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s laurel and hardy tagged buster keaton cops l laurel and hardy film locations two tars 5 comments buster keaton s three ages leap of faith posted on may 22 2025 by john bengtson this post examines buster keaton s failed rooftop leap between buildings during his first feature comedy three ages 1923 one of the most remarkable stunts of his career the movie tells three tales of love set in the stone age the roman age and the present age i e 1923 where against all odds underdog buster wins the girl played by margaret leahy by defeating villainous wallace beery to begin buster didn t use a stunt double leaping between the buildings but used a body double for another scene this production still shows margaret lying on a dolly a handle hidden in her hair straddled by the wheels of a camera car keaton directing the scene is wearing his working man costume notice the vest and the slap shoes next to him is a man of similar stature wearing fur shoes and a fur costume over his regular clothes clearly this man and not buster is the person dragging margaret by the hair in the above scene given ms leahy s limited acting skills perhaps keaton switched places to supervise the scene more closely the movie ends with three postscript finales caveman buster and wife and their 10 caveman kids exit their cave one by one next elegant roman age buster and wife and 5 children all wearing graceful togas exit their formal columned home for the final shot present age buster and wife exit their hollywood bungalow along with one tiny dog as reported in this recent post here their hollywood bungalow still stands at 1425 el centro near the corner of leland way see below for my kino lorber bonus program showing locations from the film let s look closely at buster s dive filmed on long lost court hill above the hill street tunnel where harold lloyd filmed many stunt comedies what do you see buster leaping with absolute certainty he will easily grab the ledge and climb to the roof or buster leaping to touch the ledge so that he may deliberately fall into a net an accident or an accident the story goes buster accidentally missed the second building which necessitated devising him falling through window awnings and swinging on rainspouts to salvage the failed scene considering buster s skill and precision i always believed his accidental fall was planned that way all along would keaton s brilliant technical director fred gabourie have failed to calibrate the correct distance for the jump in advance to my eye the ledge was too far away for buster to plausibly claim he was certain of success when making the leap but keaton scholars recount a 1956 interview where buster reports it was a true accident where he explains afterward i had to go home and stay in bed for about three days but in the same interview he misstates where the scene was filmed knowing buster was publicity savvy who sometimes embellished promotional interviews and my sense buster really did plan for this fall i drafted a lengthy article proving the fall was planned all along while dissecting buster s at least partially inaccurate interview describing the famous scene buster swung on a hinged rainspout during the high sign and swung from awning to awning during my wife s relations it s easy to imagine buster eagerly recreated these stunts on a large scale for his first feature film thankfully eagle eyed keaton aficionado richard warner offered a tantalizing deeper theory a the fall we see onscreen could have been planned but b buster was also telling the truth about having an accident a and b are not mutually exclusive perhaps the sequence we see was truly planned but also inspired by a true accident the original footage of which is now presumably lost this duality allowed me to focus on what we know and see onscreen and leave speculation about buster s interview alone click to enlarge does buster s body language indicate the startled shock and panic of a three days in bed accident victim desperately grabbing for the ledge or someone calmly falling into a net as planned we ll likely never know the full truth but if you care to read why i believe buster s accidental fall was truly planned that way all along with further thoughts and images and a full transcript of his error prone interview please download as a 4mb pdf file below my story appearing in the spring 2025 issue of the keaton chronicle published by the international buster keaton society the damfinos buster keaton s three ages leap of faith by john bengtson learn learn about joining the damfinos here https busterkeaton org no accident here buster knew his limitations this stunt is from seven chances this post is part of the silent ology buster keaton blogathon hosted by lea stans let me know in the comments what you think about my theory my bonus program for the prior kino lorber blu ray of three ages is now out of print but available below on my youtube channel see buster s bathtub rock the garden of the gods the coliseum the hill street tunnel the hollywood fire police station the first methodist church in glendale and more please like and subscribe posted in buster keaton three ages tagged buster keaton silent movie locations silent ology buster keaton blogathon then and now three ages 7 comments buster keaton s backlot adventures in cops posted on april 15 2025 by john bengtson one of the most iconic moments in buster keaton s cops 1922 in all of cinematic history for that matter is buster chased back and forth down an empty city street by a mob of angry policemen the giant buildings at back and what i call buster s arch were obviously a backlot set and it was thrilling to see thanks to author historian steve bingen that it once stood on the goldwyn lot in culver city before later transforming into m g m above looking east at buster s arch photo david l synder i had long wondered for what feature film were these sets originally built well eagle eyed dave barnes tells us they appeared in the 1919 drama the world and its woman twaiw dave shares his amazing collection of classic hollywood backlot photos on the facebook group studio backlots and ranches above looking west dave s march 23 2025 facebook post shares this stunning image of the giant arch set being constructed considering most silent films are now lost i was even more amazed to learn twaiw still survives and can be viewed online on youtube twaiw is a russian war drama depicting the forbidden love between a peasant girl turned opera star portrayed by real life opera star geraldine farrar and a russian prince portrayed by geraldine s real life husband lou tellegen i skimmed through the film set entirely in russia and was surprised to see these grand sets only appear on camera during a few scenes at about 54 minutes into the film youtube link here it s remarkable they would build such huge sets for such limited screen time above twaiw to the left and cops to the right count em this july 26 1919 publicity piece touts the film s fifteen hundred extras note the matching view through the arch megaphone in hand frank lloyd was the director click to enlarge looking east at the goldwyn backlot and buster s arch in 1919 that s culver blvd to the right usc digital library above front and back views of buster s arch click to enlarge interestingly while twaiw is set in russia the front of the columned building in the right photo reads c otton exchange which suggests the set was repurposed for something else perhaps a movie set in the us south dave has more surprises in the same march 23 2025 facebook post his photo of a nearby goldwyn set shows where buster fooled an army of cops by hiding in a street sweeper trash can lon chaney filmed a scene here as well upper right inset for the 1921 goldwyn drama the ace of hearts as reported here cops is buster s only independently produced film with no interior scenes every scene was either filmed on location or on a studio backlot at the time buster s open air shooting stage was being enclosed it s fun to imagine cops was deliberately structured without interior scenes to provide the studio carpenters sufficient leeway to complete their work buster not only filmed cops on the goldwyn backlot but on the metro backlot due south of his studio above the crowd drenched while viewing the policemen s parade and the angry mayor yelling at his chief of police these views look east buster filmed other scenes on the metro backlot here looking west read more here wrapping up buster filmed the pawn shop at back and the teeter totter fence from cops at the brunton studios later united studios now the site of paramount studios a few blocks east from his studio he also filmed many scenes here for day dreams and the waterfall rescue and related scenes for our hospitality read more here and here every location from cops has been identified although this scene above hasn t been posted before here a cop pounds his baton on the ground to summon help looking west down market street from alameda toward san pedro every scene has been identified well except for the closing scene below i appeal once again to readers for help buster locks the army of cops inside a police station but when rejected by his girl he turns himself in the late afternoon sun casting shadows in the foreground suggests we are looking east the goldwyn scenes had far more cops since this scene has fewer extras and a slightly more modest set design i wonder if this was also filmed on the metro backlot i lack an aerial photo confirming this is true but aerial photos of the goldwyn backlot brunton united backlot and metro backlot suggest it would have fit most easily on the metro lot conceivably this set could have been built at buster s small studio itself but it would have been one of the largest sets he ever built there and photos taken later in 1922 do not show remnants of this set any thoughts for me cops is an endlessly fascinating time machine thanks to dave barnes we can now dive deeper into the past to witness and understand how buster made this incredible film check out my kino lorber bonus program for college check out my kino lorber bonus program for three ages posted in buster keaton cops tagged buster keaton geraldine farrar goldwyn studio silent movie locations the world and its woman then and now 1 comment silent location encore performances posted on march 31 2025 by john bengtson short and sweet just a few examples of silent film locations making repeat appearances sadly all are long since demolished the good news more rare and previously unavailable silent films become accessible on youtube every day these youtube links below should take you to the captured moments when dawn came 1920 starring colleen moore at 03 06 davideickemeyer filmed at alameda and marchesault where buster keaton filmed a scene from day dreams 1922 https youtu be ptggr69lcec si t7aim6z0pv2kssfz t 186 replaced by the union station the corner of alameda in the former chinatown stood near the plaza de los angeles chicken a la king 1919 at 03 24 josephblough4403 another lyons moran comedy this time filmed inside the gate to castle san souci where charlie chaplin and marie dressler filmed tillie s punctured romance 1914 https youtu be sg3kdji6hdc si roxffcetip1ig9z9 t 214 read more about castle san souci here https silentlocations com 2017 06 12 chaplin pavlova lois weber at the castle sans souci lige conley in fast and furious 1924 at 17 36 josephblough4403 filming at the inglewood train station where buster keaton filmed the closing scenes from one week 1920 https youtu be d0plbewouie si woovyfqnktxvjopn t 1056 read more about one week here https silentlocations com 2011 10 04 busters trains one week to speak easily check out my kino lorber bonus program for three ages check out my kino lorber bonus program for college posted in uncategorized tagged buster keaton charlie chaplin lyons and moran silent movie locations then and now 4 comments charlie chaplin s one a m mystery solved posted on january 15 2025 by john bengtson charlie chaplin s 1916 film one a m begins with him portraying a wealthy drunk struggling to exit a taxicab filmed on location this setting has been a mystery for over a century until sarah lagrillière a brilliant film preservationist and avid visual historian from finland solved the puzzle incredibly the scene was staged along hollywood blvd almost due north from where chaplin would later build his studio across a lemon grove less than 2 years later click to enlarge first this composite photo looks south along hollywood blvd west of sycamore one movie frame shows where charlie exits the taxi the other movie frame matches perfectly with the back of the homes facing south along hawthorne ave while the arrow leads from the filming site to the future chaplin studio site at 1416 n la brea usc digital library the home with the rooftop gable appearing beside the two images of albert austin at top was 7071 hawthorne chaplin filmed one a m at the lone star studio located at eleanor and lillian way buster keaton began his independent productions filming at the same small studio in 1920 the studio site where chaplin and keaton both filmed has been honored with a commemorative plaque installed by the damfinos the international buster keaton society look closely and you ll notice a trolley passes charlie as he struggles exiting the taxi the lone star studio stood a short block south of the santa monica blvd trolley line and at the time the area was sparsely developed it would have been efficient to film the scene on santa monica near the studio but they didn t analyzing vintage photos and historic maps show the details just don t match the first big break came when michael aus released his wonderful lyons and moran dvd of early universal comedy films one featured short waiting at the church 1919 starring eddie lyons and lee moran see post time travel to 1919 hollywood here is one of the most visually consequential silent films i ve ever seen with scenes filmed all around early la brea highland and nascent hollywood boulevard click to enlarge one a m at left note trolley tracks matching homes from waiting at the church at right as reported three years ago in a post pleading for help solving this one a m mystery background details confirm charlie and lyons and moran filmed scenes at the same location the location block pattern was clear a vacant front lot along a trolley line then an alley then a back lot lined with small garages facing the alley and taller homes facing the adjacent street matching details with one a m top and waiting at the church below further given the angle of the light i assumed the view looked east huge mistake after scrutinizing vintage maps and aerial photos for candidate blocks east of trolley lines one block along highland ave jumped out the pieces all seemed to fit no other block fit as well and as further proof lyons and moran had filmed other scenes on mccadden place just...