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- Hollywood Snapshots – a 1922 Time Machine
- Harry Langdon – His Marriage Wow
- Laurel & Hardy’s Liberty Rooftop
- Before the Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley
- Chaplin falls for The Kid – every scene now identified
- Keaton’s Bungalow Outside MGM
- Oliver Hardy at the Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley
- Buster Keaton and W.C. Fields in Astoria
- Buster Keaton’s Kennel on the MGM lot
- Buster Keaton’s Blue Blazes in Astoria
- It’s The Old Army Game – W.C. Fields in New York with Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd
- It’s The Old Army Game – W.C. Fields and Louise Brooks in Ocala Florida – Part Three – Fields Chased Around Town
- W.C. Fields Running Wild in New York
- It’s The Old Army Game – W.C. Fields and Louise Brooks in Ocala Florida – Part Two – Louise Strolls Around Town
- It’s The Old Army Game – W.C. Fields and Louise Brooks in Ocala Florida – Part One
- It’s The Old Army Game – W.C. Fields and Louise Brooks Bring Magazines to Life
- New Buster Keaton Self-Guided Tours
- Ghosts of the Past – the Regent Apartments – costar with Chaplin, Weber, Sennett and Roach
- Keaton’s Battling Butler – A Knockout Finish to the SF Silent Film Festival
- Keaton’s Seven Chances – On The Clock
- The Surviving Sherlock Jr. Bungalow
- Chaplin’s The Great Dictator – Author Presentation at the Alex
- From Roach’s to Roaches – Stan & Ollie Meet Starsky & Hutch
- Restoration Premiere of Soft Shoes – Crossing Paths with Chaplin, Laurel, and Lloyd
- The Surviving Keaton Studio Neighbors
- The Surviving Chaplin “The Circus” Tree
- Charley Chase “Fast Work” Around Hollywood
- The “Never Give A Sucker An Even Break” Car Chase – Part 2
- The “Never Give A Sucker An Even Break” Car Chase – Part 1
- Farewell – a sudden lost Our Gang landmark
- The Red Kimono – A Vast Record of Early Los Angeles
- Another Lois Weber First – Using Locations
- Keaton’s “What No Beer?” Barrel Avalanche
- Arbuckle – Keaton at the Bronx Biograph Studio
- Buster’s Manhattan Apartment – The Cameraman Part III
- Arbuckle – Keaton – the Good Night Nurse Hot Springs
- Chaplin’s San Jose Day Making A Night Out
- Buster Keaton’s Haunted House
- Chaplin – Pavlova – Lois Weber – at the Castle Sans Souci
- Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman leads the San Francisco Silent Film Festival
- Hollywood’s Silent Echoes – 2017 FIAF/FLC Tour
- Keaton’s The Goat – the geography of a gag
- Buster with a Bullitt – Keaton and Steve McQueen’s SF Stunts
- Keaton and Orson Welles – A High Sign Touch of Evil
- Keaton and Hitchcock’s Vertigo Day Dreams
- Keaton’s Cops and Go West – Peeking Over the School Fence
- Chaplin – Inside “The Kid” Maternity Hospital
- Where Roscoe Arbuckle Filmed His Brooklyn Vitaphone Shorts
- Marc Wanamaker and Bruce Torrence – Hollywood’s Photo History Heroes
- Buster Keaton, Seven Chances, and Warren Beatty?
- Buster Keaton, The General, and Animal House?
- How Chaplin Filmed The Champion – on Location in Niles
- The Chaplin – Keaton – Lloyd Hollywood Alley
- Chaplin’s The Tramp – ‘New’ Views of One of Cinema’s Most Iconic Scenes
- Silent Witness – the House that Watched Over Chaplin and Keaton
- The Modern Times – Citizen Kane – Humphrey Bogart Factory Gate
- Cinecon 2016 Silent Echoes Hollywood Walking Tours
- Amazing New Keaton Discoveries – My Wife’s Relations
- Saving the Best for (Safety) Last!
- Reflections on Keaton’s Cops at the SF Silent Film Festival
- Columbo and the Silent Clowns – Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd
- How Harold Lloyd Filmed Bumping Into Broadway
- Buster in Cops Cruising Santa Monica Boulevard
- Chaplin – Keaton Studio Connections – The Fireman and Convict 13
- How Mabel Normand filmed her Safety Last! Moment (Before Harold Lloyd Did)
- Mostly Lost – Keaton Found (Stan Laurel too) at Hollywood and Western
- The Kid – Charlie Chaplin’s Onscreen Fans
- Chaplin on South Central – Making It Work
- How Charlie Chaplin filmed The Kid
- How Roscoe Arbuckle Filmed His Safety Last! Moment (Before Harold Lloyd Did)
- Houdini – The Grim Game – More Hollywood Connections
- Houdini – The Grim Game’s historic LA landmarks
- Houdini – Keaton – The Grim Game – Cops
- Keaton – Langdon – Lloyd on Larchmont – Ebell Club Author Talk
- Ginger, Buster, and Groucho, Lon Chaney and Loretta Young, all at the Jewett Estate
- San Francisco’s Silent Echoes – Presidio Officers’ Club Talk
- New Chaplin Discovery – Cinecon Talk and Guided Tour
- Chaplin, Sinatra, The Pilgrim and Noir
- Groucho, Buster, and Noir – at the Pasadena Jewett Estate
- Charlie Chaplin City Lights Tour – Author Presentation
- Harold Lloyd’s Speedy – Five Fun Facts
- The Three On A Match – ‘G’ Men – Ann Dvorak connection
- The Three Stooges, Birth of a Nation, Forest Lawn Trees
- Cagney and Keaton Crossing Paths in Inglewood
- How Laurel & Hardy Filmed Perfect Day – New Discoveries
- The Artist and its Amazing Ties to Chaplin, Pickford, Keaton and Lloyd
- How Laurel and Hardy Filmed Another Fine Mess
- Mid City Views – How Hal Roach’s Taxi Boys filmed Taxi for Two
- Even More Speedy – New York Locations
- The Big Parade – Historic Views of the Home Front
- How Charlie Chaplin Filmed The Bank
- How Barbara Stanwyck Filmed Night Nurse
- How James Cagney Filmed Lady Killer
- How Charlie Chaplin Filmed The Adventurer
- Cagney and Harlow on The Public Enemy’s Miracle Mile
- How Buster Keaton Filmed The General
- Keaton’s The General on location in Cottage Grove
- Silent Era Hollywood Tour – Cinecon 50 – Author Presentation
- Charlie Chaplin’s Echo Park Home – 100 Years Later
- Chaplin’s First Scene – a Very Busy Place to Film
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- Harry Langdon – His Marriage Wow
- Laurel & Hardy’s Liberty Rooftop
- Before the Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley
- Chaplin falls for The Kid – every scene now identified
- Keaton’s Bungalow Outside MGM
- Oliver Hardy at the Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley
- Buster Keaton and W.C. Fields in Astoria
- Buster Keaton’s Kennel on the MGM lot
- Buster Keaton’s Blue Blazes in Astoria
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Category Archives: Keaton Studio
Keaton’s Bungalow Outside MGM
When Buster Keaton joined MGM in 1928, he rented a bungalow near, but off site from, the MGM campus, infuriating studio head Louis B. Mayer, as Keaton was (one of) the only star(s) to rent space off of the lot. … Continue reading
Buster Keaton’s Kennel on the MGM lot
As one of MGM’s biggest stars, Buster Keaton once had a private bungalow dressing room on the studio lot, jokingly dubbed “Keaton’s Kennel.” A reader correctly wrote long ago that the Kennel stood along the north side of the lot, … Continue reading
New Buster Keaton Self-Guided Tours
The Buster Keaton June 15-17 Celebration Weekend was a huge success, and the site of Buster’s former studio (where Chaplin also filmed his Mutual shorts) is now graced with a beautiful commemorative plaque. As part of the long weekend, I … Continue reading
The Surviving Sherlock Jr. Bungalow
A bungalow that appears in Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. (1924), and in his early short film Convict 13 (1920), is still standing today at 4908 McKinley Avenue, when it was moved 11 miles away from Buster’s studio in 1926, the … Continue reading
The Surviving Keaton Studio Neighbors
Buster Keaton unwittingly documented the urbanization of the once agricultural Colegrove region of Hollywood in the background of his films. As reported in my book Silent Echoes, the quaint Cahuenga Valley Lemon Growers Exchange warehouse once stood across the street … Continue reading
Keaton’s The Goat – the geography of a gag
Particular yet pragmatic, Buster Keaton would travel hundreds of miles to find just the right setting for a joke, while also filming dozens of mundane locations within steps of his small studio in Hollywood. This post breaks down the geography … Continue reading
Keaton’s Cops and Go West – Peeking Over the School Fence
Rebuilt over the years, but pre-dating 1912, the Vine Street (Colgrove) Elementary School still stands between Romaine and Willoughby, kitty-corner from the site of the former Keaton Studio block in Hollywood. The back of the school, with its distinctive series … Continue reading
