terminal ill with cancer, plans to use the proceeds from the record sales to help fund new cancer programs. Her recording will be in the running for the annual UK Christmas #1 countdown. You can read more at this BBC News link.
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