Tag Archives: public domain

Sherlock Holmes’ films

Posted on January 29, 2007 by

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a prolific writer most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and the adventures of Professor Challenger. Conan Doyle wrote … Continue reading →

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Charles Chaplin On-line III: 1917-1921

Posted on January 22, 2007 by

The first part of Charles Chaplin on-line was about 1914′s films, the second 1915 and 1916′s films and this is about all his other films on-line. This is the smallest list because he reduce his rhythm of making films in … Continue reading →

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Charles Chaplin On-line II: 1915-1916

Posted on January 21, 2007 by

After the first part., with Chaplin’s films of 1914, the second include his films of 1915 and 1916: In 1915 he began a year’s contract with Essanay film studios, and further developed his film skills, adding new levels of depth … Continue reading →

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Charles Chaplin On-line I: 1914

Posted on January 20, 2007 by

After Bela Lugosi, Buster Keaton, Dziga Vertov, now is the time of Charlie Chaplin. Sooner or later I would end up making a post about him. I’m doing it now because circumstances helped, and in this case they mean Internet … Continue reading →

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The Man with a Movie Camera

Posted on January 17, 2007 by

I watched The Man with a Movie Camera several times, not because, as some people do, I loved it so much that I must watch again and again. No, just happened. Someone told me it was a great film and … Continue reading →

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La collection Libertinage

Posted on January 15, 2007 by

La collection Libertinage is a collection from La Bibliothèque électronique du Québec composed by books that are “susceptible to offend the readers’ modesty”, what I prefer to call naughty books. There are PDF versions of nine book, including Sade’s La … Continue reading →

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Wired’s Best Movies in the Public Domain

Posted on January 14, 2007 by

Wired made a list of 10 The Best: Movies in the Public Domain and I decided to take a look. It’s almost a fine list, it has good examples of what you can find on-line in public domain of almost … Continue reading →

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Van Beuren’s Tom and Jerry

Posted on January 9, 2007 by

Before the popular cat and mouse pair Tom and Jerry, there was the Van Beuren’s cartoons of Tom and Jerry. At those cartoons, two guys starred a series of bizarre adventures paying plumbers, musicians, fishers, etc., with a similar style … Continue reading →

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Buster Keaton on-line

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Bibi

I have always been a huge fan of Charlie Chaplin and for a long time I knew him only as the king of silent comedies. Many years later I discovered other legends: Harold Lloyd, Max Linder and Buster Keaton. I … Continue reading →

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Christmas Linkdump: Books and Texts

Posted on December 25, 2006 by

Probably there are thousands of books and short stories about Christmas, from unknown writers to classic books. No matter how know are those stories, the important is share them, is spread this culture, right? Based on this idea of share … Continue reading →

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