Thanks for tuning in! #SilentFlickerSunday will return in 2027 whenever TCM does their Oscar month/#SilentSundayNights goes on hiatus. I always love getting share my love of #SilentFilm with y’all.. Enjoy the rest of your week🖤

And finally, here’s a surviving excerpt of Lois Weber’s “Lost By a Hair” (1914) (youtu.be/yu1jWfrhwHA?...)
#SilentFlickerSunday #LostByAHair #LoisWeber #SilentFilm

All of the films on today’s #SilentFlickerSunday features scenes filmed on or near Hollywood Blvd. You can read more on the dearly missed film historian John Bengtson’s wonderful website “Silent Film Locations” here (silentlocations.com/2019/05/13/c...) & here (silentlocations.com/2019/05/13/c...)

Our final full length piece is Buster Keaton’s “The Blacksmith” (1922) (youtu.be/jmbfP1KwIB8?...)
#SilentFlickerSunday #TheBlacksmith #BusterKeaton

“Shoulder Arms” (1918) also features Charlie Chaplin’s older half brother Sydney Chaplin, who was a solid comedic entertainer & director in his own right. He would later go on to manage Charlie’s business affairs
#SilentFlickerSunday #ShoulderArms #SydneyChaplin #CharlieChaplin #SilentFilm

Tomorrow is actual #SilentMovieDay (silentmovieday.org) and TCM will have #SilentFilm all day contrasted w/their talkie remakes. Prime time & late night has silent swashbuckler films. So, set your DVRs and/or quit your job b/c you don’t want to miss it!
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Of the major #SilentFilm comedians of the era (Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Harry Langdon) only Buster Keaton served in the military during WW1. Chaplin would go on to actively contribute to war bond drives
#SilentFlickerSunday #ShoulderArms #SilentFilm #WW1

Yes, I know this score is more modern but I thought it was fun, okay? If you want to listen to the official score made for “Shoulder Arms” (1918) you can use the one available here ( youtu.be/Inz89ICLCL8?...
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And now our other Charlie Chaplin film: The 1918 WWI comedy “Shoulder Arms” (youtu.be/YJZiMjIStT4?...) starring, written, directed, produced, edited and initially scored by Chaplin himself
#SilentFlickerSunday #ShoulderArms #CharlieChaplin

“The Idle Class” (1921) was the second of 3 films where Charlie Chaplin played a dual role. The first was 1915’s “A Night in the Show” and, of course, the final one was “The Great Dictator” (1940)
#SilentFlickerSunday #CharlieChaplin

Charlie Chaplin made “The Idle Class’ (1921) after going through a creative block post-the success of “The Kid”. He made this short with his Little Tramp character after becoming inspired by fooling around with some golf clubs.
#SilentFlickerSunday #TheIdleClass #CharlieChaplin

And now the first of our 2 films from everyone’s favorite Romani-British anarchist, Charlie Chaplin. This is “The Idle Class” (1921) (youtu.be/VuIzaF7JMRA?...)
#SilentFlickerSunday #TheIdleClass #CharlieChaplin #SilentFilm

Despite reports, there’s no conclusive evidence that Lon Chaney Sr. is in the film “Suspense”
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“A tramp is prowling outside”😱
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Lois Weber (June 13, 1879 – November 13, 1939) was first American woman to direct a full-length feature film and the highest paid silent film director at Universal in 1916. She directed over 100 films in 2 decades.
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First up is “Suspense” (1913) (youtu.be/zfgiUvBaosg?...) directed by and starring Lois Weber. This film includes one of the earliest uses of split screen shots and car chases
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Monday AKA TODAY @⚠️6pm EST/5pm CST⚠️- #SilentFlickerSunday Pre- #SilentMovieDay (silentmovieday.org). #SilentFilm from #LoisWeber #CharlieChaplin & #BusterKeaton filmed near Hollywood Blvd. (youtube.com/playlist?lis...)
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