MABEL'S STRANGE WEEKEND
Silent/Talkie BW/COLOR DV NTSC 30min.
Produced by Gerald Smith
Directed by Gerald Smith, David Totheroh & Chris Snowden
Featuring Tara Smith, Jack Totheroh, Bonnie McCourt,
Chris Snowden, David Kiehn, David Freeman, David Totheroh, Walter Levy,
Larry Telles and Gerald Smith
The Essanay Crew is back with a fantasy that's bound to please your sense of adventure. On April 9. 1915, after finishing the final scene of her latest Keystone 1 reeler, "Wished On Mabel", Mabel Normand rushed back to the St. Francis hotel to freshen up for a lunch date with Charlie Chaplin. What happened next has been subject to rumor and speculation since that time. Did she meet Charlie for lunch at the St. Francis cafe? Why did she return to Golden Gate Park in the afternoon? Why wasn't she at Roscoe Arbucke's Saturday night party? Where and the hell did she go and how did she make it back...
As Mabel makes her way though the weekend, the surprises and strange occurrences will delight you long after the picture has ended.
" the movie is awesome! "
" very clever and thought provoking "
" it was a fun fantasy "
" I loved the time shift "
" the sepia sequences were so sharp
and clear and the
color sequences where very nice too "
" I loved
the movie. Technically, it seemed very well done; you must have
access to some high quality equipment? There were lots of subtleties
that made it very interesting. Nice touches with all
the original note paper, booklets, postcards, etc. "
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TRAMP 2001 Silent COLOR DV NTSC
20min. A Year 2001 perspective of Charlie Chaplin's 1915 classic, "The Tramp". This motion picture was photographed on location in Niles, Topanga, and Windsor, California. How many THEN & NOW locations will you see? This time around, The Tramp is played by Bonnie McCourt. A little role reversal that yields little hints of Charlie, in a most hilarious and touching way. Chris Snowden plays The Tramp's love interest, with just the right touch of emotional feeling. His love of this time and place really comes shining though. the farmer is played by Jack Totheroh, who starred in his first Essanay picture in 1915. Wait until you see the painting scene - just too funny! David Totheroh plays the farmer's helper. Watch him get the worst end of the stick, as he and The Tramp go to work making funny business. David Kiehn, David Freedman and Gerald Smith play hobo characters well enough to make the ghost of Leo White stand up and cheer. Nancy Kauffman does a fine jog playing the girlfriend. And Genevieve Freedman plays the poet with a slight twist.
" I loved how you brought Charlie in from time to time. " " great music" " that Jack Totheroh is really something! " |
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A JITNEY 2000 Silent COLOR DV NTSC
13min. Watch today's Essanay
Crew as they follow Charlie's footsteps on their way to a jitney
elopement. This silent picture is a must have for all Chaplin
Enthusiast. How many THEN & NOW locations will you see from
Charlie's 1915 "A Jitney Elopement"?
" It was great and I
recognized most of the locations as well. " |
