Public Domain Day - 2020

Public Domain Day - 2020

Januari 02, 2020
Betty Bronson, Buster Keaton, Erich von Stroheim, Girl Shy, Harold Lloyd, Hot Water, It's a Wonderful Life, Peter Pan 1924, Public Domain Day, The Thief of Bagdad 1924

January 1st has become yet another reflection of our media-conscious society in its being heralded as Public Domain Day.   This achieved wid...

National Train Day - intro

National Train Day - intro

April 28, 2011
Dorothy McGuire, Harold Lloyd, Howard Keel, James Murray

This is to announce our celebration next week of National Train Day, Saturday, May 7th. Not an official holiday, you say? Only because I am ...

Sidewalk Elevator - "Hot Water" - 1924

Sidewalk Elevator - "Hot Water" - 1924

Januari 20, 2011
Harold Lloyd, Hot Water, sidewalk elevators

It’s been a long time since we featured that wonderful invention and movie prop, the sidewalk elevator. Not seen since this post from nearly...

Haunted Spooks (1920)

Haunted Spooks (1920)

Juli 23, 2007
African-American actors, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Ernest Morrison, Harold Lloyd, Haunted Spooks, Mildred Davis, silent films

“Haunted Spooks” is a two-reeler where Harold Lloyd, dumped by his wealthy girlfriend for another man, marries a complete stranger instead a...

Now Playing - Spring 1920

Now Playing - Spring 1920

Juni 27, 2007
Clara Kimball Young, Eyes of Youth, Harold Lloyd, Haunted Spooks, now playing, Pathe newsreel

The above newspaper ad was published in the spring of 1920, and tells us as much about the state of the film industry at that time as about ...

An Eastern Westerner (1920)

An Eastern Westerner (1920)

Juni 21, 2007
An Eastern Westerner, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young

Harold Lloyd in “An Eastern Westerner” (1920) plays a rich milquetoast (do the younger folk of today even know that word?) who is sent by hi...