John Bengtson, Bay Area silent-movie expert and ‘Sherlock Holmes of film locations,' dies

A Bay Area attorney who researched silent films as a hobby, John Bengtson spent decades tracking down the exact streets where ...

'It's why Chaplin was in a class by himself': The story behind City Lights and cinema's greatest ever final shot

Charlie Chaplin's silent comedy, City Lights, is often cited as one of the greatest films ever made – and its final moments ...
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Long-lost Charlie Chaplin film meticulously restored after 100 years

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charlie Chaplin declared his 1942 recut of 'The Gold Rush' to be the official version, but archivists have long sought to restore ...
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Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Gold Rush’ Getting 4K Restoration That Will Bow in Cannes and Release Globally 100 Years to Day of Film’s 1925 Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

A restored 4K version of Charlie Chaplin’s classic silent comedy “The Gold Rush” is set to have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival ahead of a global release timed exactly 100 years to the ...
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At the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Movies as They’re Meant To Be Seen

The arguments are legion for seeing motion pictures in a movie theater rather than on a home screen or (perish the thought) cellphone. It’s all the more true for silent films. And that case was ...
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Chaplin and O’Neill in Carpinteria

This framed collage of Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill is on display at Roxanne’s A Wish and a Dream quilt shop, 919 Maple Ave. In the frame, there is a photo of Charlie Chaplin putting the wedding ...