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A Thief Catcher (Keystone, 1914), featuring a previously unknown performance by silent comedy star Charlie Chaplin, will have its west coast re-premiere during the 46th annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood California over Labor Day Weekend, September 2-6, 2010
Chaplin is officially credited with appearing in thirty-five films during his year at Keystone in 1914, but he claimed in various interviews that he had also played bit roles as a cop and a barber while at the studio--but he did not name the films, and although there has been some speculation about the possibility of additional Chaplin-Keystone appearances, none has turned up until now. Film collector Paul Gierucki found a 16mm film print in a trunk at a Taylor, Michigan, antique store last year. "I could tell it was a Keystone comedy,...
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A Thief Catcher (Keystone, 1914), featuring a previously unknown performance by silent comedy star Charlie Chaplin, will have its west coast re-premiere during the 46th annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood California over Labor Day Weekend, September 2-6, 2010
Chaplin is officially credited with appearing in thirty-five films during his year at Keystone in 1914, but he claimed in various interviews that he had also played bit roles as a cop and a barber while at the studio--but he did not name the films, and although there has been some speculation about the possibility of additional Chaplin-Keystone appearances, none has turned up until now. Film collector Paul Gierucki found a 16mm film print in a trunk at a Taylor, Michigan, antique store last year. "I could tell it was a Keystone comedy,...
- 8/25/2010
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
With Charlie Chaplin’s first step into the Criterion Collection looming on the horizon, it looks like the legendary silent film star is having a sort of renaissance with the public.
After his filmography was picked up by the geniuses over at Janus Films, the company have been on a tear bringing their traveling series of films throughout the country. Next on their trip, the Castro Theater.
Saturday, Sept.18, 2010 – The Circus (1928, 72 min.), The Idle Class (1921, 32 min.), and A Day’s Pleasure (1919, 19 min.), with an introduction by Glen David Gold, author of the bestselling Chaplin inspired novel Sunnyside.
Sunday, Sept.19, 2010 – City Lights (1931, 87 min.), A Dog’s Life (1918, 33 min.), and Sunnyside (1919, 30 min.)
Monday, Sept.20, 2010 – Modern Times (1936, 87 min.) and Pay Day ( 1922, 22 min.)
Tuesday, Sept.21, 2010 – The Great Dictator (1940, 124 min.) and The Kid (1921, 54 min.)
Wednesday, Sept.22, 2010 – Limelight (1952, 137 min.) and Shoulder Arms (1918, 37 min.)
The theater will play home to the greatest hits collection this September, and...
After his filmography was picked up by the geniuses over at Janus Films, the company have been on a tear bringing their traveling series of films throughout the country. Next on their trip, the Castro Theater.
Saturday, Sept.18, 2010 – The Circus (1928, 72 min.), The Idle Class (1921, 32 min.), and A Day’s Pleasure (1919, 19 min.), with an introduction by Glen David Gold, author of the bestselling Chaplin inspired novel Sunnyside.
Sunday, Sept.19, 2010 – City Lights (1931, 87 min.), A Dog’s Life (1918, 33 min.), and Sunnyside (1919, 30 min.)
Monday, Sept.20, 2010 – Modern Times (1936, 87 min.) and Pay Day ( 1922, 22 min.)
Tuesday, Sept.21, 2010 – The Great Dictator (1940, 124 min.) and The Kid (1921, 54 min.)
Wednesday, Sept.22, 2010 – Limelight (1952, 137 min.) and Shoulder Arms (1918, 37 min.)
The theater will play home to the greatest hits collection this September, and...
- 8/23/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
A 1914 silent film, A Thief Catcher, featuring Charlie Chaplin, has been discovered at an antiques fair. American cinema historian Paul Gierucki found a can of an old film marked ‘Keystone’ at a Michigan sale. Months later, he was amazed to see Chaplin emerging from the bushes in a too-big police uniform, armed with a nightstick. The 10-minute movie was made by Mack Sennett for his Keystone film company, which produced a series of films about a group of incompetent policemen, the Keystone Cops, between 1912 and 1917. The film will be screened for the first time in nearly a century at the ...
- 7/20/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
London, July 18 – A long lost Hollywood silent movie starring a young Charlie Chaplin has been discovered at an antiques fair.
The 1914 film with a cameo appearance by Chaplin is now being shown at a film festival in the Us state of Virginia for the first time.
The film ‘A Thief Catcher’ is a 10-minute comedy, which was discovered last autumn by film historian and preservationist Paul Gierucki.
It was found in an antique trunk and bought for around 65 pounds.
“I opened the can, unspooled it and I immediately recognized the title as an early Keystone,” Sky News quoted him as saying.
“So.
The 1914 film with a cameo appearance by Chaplin is now being shown at a film festival in the Us state of Virginia for the first time.
The film ‘A Thief Catcher’ is a 10-minute comedy, which was discovered last autumn by film historian and preservationist Paul Gierucki.
It was found in an antique trunk and bought for around 65 pounds.
“I opened the can, unspooled it and I immediately recognized the title as an early Keystone,” Sky News quoted him as saying.
“So.
- 7/18/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
It's not exactly a Chaplin masterpiece, but the ten-minute 1914 film A Thief Catcher featured an early, maybe 3-minute cameo with Charlie Chaplin playing a Keystone cop. The film had disappeared from the record books: Chaplin filmographies neglected to list it, and Keystone filmographies listed it without mentioning Chaplin. In a late interview, Chaplin himself recalled making it, but did not mention the title.
The film turned up at an antique sale in Taylor, Michigan, the Associated Press reported Thursday. Film historian Paul Gierucki thought he was buying an ordinary Keystone Studios movie. When he finally watched it, he was shocked and had to show the film to his friend, Richard Roberts, to be sure he could believe his eyes. The two men help organize the annual Slapsticon festival in Arlington, Virginia, and A Thief Catcher will make its debut at this year's fest (July 15-18).
Chaplin was one of the...
The film turned up at an antique sale in Taylor, Michigan, the Associated Press reported Thursday. Film historian Paul Gierucki thought he was buying an ordinary Keystone Studios movie. When he finally watched it, he was shocked and had to show the film to his friend, Richard Roberts, to be sure he could believe his eyes. The two men help organize the annual Slapsticon festival in Arlington, Virginia, and A Thief Catcher will make its debut at this year's fest (July 15-18).
Chaplin was one of the...
- 7/17/2010
- by Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Cinematical
A 16Mm print of a 1914 Keystone Cops short, purchased last year at a Michigan antiques sale, turned out to contain an early ‘lost’ 3 minute appearance by Charlie Chaplin as a bumbling Keystone Cop.
Film historian Paul Gierucki thought the Keystone short ‘A Thief Catcher’ he bought was of no particular significance and did not watch it for months after acquiring it. When he finally did lace it up it he was startled to see a figure emerge from the bushes whom he was quite certain was Chaplin, and consultation with another historian confirmed the mustachioed cop’s identity.
The discovery is the first new addition to Chaplin’s roster in 60 years. The film screens this weekend at the annual Slapsticon festival at the Rosslyn Spectrum Theater in Arlington, Va, just outside Washington, DC.
Gierucki, head of restorations for CineMuseum LLC, plans to make ‘A Thief Catcher’ available to other festivals and on DVD.
Film historian Paul Gierucki thought the Keystone short ‘A Thief Catcher’ he bought was of no particular significance and did not watch it for months after acquiring it. When he finally did lace it up it he was startled to see a figure emerge from the bushes whom he was quite certain was Chaplin, and consultation with another historian confirmed the mustachioed cop’s identity.
The discovery is the first new addition to Chaplin’s roster in 60 years. The film screens this weekend at the annual Slapsticon festival at the Rosslyn Spectrum Theater in Arlington, Va, just outside Washington, DC.
Gierucki, head of restorations for CineMuseum LLC, plans to make ‘A Thief Catcher’ available to other festivals and on DVD.
- 7/16/2010
- by Guest
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A lost Charlie Chaplin clip from an early Keystone Cops film will be screened for the first time since 1914 at a comedy festival in Arlington, Virginia this weekend (17-18Jul10).
Few silent film buffs realised Chaplin once played a clumsy cop at the beginning of his film career - and even historian Paul Gierucki was stunned when he caught sight of the actor during a three minute clip of A Thief Catcher.
Gierucki bought the 16-millimeter print at an auction in Michigan last year.
Few silent film buffs realised Chaplin once played a clumsy cop at the beginning of his film career - and even historian Paul Gierucki was stunned when he caught sight of the actor during a three minute clip of A Thief Catcher.
Gierucki bought the 16-millimeter print at an auction in Michigan last year.
- 7/16/2010
- WENN
How do you follow up a newly found John Ford film?
How about a newly found Charlie Chaplin film sound?
That’s just what was found at an antique sale in Michigan. The film, A Thief Catcher, doesn’t star the silent legend, but it features a rather extensive cameo from him, as he reprises his legendary role as the Keystone Cop in this Keystone comedy clocking in at just around 10 minutes.
The film was originally released in 1914, and was, like many films from that era, thought to be lost to history. It stars Ford Sterling, Mack Swain and Edgar Kennedy, and as the Palm Beach Post put it, “finding a lost Chaplin appearance can be roughly compared to finding a lost Beethoven quartet.”
I second those sentiments.
While not quite as massive a find as a full length John Ford film, this is still one hell of a discovery,...
How about a newly found Charlie Chaplin film sound?
That’s just what was found at an antique sale in Michigan. The film, A Thief Catcher, doesn’t star the silent legend, but it features a rather extensive cameo from him, as he reprises his legendary role as the Keystone Cop in this Keystone comedy clocking in at just around 10 minutes.
The film was originally released in 1914, and was, like many films from that era, thought to be lost to history. It stars Ford Sterling, Mack Swain and Edgar Kennedy, and as the Palm Beach Post put it, “finding a lost Chaplin appearance can be roughly compared to finding a lost Beethoven quartet.”
I second those sentiments.
While not quite as massive a find as a full length John Ford film, this is still one hell of a discovery,...
- 6/8/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
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