Charlie and Edna Christmas Gift ideas!

Still looking for that Charlie Chaplin and/or Edna Purviance gift?
Check out the DVD, music book guide!
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UPDATE! Just learned from one of our loyal Edna fans, that Flicker Alley is having a special sale of the Chaplin at Keystone Collection for $59.96 with FREE SHIPPING. This is directly from the company selling them in the USA, so the best I have seen for NEW! LINK

SHE is the latest on Adventure Films

If you haven't listened, please do, as Garen and Murray Ewing talk,
in detail, about nine adventure films from King Kong to Raiders.
I've really enjoyed these all year, and learned new items about old favorites
and now have some new favorite films in the collection.
Two more shows to come!!! LINK

http://adventurefilmspodcast.blogspot.com/

The story behind the film HUGO

Martin Scorcese 3-D film HUGO is getting a buzz in the silent film world as the story centers around silent French filmmaker Georges Méliès. But the story actually comes from the 500+ page children's book 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret' by Brian Selznick. It's a richly illustrated children's story about an orphan boy who lives in the walls of a Paris train station. He meets Georges Méliès running a toy shop in the same station.

Martin Scorcese is getting a lot of attention for bringing the book to the screen, so I thought you like to mean the author the film is based on. First one is from NPR in 2007 where Selznick talked to All Things Considered. Second is a trailer about the book and the third is the current trailer from the film.

Edna .org is 10 years old today

Ten years ago, today, November 25, 2001, I launched Edna Purviance .org. I don't have any party balloons, party horns, big flowers or even a birthday cake.  No mile long special post, or much else today. Just a thank you to all the great supporters and fans over the last 10 years, with special thanks to Garen Ewing and Dominique Dugros, for their special support over the years. Edna's site has where we have been the last 10 years, keep following us to see where it goes in the future... Thanks, everyone!

Bill Douglas Part 6 & 7

Sorry for the low updates here, but have been spending time writing after work these days...

New York City Library - The Birth of Promotion exhibit

November 22 - January 2012
New York City Library

The Birth of Promotion:
Inventing Film Publicity in the Silent-Film Era

The evolution of motion pictures from invention to art form has spanned the century.  The basic elements of the promotion and distribution of film were established in the silent film era.  This exhibition focuses on the development of those elements -- posters, promotional magazines, advertising, and exploitation campaigns -- from pre-cinema to the transition to sound film.  The gallery visitor will be able to view posters, programs, advertisements, and lobby cards that were shown to the public from 1890 to 1930..." New York City Library

Scottish filmmaker, Bill Douglas Part 5

Scottish filmmaker, Bill Douglas Part 3 & 4

Part 3 - Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image



Part 4 - Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image

Scottish filmmaker, Bill Douglas

If you followed Edna's sites over the years, you know I have mentioned Peter Jewell and the Bill Douglas Centre at the University of Exeter. I met Peter Jewell 10 years ago in London. He was the founder for the Centre back in 1994.

He has been a longtime supporter of Edna, so it has been great to see this documentary about his longtime friend. Called 'Intent of Getting the Image' it covers his life and his years as a filmmaker and collector.

This month, Bill Douglas have been remembered at a special event in Scotland. In honor of this event, here is a look at this special documentary, that is available on The Bill Douglas Trilogy from BFI. It's about hour, so I will post in four parts. Part one and two today.





Link to the The Bill Douglas Centre

Happy Birthday, EDNA!

Happy Birthday, Edna Purviance!
with a new mural in Niles!
by San Francisco bay artist, Laura Ramie

"And of course, there is Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin’s leading lady for over thirty films. She is wearing her costume from the short In The Park (which was actually filmed in Golden Gate Park). I love Edna and Charlie– they are so cute together!" - Laura Ramie

Link to Ramie's full mural showing some of the history at Niles
and the stars and company owners of Essanay Studios. Also,
learn more about creation of the mural at Laura's site.

And the Edna Purviance 2011 Birthday Event winner is...

WE HAVE A WINNER! NAME COMING SOON!!!
NOTE: IF YOUR NAME WAS IN THE DRAWING, BUT YOU DIDN'T WIN, A SURPRISE COMING! STAY TUNE! ANNOUNCEMENT ON EDNA'S BIRTHDAY, OCTOBER 21TH!

 EDNA'S BIRTHDAY CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED! FIRST EMAIL WILL BE HAS BEEN SENT WITHIN THE HOUR. IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL, YOU MUST RESPOND IN 24 HOURS, OR A NEW NAME WILL BE DRAWN. THAT'S THE RULES! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!

WE DON'T HAVE A WINNER, UNTIL SOMEONE REPLIES, SO PLEASE, STICK AROUND...

REMINDER! Shasta 6th Annual Silent Film Festival!

October 21-22, 2011
Shasta County Arts Council
6th Annual Silent Film Festival
Redding, California
Hosted by David Shepard
MORE DETAILS

Edna Purviance October Birthday 2011 REMINDER!

Edna Purviance's birthday is October 21th! The special Birthday drawing for 'The Sea Gull' book will happen on THURSDAY, October 20th, just after NOON, Pacific Coast time. If you are already entered, please CHECK your EMAIL for the LAST REMINDER notice.

If your name is drawn on October 20th, you will receive a special email. YOU will have 24-hours to respond to that email, before the next name is drawn. We keep drawing, until we have a winner!

So PLEASE, watch your emails on October 20th, if in the drawing. We don't want you to miss out, but if you do, that's the rules. It helps keep the drawing for fans who really want the book, and not just entering, to just win something.

If you haven't entered, you still can. DEADLINE is NOON, October 20th, Pacific Coast TIME.

GOOD LUCK to EVERYONE! And WATCH THOSE EMAILS!!!