Title ID, for early Hollywood silent film clips
November 2, 2016 3:20 PM Subscribe
I have a bunch of early Hollywood silent film clips that I am looking to ID. Any idea what films these clips are from? Thank you in advance!
hmmm. thanks for the heads up. yes the links don't seem to be working. I'm going to repost with new links.
posted by stanleyhuff at 3:49 PM on November 2, 2016
posted by stanleyhuff at 3:49 PM on November 2, 2016
(If you put working links in a comment, I can edit the post for you.)
I saw the first set of your clips before they were taken down.
1 - Big guy driving long car/bus with rickety wobbly front wheels and lots of people -
(initial guess, maybe Oliver Hardy or Joe Roberts driving?)
2 - Cars driving in a circle make cop(?) dizzy -
The very beginning of this clip looks like the Buster Keaton stunt where he's yanked sideways by a car. That stunt's in this compilation at 0:45 and I think is from his film Cops - filming location described here)... but the latter link says the cars-drive-a-circle scene isn't the next scene in the movie of Cops.
3 - Woman driving car, guy in front with bowler hat trying to push against it -
(my initial thought was the guy has the body language of Harold Lloyd but isn't an exact match)
4 - Guy about to do a stunt where two trucks are driving parallel, he's in the back flatbed of one, at the top of two parallel boards hanging down -
5 - Special effect, car drives on vertical surface of apartment building then down thru sidewalk while street-level onlookers are amazed -
This scene shows up in a stock-photos site alongside pics from the Snub Pollard film "It's a Gift"
posted by LobsterMitten at 5:45 PM on November 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
I saw the first set of your clips before they were taken down.
1 - Big guy driving long car/bus with rickety wobbly front wheels and lots of people -
(initial guess, maybe Oliver Hardy or Joe Roberts driving?)
2 - Cars driving in a circle make cop(?) dizzy -
The very beginning of this clip looks like the Buster Keaton stunt where he's yanked sideways by a car. That stunt's in this compilation at 0:45 and I think is from his film Cops - filming location described here)... but the latter link says the cars-drive-a-circle scene isn't the next scene in the movie of Cops.
3 - Woman driving car, guy in front with bowler hat trying to push against it -
(my initial thought was the guy has the body language of Harold Lloyd but isn't an exact match)
4 - Guy about to do a stunt where two trucks are driving parallel, he's in the back flatbed of one, at the top of two parallel boards hanging down -
5 - Special effect, car drives on vertical surface of apartment building then down thru sidewalk while street-level onlookers are amazed -
This scene shows up in a stock-photos site alongside pics from the Snub Pollard film "It's a Gift"
posted by LobsterMitten at 5:45 PM on November 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
Sorry about that. Here are the re-uploaded links. Hopefully, they will work a bit better. Thank you again!
#01: http://imgur.com/a/esKKx
#02: http://imgur.com/a/iWOSA
#03: http://imgur.com/a/fCIaw
#04: http://imgur.com/a/zWgzO
#05: http://imgur.com/a/0G8mG
#06: http://imgur.com/a/4VbmT
#07: http://imgur.com/a/Ar7Q0
#08: http://imgur.com/a/xqp7c
#09: http://imgur.com/a/Efa8h
#10: http://imgur.com/a/X80nT
posted by stanleyhuff at 6:00 PM on November 2, 2016
#01: http://imgur.com/a/esKKx
#02: http://imgur.com/a/iWOSA
#03: http://imgur.com/a/fCIaw
#04: http://imgur.com/a/zWgzO
#05: http://imgur.com/a/0G8mG
#06: http://imgur.com/a/4VbmT
#07: http://imgur.com/a/Ar7Q0
#08: http://imgur.com/a/xqp7c
#09: http://imgur.com/a/Efa8h
#10: http://imgur.com/a/X80nT
posted by stanleyhuff at 6:00 PM on November 2, 2016
[Reposted the links above.]
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 6:05 PM on November 2, 2016
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 6:05 PM on November 2, 2016
#2 is Buster Keaton in "Cops" -- that one-handed car grab is pretty famous.
posted by AzraelBrown at 4:30 AM on November 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by AzraelBrown at 4:30 AM on November 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
(the part with the cars driving in a circle doesn't seem to be from "Cops", I just watched it online and didn't see that bit in there).
posted by AzraelBrown at 4:58 AM on November 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by AzraelBrown at 4:58 AM on November 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
#2 - I forget the film it is from but yes I'm pretty sure it is Buster Keaton.
posted by Ashwagandha at 7:15 AM on November 3, 2016
posted by Ashwagandha at 7:15 AM on November 3, 2016
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posted by notquitemaryann at 3:45 PM on November 2, 2016