![[OC] Palms Neighborhood - 1925 vs Today](https://preview.redd.it/o02jdjaxaekh1.jpeg?auto=webp&s=188b73f03c5829c399dc808a67a423842f6ab3de)
Well, not EXACTLY today, but in "modern times." From my filming locations website https://video.chrisbungostudios.com/quickpreview-ourgangthelittlerascals-yourownbackyard-part1.html
Filming location then and now from the Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie Your Own Back Yard, 1925 vs Today.
We came across this original 1919-era still while cataloging a collection and ended up doing quite a bit of research on it.
The photograph shows Chaplin as the Tramp with a caged bird. Based on the set decoration, Chaplin’s costume, and the birdcage itself, it was clearly photographed on the set of Sunnyside.
What's interesting is that this bit doesn’t appear in the finished film, or in the known cut Sunnyside material later used in The Professor. We also went through the available Chaplin daily production records for the making of the film and couldn’t find any mention of the birdcage sequence there either.
Chaplin was constantly experimenting during production, so this may document a deleted gag, an abandoned idea, or something staged on set that simply never made it any further.
We haven’t run across this particular image anywhere else and thought people here might enjoy seeing it. If anyone has seen another copy, or has come across any reference to the birdcage bit, we’d be interested to hear about it!
The correct playback speed for Fritz Lang's Metropolis is a long-standing controversy among film scholars and enthusiasts. Should the film be projected at the speed it was shot to preserve natural movement, or at the speed it was intended to be shown to match its musical score?
18-20 fps produces more natural-looking movement and a "heavier" dramatic tone. Some experts claim the film was shot at 20 fps and one 147-minute museum restoration was shown at this speed to critical acclaim. Critics argue that 24 fps makes action scenes look comically fast, like a "Keystone Kops comedy".
24-28 fps is the standard modern sound speed and is necessary to sync with Gottfried Huppertz's original orchestral score, which has notations indicating 25-28 fps. The 1927 Berlin premiere was reportedly projected at this faster rate, possibly to shorten the film's runtime. This has been the standard for most home video releases.
I made my own version. Slowing it down from 24 fps to 18 while maintaining the pitch so it doesn't sound distorted. Similarly I stretched the subtitles. The movement really does look more natural. And the audio doesn't sound wrong.
Which Buster Keaton short ends with Buster in a nursery, pulling down a window shade with the words THE END on it? If memory serves, this is a hard cut from the previous scene, which ended on a train; it cuts to a toy train wreck, and then a zoom out to Buster setting up a toy train and his wife in a rocking chair with a baby. I’ve seen the closing shot as a gif but I can’t remember which film it is.
Dear people of the internet,
I've done hours of research and it seems that TCM had a 98min version of The Scarlet Letter with a musical score by Lisa Catarineau and Mark Northam. There is absolutely no trace anywhere of how to obtain some sort of stream or anything of the sort. Plus, being from Germany, I can't access some region-locked content. If anyone could help out? I'm sure, as it was a restauration, that the TCM version looked absolutely superior to the horrible 480p Youtube uploads (besides having a score).
Sparrows (1926)
Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017423/plotsummary?item=po1156857
i was fortunate enough to see Harold Lloyd's silent-shorts during the 70s & 80s on UK's BBC2 when they broadcast them monday-to-friday after children's tv at 5:30-6pm.
I was hooked!
I don't fully remember ow many if any features of Lloyd's I got to see, but his morning I unexpectedly chose to search AppleTV & found 2 on TUBI UK & 2 on Prime UK to stream, & there are others to buy or rent.
SPEEDY was such a surprise & delight: NYC & Coney Island on film in 1928 was a revelation: the rides looks treacherous to lethal! the food & prizes amazing. & NYC looks so busy on foot, horseback, carriage, taxi & car!
great gags abound, the performances & timings are impressive, & Babe Ruth makes his acting debut! & very convincing he was too!
I know it’s not a lot, they can be hard to get your hands on in NZ, but what is your favourite film out of the ones you see here?
For me it’s hands down Buster Keatons “The General”. It holds up the best in my opinion, and it is just a masterpiece.
It may even be my favourite film of all time, not just silent films.
I love it so much that I’ve ordered the 4K Blu-Ray restoration for its 100th anniversary, I can’t wait for that to arrive so I can see how great it looks.
I’m fairly new to silent film (it’s always been burning in the recesses of my mind, but I became serious about watching movies of the era back in December of last year). I’ve seen quite a number of films this year, but here is the start of my collection.
(58 Seconds) Here's a quick preview then and now video of the filming locations in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles used in the Our Gang / The Little Rascals movie Your Own Back Yard. Part 1 of 3. Click the link below to watch and read about the filming locations.
https://video.chrisbungostudios.com/quickpreview-ourgangthelittlerascals-yourownbackyard-part1.html
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