Our great friend John Bengtson who runs the phenomenal blog Silent Locations has mounted an official campaign to name the the famous alley off Cahuenga near Hollywood Blvd. the "Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley". This is in tribute to the three masters of silent comedy who each used the alley in their films. Of course, Houdini also used the alley for a quick shot in The Grim Game. It was actually John Bengtson who made this discovery.
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Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid (1921), Buster Keaton’s Cops (1922), and Harold Lloyd’s Safety Last! (1923), were filmed in the heart of Hollywood at a humble alley south of Hollywood Boulevard. Each inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as “works of enduring importance to American culture." This six-way constellation of timeless movies and iconic stars is absolutely unique in Hollywood history. The alley deserves a name - Chaplin Keaton Lloyd Alley. The north-south alley already has a great name, EaCa Alley, but the cross arm at the top deserves a name too.
Download a pdf Chaplin Keaton Lloyd brochure HERE.
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| Houdini in the Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley in The Grim Game (1919). |
Good luck John!
Well I agree with this - but Buster's gag is the stand-out, and I think it should be the Keaton Chaplin Lloyd Alley.
ReplyDeleteI don't imagine it will go that way, though, since Chaplin is the only guy everyone definitely recognizes. I remember when Madame Tussaud's opened on Hollywood Boulevard, and I found that the entire silent era was represented by exactly one wax figure - and you can guess who that was.
The entire silent era represented by a single figure? I knew there was a reason I'd never been in that place. :p
DeleteHarry's name should have been the fourth on the title. He was part of silent film history and Hollywood gained from his work.
ReplyDeleteHmmm. That might be giving his movies a little too much credit.
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