This site is brought to you by Gerald Smith, a retired IBM engineer,  a Chaplin enthusiast and a moving picture maker.


A Day Out

The Best of Chaplin Film Locations T&N has been put on DVD just for you!
ROAD TOURS: THEN & NOW

A vintage automobile, a vintage road book, a high definition camera, and a guest rider. Go back in time like never before!

Episode one, shot in Maine, follows Rick Whitney, director of the Dexter Historical Society, me and a few other kindred spirts as we retrace the 1917 automobile route from Dexter to Hartland.  Released on Blu-Ray this year.

Back2Maine
The place I stay when my adventures take me to Maine. A recently renovated vintage home that combines the past with the present in a most elegant way.
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