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Top Posts & Pages
- Buster ... Shemp, Moe and Larry - Cops and Soup to Nuts
- The Artist Locations Part 3, Harold Lloyd, and Safety Last!
- Buster and the Three Stooges at the Columbia Ranch - Part 2
- About Silent Locations
- Stan, Ollie, and Harold - a Drive Through Bunker Hill
- How Harold Lloyd Filmed Safety Last!
- Help Please? - Silent Jailbreak - SOLVED
- Hollywood 1926 - The Big Picture and How the Pieces Fit
- The Artist - Locations, Chaplin, and Pickford
- The Artist Locations Part 4, Bradbury, Chaplin, and Lloyd
Author Interviews – Reviews
- Academy Interview July 2011
- AMPAS Lecture on The General
- City Brights SF Gate Review
- Publishers Weekly Review
- KPCC Interview
- Interview on Movie Mom
- Philadelphina Inquirer
- Los Angeles Times interview
- Los Angeles Magazine Review
- MOMI article on New York and Speedy
- New York Times (see page 5)
- Author’s Modern Times Program
- Wall Street Journal
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Recent Posts
- A Tale of Two Train Wrecks (and One Airport) – by Buster Keaton
- Bones of the Past – the Bones TV Pilot and Buster Keaton
- Hollywood 1926 – The Big Picture and How the Pieces Fit
- How Harold Lloyd Filmed Girl Shy on Bunker Hill
- Keaton – Cops – and the First Baptist Church of Hollywood
- Harry Langdon – The Strong Man Part 2
- Help Please? – Silent Jailbreak – SOLVED
- How Harold Lloyd Filmed the Girl Shy Trolley Stunts
- Keaton’s Highland Goat Garage
- The Office – Film Noir – and Harold Lloyd
- How Harold Lloyd Filmed Safety Last!
- The Artist Locations – Part 6 – Uggie Saves The Day
- The Artist – Locations 1 of 5, Chaplin, and Pickford (repost)
- Mr. Keaton’s Neighborhood
- New York, Harold Lloyd, and Adam Sandler?!
- The Artist Locations Part 5 – Chaplin’s City Lights
- Chaplin’s Modern (Los Angeles) Times
- The Artist Locations Part 4, Bradbury, Chaplin, and Lloyd
- The Artist Locations Part 3, Harold Lloyd, and Safety Last!
- The Artist Locations Part 2, Roger Rabbit, and Buster Keaton’s Debut – One Week
- The Artist – Locations, Chaplin, and Pickford
- Charming Third Time for Seven Chances
- Win a Copy of Silent Visions in TCM December Contest
- Buster’s Manhattan Project – on Film
- Laurel and Hardy – Home at Last
- Chaplin – Keaton – Lloyd – One Block in Silent-Era Hollywood
- Chaplin’s Kid Autos – They Were What ?!?
- New Photos – Babe Ruth’s Orphanage Cameo in Speedy
- Buster’s Trains – One Week to Speak Easily
- Buster Keaton and Film Noir? – It’s Also True
- Cameo Squared – Lou Gehrig in Ruth’s Speedy Cameo
- Silent Era New York – Harold Lloyd’s Speedy – Part 1
- Stan, Ollie, and Harold – a Drive Through Bunker Hill
- Charlie Chaplin and Film Noir? – It’s Also True
- Harold Lloyd and Film Noir? – It’s True
- Buster and the Three Stooges at the Columbia Ranch – Part 2
- View Academy Lecture on The General Locations
- New locations from The General
- Safety Last! Mr. Epstein’s Writing on the Wall
- Harold Lloyd Safety Last! Downtown Tour
- Harold – Buster – and Bergdorf Goodman – NYC Then and Now
- Rare Chaplin Scenes in Downtown Los Angeles
- Stan Laurel in Chaplin’s Footprints
- Buster and the Three Stooges at the Columbia Ranch – Part 1
- College Days for Harold and Buster
- Buster … Shemp, Moe and Larry – Cops and Soup to Nuts
- Harold Lloyd’s Manhattan cigar
- Harold Lloyd – lasting impressions at Grauman’s Chinese
- Harold Lloyd Brooklyn – Speedy Tour
- Michael Scott (?!) and the Mayfair Hotel – admittedly OT
- Harold Lloyd on Deadman’s Island
- Chaplin’s Beverly Wilshire Cigar
- Stan Laurel in Buster’s Footprints
- Buster Keaton Steamboat Bill, Jr. locations
- Meet Buster in Goatland at the Silver Spray Pier
- Langdon on Larchmont
- Harry Langdon in The Strong Man
- Chaplin – A Film Johnnie at the Bryson
- Harold Lloyd Hollywood Tour
- Chaplin Medley of Then and Now Images
- Chaplin’s Very First Scene – Now a Jack-in-the-Box
- Tour of Chaplin’s The Kid
- Details Behind Video Tour of Chaplin Keystone Locations
- A Dozen Prominent Keaton Locations
- Buster Films Stunt Beside His Own Studio
Categories
- Angels Flight
- Brooklyn
- Bunker Hill
- Buster Keaton
- Chaplin Studio
- Chaplin Tour
- Charlie Chaplin
- Chinatown
- City Lights
- College
- Columbia
- Cops
- Daydreams
- Duck Soup
- Exposition Park
- Film Noir
- For Heaven's Sake
- Girl Shy
- Hal Roach Studios
- Harold Lloyd
- Harry Langdon
- Hollywood Tour
- Hot Water
- Keaton Studio
- Keaton Tour
- Keystone Studio
- Laurel and Hardy
- Lloyd Studio
- Lloyd Thrill Pictures
- Lloyd Tour
- Los Angeles Historic Core
- Manhattan
- Modern Times
- New York
- Oliver Hardy
- One Week
- Safety Last!
- Seven Chances
- Sherlock Jr.
- Speedy
- Stan Laurel
- Steamboat Bill, Jr.
- The Artist
- The Cameraman
- The Freshman
- The General
- The Goat
- The Kid
- The Office
- The Strong Man
- Three Stooges
- Uncategorized
- USC
- Venice
Archives
Silent Locations – Chaplin – Keaton – Lloyd (and more)- A Tale of Two Train Wrecks (and One Airport) – by Buster Keaton
- Bones of the Past – the Bones TV Pilot and Buster Keaton
- Hollywood 1926 – The Big Picture and How the Pieces Fit
- How Harold Lloyd Filmed Girl Shy on Bunker Hill
- Keaton – Cops – and the First Baptist Church of Hollywood
- Harry Langdon – The Strong Man Part 2
- Help Please? – Silent Jailbreak – SOLVED
- How Harold Lloyd Filmed the Girl Shy Trolley Stunts
- Keaton’s Highland Goat Garage
- The Office – Film Noir – and Harold Lloyd
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Buster … Shemp, Moe and Larry – Cops and Soup to Nuts
Shemp Howard, along with brother Moe Howard and family friend Larry Fine (originally known as Ted Healy’s Southern Gentlemen), began their show business career in the 1920s as protégés of the Broadway entertainer. In 1930, Healy and the trio appeared … Continue reading
Harold Lloyd’s Manhattan cigar
I’m excited to report that my new Harold Lloyd book Silent Visions is now available. Nearly five years in the making, it is such a relief to finally have the book in hand. As shown below, the book includes nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Harold Lloyd, Lloyd Tour, Manhattan, New York, Speedy
Tagged Harold Lloyd, Manhattan, Silent Comedians, Silent Movie Locations, Silent Movies, Speedy, then and now
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Harold Lloyd – lasting impressions at Grauman’s Chinese
The short Harold Lloyd walking tour I gave prior to my presentation at the Egyptian Theater included a stop at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. There, on November 21, 1927, Harold Lloyd became the fifth celebrity, and the first comedian, to be … Continue reading
Harold Lloyd Brooklyn – Speedy Tour
Harold Lloyd Brooklyn – Speedy Tour – Author MOMI Event October 16, 2011 In conjunction with my presentation of Speedy on October 16, 2011 at the Museum of the Moving Image, 36 01 35th Ave., Astoria, NY, at 3:00 pm, … Continue reading
Posted in Brooklyn, Harold Lloyd, Lloyd Tour, Manhattan, New York, Speedy
Tagged Brooklyn, Harold Lloyd, Silent Comedies, Silent Movie Locations, Silent Movies, Speedy
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Michael Scott (?!) and the Mayfair Hotel – admittedly OT
Fans of The Office television show cheered when Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) and Holly Flax (Amy Ryan) finally rekindled their romance with a rooftop kiss at the conclusion of Episode 15, Season 7, entitled The Search. During the show, an … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Holly Flax, Mayfair Hotel, Michael Scott, The Office, The Office locations
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Harold Lloyd on Deadman’s Island
It sounds like an adventure befitting Indiana Jones, but in the waning days of 1916 Harold Lloyd filmed his sixth “Lonesome Luke” production on Deadman’s Island near San Pedro. Rising up from the extreme tip of Terminal Island, the spectral … Continue reading
Chaplin’s Beverly Wilshire Cigar
During one of my favorite jokes from City Lights, Charlie spies a cigar butt on the sidewalk while driving around in his millionaire friend’s luxury car. Charlie leaps from the car, grabs the butt before another bum can take it, … Continue reading
