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Newspaper Ad for 1942 Re-release of Chaplin’s THE GOLD RUSH

oh, how i pine for the good ol’ days of movie promos, back before the era of photoshop and floating heads. before the age of teaser clips for teaser trailers that premiere during award shows on MTV.  i mean, sure, this silly newspaper “quiz” for The Gold Rush is, um, silly, but gloriously so. also, i totally aced this quiz cause i’m a total movie genius (no big deal).

anyway, the folks over at blu-ray.com have posted a wonderfully exhaustive piece on the making and selling of The Gold Rush, which is absolutely overflowing with neat artifacts and details. do yourself a favor and check it out.

This famous stunt in the movie was actually built around what went wrong with the original stunt. Keaton intended to leap from one building onto the roof of another building, but he fell short, smashing into the brick wall and falling into a net off-screen. He was injured badly enough to be laid up for three days. But when he saw the film (his camera operators were instructed to always keep filming, no matter what happened), he not only kept the mishap, he built on it, adding the fall through three awnings, the loose downspout that propels him into the firehouse, and the slide down the fire pole. (The Three Ages - 1923)

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In conjunction with Kristen from SalesOnFilm and Trevor from AModernMusketeer, we are attempting to save the birthplace of silent film legend Harold Lloyd. Our hope is to have the place appointed a National Historic Place, but this takes money and time. We’ve got several events coming up in the next few months and we need all the help we can get. Please take a few minutes to “like” the Save the Harold Lloyd Birthplace page on Facebook, where you can read all about how you can help and we will add any and all updates about our progress.

Silent film has had a huge resurgence in popularity with the release of Hugo and The Artist, but with news like the impending destruction of Pickfair Studios in Hollywood, it’s clear its history is still being threatened. We can’t let this happen! Help us fight the good fight!

Save the Harold Lloyd Birthplace! « the diary of a film history fanatic

Young filmmaker sends Martin Scorsese a note asking him for some viewing recommendations, and he responded with this list.

[via Reddit Movies]

Now I really need to see “Tokyo Story.”

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Metropolis, 1927 (dir. Friz Lang)

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