Silent Locations has over 10 posts about various aspects of The Cameraman; filming in Hollywood, at M-G-M, around New York, in Santa Monica, Newport Beach, and so on.

My new YouTube video compiles these posts and even more discoveries into a single show.

Click above to watch the video – score by Jon C. Mirsalis. Not just all the locations, moving to M-G-M, and Buster’s rented bungalow right outside, hidden details reveal how filming at long-familiar locales, and near where he had once worked happily with mentor/best friend Roscoe Arbuckle, must have given Keaton some comfort during this difficult transition in his life. Click to enlarge each image.

A few of the many “New York” scenes filmed at the M-G-M backlot, just two blocks west of the bungalow on 10132 Grant Ave. Buster rented as a dressing room outside the studio.

Buster and Marceline Day filmed their date bathing at the Venice Plunge, then sought a ride back home at the pier in Santa Monica, where Buster is caught in the rain. Fun fact – the automobile rain scenes were staged as if this was filmed on a real street. We never see the ocean or the edge of the pier during the movie, that’s why it took so long to discover.

Buster filmed scenes at Yankee Stadium.

The New York street where Buster lived – Marceline’s New York street is also shown.

Running to Marceline’s apartment, Buster turned west on West 58th from 5th Ave. past Bergdorf-Goodman. This was geographically correct – it turns out her home exterior on 35 West 58th was just down the street.

Buster had already made four movies at Newport Beach, so returning here must have been familiar and reassuring during the challenges of losing his studio and becoming a cog in the M-G-M machine. Vintage aerial views show how different things looked at the time.

To film a closing scene from The Cameraman, Buster drove from his bungalow along Motor Ave. past where he filmed scenes from The Garage (1919) with Roscoe Arbuckle.

Spoiler – the video ends with a happy final moment caught on film.

Criterion’s The Cameraman Blu-ray is loaded with extras, including Oscar-nominated Daniel Raim’s 2020 documentary Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies, revealing newly discovered connections between Keaton’s MGM debut and the earliest films of his career, featuring your truly and legendary Hollywood historian Marc Wanamaker. The Criterion Blu-ray is wonderful – I encourage every Keaton fan to purchase a copy. I hope too you will check out my Caught on Film – The Cameraman video, and the nearly twenty other videos on my YouTube Channel.