Tag "Charlie Chaplin"
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The Ring (1927)
The Master turns in a technical tour de force in this prize winning tale Danish actor Carl Brisson, star of two Hitchcocks, suffers a hit in love in both Don’t watch the horde
Raymond Rohauer: King of the Film Freebooters by William K. Everson
Infamous film collector who was one of the most contentious figures connected with the nitrate era He lied, stole and bullied his way into ownership of a vast archive of
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Downhill (1927)
Not a murder in sight, but it’s still one of the darkest films in the Master’s canon The star of The Lodger returns to suffer again in another Wrong Man
Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide: Tillie’s Punctured Romance (1914)
Charting the convoluted release history of the first feature length film for Chaplin, Keystone and comedy itself One of the most famous of all silver screen comedies, it was a huge success
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide
First part of an in-depth series giving a totally unique insight into the Master of Suspense, focusing on his British years The iconic director’s best known for his Hollywood classics
Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide: A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)
Two big budget, dramatic versions of Carmen hit cinemas in 1915, inspiring Chaplin’s brilliant spoof. But immediately on completion Chaplin’s original version disappeared, destroyed for decades It was known only
Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 8
1918–1967 Shorts and Features in HD Charlie Chaplin Competition: Win Artificial Eye Blu-rays and DVDs! Concluding this definitive overview of the silent movie icon’s career This time it’s the Chaplin-copyrighted
Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 7
Shorts and Features 1918–1967 Charlie Chaplin Competition: Win Artificial Eye Blu-rays and DVDs! We move on to perhaps Chaplin’s best known works: his later shorts and feature films on DVD
Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 6
Essanay and Mutual Restored in HD Covering the definitive editions of the Little Tramp’s pivotal short films They’re the closest ever to the versions Chaplin’s original audiences saw They now
Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 5
Essanay and Mutual 1980s–2000s Restorations For many years the Little Tramp’s mid-1910s films were inaccessible and languished in poor condition Film preservationist David Shepard fully restored them for the first