Those Golden alt.movies.chaplin Memories

[Shush]

Well, it's safe to say that a.m.c. is thoroughly dead now. I suspect
that one or two of our once-regular posters might be, as well.

How many of you are still out there? Does anyone want to talk Chaplin
again? And if not here in Spamland, then where?



--Shush--

[David Totheroh]

Post by Shush
Well, it's safe to say that a.m.c. is thoroughly dead now. I suspect
that one or two of our once-regular posters might be, as well.
How many of you are still out there? Does anyone want to talk Chaplin
again? And if not here in Spamland, then where?
--Shush--

I don't know about "thoroughly dead." Possibly just recouping from a
broken foot, tired and weary from defending against McCarthyite
charges. Who knows, there may actually be at least a figurative
filming of "The Freak" still to come in this alternate cyberspace
lifetime. Maybe some of those who chose to take up residence in
Nitrateville'll come back and visit their old neighborhood here in
amc, willing to contribute their ideas and talents to future
productions. Or maybe not. Who knows. (btw, I still appreciate and
enjoy visiting The Silent Movie Blog periodically.)

[Deborah]

Post by Shush
Well, it's safe to say that a.m.c. is thoroughly dead now. I suspect
that one or two of our once-regular posters might be, as well.
How many of you are still out there? Does anyone want to talk Chaplin
again? And if not here in Spamland, then where?
--Shush--

Hi Shush,
I'm still alive and kicking. I check in on AMC now and again, but it
seems spam has had a strangle hold. Is there anything we can do about
that?

Deborah

P.S. My most recent Chaplin related activity has been reading Glen
David Gold's "Sunnyside" but I find it something of a slog to do - way
too all over the map. I keep putting it down and reading other books
instead. It's collecting dust on my nightstand.:-(

[Derek Gee]

Post by Shush
Well, it's safe to say that a.m.c. is thoroughly dead now. I suspect
that one or two of our once-regular posters might be, as well.
How many of you are still out there? Does anyone want to talk Chaplin
again? And if not here in Spamland, then where?
--Shush--

I'm still here. Not too much Chaplin news though.

Derek

[Shush]

A few tidbits to throw out there (feel free to throw them right back
at me)---

1. The Heritage auction house auctioned off a first-edition copy of
Chaplin's MY TRIP ABROAD, autographed by Chaplin himself in 1922 with
the inscription, "From the author (as the saying goes)," which makes
me wonder if the book may not have been completely ghostwritten after
all.

2. Heritage also auctioned off an original copy of the contract that
Chaplin executed when he presented THE PILGRIM to First National, very
early in 1923. It went into a lot of detail: it officially released
him from his First National obligations, and specified that he was to
receive $125,000 for it (he'd received a $125,000 advance back in 1917
as well) and that he was also entitled to 50% of the film's grosses
from the American and Canadian markets.

3. In Esther Ralston's autobiography, she writes that one of her
earliest film jobs was playing an angel in THE KID, but that she was
unhappy to discover later that her scene had been edited out of the
finished product. She would've been 17 or 18 at the time. And of
course another angel in THE KID, Lita Grey, was even younger,
suggesting that Chaplin's vision of heaven was populated by teenage
girls. Make of that what you will, although in fairness my own vision
of heaven is populated by lingerie models.

4. Speaking of Lita Grey, I got to see her Vitaphone musical two-
reeler SEASONED GREETINGS. I was impressed with her singing, but her
voice was startlingly husky, and that took some getting used to, but
overall it's a good little film. Sammy Davis Jr. (age five or so)
appears in it.

5. Recalling that our comrade in arms George Shelps was ailing at last
report, I sent him an e-mail two or three weeks ago, asking after his
health. No word. I hope he's still with us, and doing well. But
wherever he might be, I think he'd be pleased to know that I can't
really imagine voting for another Democrat.



--Shush--

[Deborah]

Post by Shush
A few tidbits to throw out there (feel free to throw them right back
at me)---
1. The Heritage auction house auctioned off a first-edition copy of
Chaplin's MY TRIP ABROAD, autographed by Chaplin himself in 1922 with
the inscription, "From the author (as the saying goes)," which makes
me wonder if the book may not have been completely ghostwritten after
all.
2. Heritage also auctioned off an original copy of the contract that
Chaplin executed when he presented THE PILGRIM to First National, very
early in 1923. It went into a lot of detail: it officially released
him from his First National obligations, and specified that he was to
receive $125,000 for it (he'd received a $125,000 advance back in 1917
as well) and that he was also entitled to 50% of the film's grosses
from the American and Canadian markets.
3. In Esther Ralston's autobiography, she writes that one of her
earliest film jobs was playing an angel in THE KID, but that she was
unhappy to discover later that her scene had been edited out of the
finished product. She would've been 17 or 18 at the time. And of
course another angel in THE KID, Lita Grey, was even younger,
suggesting that Chaplin's vision of heaven was populated by teenage
girls. Make of that what you will, although in fairness my own vision
of heaven is populated by lingerie models.
4. Speaking of Lita Grey, I got to see her Vitaphone musical two-
reeler SEASONED GREETINGS. I was impressed with her singing, but her
voice was startlingly husky, and that took some getting used to, but
overall it's a good little film. Sammy Davis Jr. (age five or so)
appears in it.
5. Recalling that our comrade in arms George Shelps was ailing at last
report, I sent him an e-mail two or three weeks ago, asking after his
health. No word. I hope he's still with us, and doing well. But
wherever he might be, I think he'd be pleased to know that I can't
really imagine voting for another Democrat.
--Shush--

1 & 2) Do you know how much these items fetched at auction?
3) and my vision of hell. :-)
4) Where did you see this?
5) Wishing George, and all in AMC, good health (except the spammers,
may they rot)

Deborah

[Richard Carnahan]

Post by Deborah

Post by Shush
A few tidbits to throw out there (feel free to throw them right back
at me)---
1. The Heritage auction house auctioned off a first-edition copy of
Chaplin's MY TRIP ABROAD, autographed by Chaplin himself in 1922 with
the inscription, "From the author (as the saying goes)," which makes
me wonder if the book may not have been completely ghostwritten after
all.
2. Heritage also auctioned off an original copy of the contract that
Chaplin executed when he presented THE PILGRIM to First National, very
early in 1923. It went into a lot of detail: it officially released
him from his First National obligations, and specified that he was to
receive $125,000 for it (he'd received a $125,000 advance back in 1917
as well) and that he was also entitled to 50% of the film's grosses
from the American and Canadian markets.
3. In Esther Ralston's autobiography, she writes that one of her
earliest film jobs was playing an angel in THE KID, but that she was
unhappy to discover later that her scene had been edited out of the
finished product. She would've been 17 or 18 at the time. And of
course another angel in THE KID, Lita Grey, was even younger,
suggesting that Chaplin's vision of heaven was populated by teenage
girls. Make of that what you will, although in fairness my own vision
of heaven is populated by lingerie models.
4. Speaking of Lita Grey, I got to see her Vitaphone musical two-
reeler SEASONED GREETINGS. I was impressed with her singing, but her
voice was startlingly husky, and that took some getting used to, but
overall it's a good little film. Sammy Davis Jr. (age five or so)
appears in it.
5. Recalling that our comrade in arms George Shelps was ailing at last
report, I sent him an e-mail two or three weeks ago, asking after his
health. No word. I hope he's still with us, and doing well. But
wherever he might be, I think he'd be pleased to know that I can't
really imagine voting for another Democrat.
--Shush--

1 & 2) Do you know how much these items fetched at auction?
3) and my vision of hell. :-)
4) Where did you see this?
5) Wishing George, and all in AMC, good health (except the spammers,
may they rot)
Deborah- Hide quoted text -
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It's good to see that the reports of amc's death have been greatly
exaggerated.

I have a little Chaplin news:

The restored CC Keystones are scheduled for DVD release -- at least in
the UK -- in December.

Criterion is rumored to have acquired the DVD rights to the Chaplin
films controlled by his estate.

I just finished reading A BRIGHT AND GUILTY PLACE by Richard Rayner.
Chaplin is only a bit player here, but it's a fascinatng non-fiction
look at Los Angeles during the era of CHINATOWN.

And I hope George is doing OK, too.