Edna Purviance's bio

June 6, 2018 - Re-editing Edna Purviance's family biography 2nd Draft. Photo: Leading Ladies © used by ednapurviance.org

Wednesday, July 04, 2018

Film Vault Fire at Cineteca in Bologna

Very Sad News on this July 4th, 2018:
FILM VAULT FIRE at Cineteca, Bologna, Italy
Totally destroyed one of the historical film vaults 
In reading the translation, sound like one of the seven section off archives was totally destroyed. More news should follow on what section it was and the films lost. 
The top part is a translated version of the story into English. The original Italy story and link below.
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Fire in Sasso Marconi: focus on the historical archive of the Cineteca
At around 2:30 tonight the fire brigade intervened in the locality of Pianazze, in Sasso Marconi, to extinguish a fire that completely destroyed a section of the flammable film archive of the Bologna Film Library.
The intervention lasted a total of four hours. To be affected by the stake a section of seven of the structure where the films affected by extreme flammability are kept. Details at the moment there are none but it is possible that to be lost are films dating back to the early dawn of cinema. The ancient films in fact, were produced with highly flammable materials, then replaced with less dangerous products.
The fire-fighting devices and the passive measures of the structure have however limited the damage: only a section of the seven of which the structure is composed, but an entire archive has been destroyed. There are no injured people.
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Incendio a Sasso Marconi: a fuoco l'archivio storico della Cineteca
Intorno alle 2:30 di questa notte i Vigili del fuoco sono intervenuti in località Pianazze, a Sasso Marconi, per spegnere un incendio che ha completamente distrutto una sezione dell'archivio pellicole infiammabili della Cineteca di Bologna.
L'intervento è durato nel complesso quattro ore. A essere interessata dal rogo una sezione di sette della struttura dove sono custodite le pellicole affette da estrema infiammabilità. Dettagli al momento non ce ne sono ma è possibile che a essere andati perduti siano film risalenti fino ai primi albori del cinema. Le pellicole antiche infatti, erano prodotte con materiali altamente infiammabili, poi sostituite con prodotti meno pericolosi.
I dispositivi antincendio e le misure passive della struttura hanno tuttavia limitato i danni: interessata solo una sezione delle sette di cui si compone la struttura, ma un intero archivio è andato distrutto. Non risultano persone ferite.

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

JUNE 2018 - RE-Editing First Draft

After over two years, of family issues, the work on Edna Purviance's family bio is back on. The re-edit of the first draft is happening now. That is all for the moment. Check Edna Purviance: Chaplin's Leading Ladies Facebook fan page or .org home page for current updates. - LW