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Topic: What Films did you show last night?
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Dino Everette
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1535
From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted August 05, 2012 02:43 AM
Last night was part of our 100 year celebration of Sennett studios studios which was located in Edendale, CA (now known as Echo Park)Because of this the Echo Park Film Center has scheduled a bunch of outdoor filmmobile screenings. This one was centered around the Keystone Cops, and the night started w/ historian Bob Birchard giving a slide show talk about the origins of moviemaking in Echo Park beginning with Selig Studios up through Sennett. The screening took place at the corner of Clinton st and Belmont overlooking Echo Park Lake, which is currently drained. The lake is featured in a number of the films, especially A Muddy Romance where Sennett took advantage of the lake being drained and turned it into a gag. The night's selections included a couple of DVD shorts FATTY JOINS THE FORCE (1913) LOVE, LOOT AND CRASH (1915) A DESPERATE SCOUNDREL (1915) and then I projected a couple of 16mm prints MUDDLED IN MUD (1913)(aka Muddy Romance) and LOVE, SPEED AND THRILLS (1915) each with live accompaniment from local musician Heather Lockie. The night was fun, we gave away free popcorn and lemonade, and watched some silent films with people who may not have usually watched any.
-------------------- "You're too Far Out Miss Lawrence"
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Dino Everette
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1535
From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted August 12, 2012 11:21 PM
Sometimes it seems like it is always something... Last time I tried to watch MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY (1927) (Standard 8 3 x 400ft, Blackhawk)it got chewed up in my Eumig 824....OK so I put it back on the shelf and made a bunch of repairs...I brought home my Kodak sound 8 to see if I could run it through since it is a manual load...GRRRRR!!! The sound is no longer working on it, but thankfully this print does not have a track on it so i was able to watch it, but I'm gonna have to fiddle with the sound or pick up another...Anyway, the print ran through perfectly, but it is not the best Blackhawk ever produced. On the soft side of focus, but a fun mystery story involving an evil gang, a rich man reuniting with his long lost daughter, a love story, fights, plane crashes, disguises....All good Sunday afternoon stuff starring the lovely Lila Lee, and longtime Griffith supporting player James Kirkwood
-------------------- "You're too Far Out Miss Lawrence"
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