How Charlie found the baby who became The Kid - Part One

Step by step, views of early Hollywood and the Plaza downtown reveal where Edna Purviance lost and #CharlieChaplin found the baby who became The Kid. Plus Mary Pickford connections, and girls photo-bombing Charlie. Chaplin’s beautiful scores for The Kid accompany this detailed study of the movie’s opening scenes. Click to SHOW MORE
Part Two - How Charlie and Jackie Made The Kid Around the Plaza de Los Angeles • How Charlie and Jackie...
Score “The Kid Theme” from The Kid by Charles Chaplin
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Score “Five Years Later” from The Kid by Charles Chaplin
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Girl photo-bombs Charlie at • How Charlie found the ...
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[@aviduser1961]

How many Chaplin/Keaton/Lloyd fans that commuted to Hollywood daily, sitting in traffic at the Hollywood/Cahuenga intersection and had no idea about it's place in silent film history? Hundreds of thousands I'm guessing. Thanks to your amazing work we now know.

[@christopherp.hitchens3902]

Wow, a masterpiece itself. There's a beautiful story here...about the story-makers. I have been to these places but could never put them all together in my head. You even managed to find the BIRD'S EYE VIEW, showing us the where and how. I can see it now. You've pulled it all together in such a way that it is much like taking our hands and showing us what was always there, hiding in plain sight. John, you must love this stuff as much as we do...only you have the tech skills. Wow, like a new art form. Sorry! I'll shut up now! Thank you!

[@SilentLocationsbyJohnBengtson]

Thank you so much - my goal is to show people how to see these connections for themselves

[@mrkentcool]

Thank you for all you do for your fellow film buffs!

[@kali3665]

I was in the Hollywood area a couple weeks back to see the King Tut event over where Amoeba Music used to be, and I walked down the half-mile or so to finally get a chance to see the old Buster Keaton Studio location. I always wanted to do that, but never got a chance to do that before. And nearby was the old firehouse where I presumed Buster had filmed several times. Truly amazing what you find.

[@chasspencer1889]

Fantastic exhaustive work . Well done video for sure . Thank you for posting this .

[@Lennonlover06]

Great video thank you

[@lucianovisentin7296]

Marvelous pictures...Thanks!

[@lourdesmolina1913]

Bonito vídeo. Gran cómico, sin decir nada, decía mucho 🥰🙌

[@vukjovic1645]

Obožavam čarli čaplina

[@narayanamunja3517]

Mlna😊