The Silent Film Career of Bartine Burkett

A collection of segments from an interview recorded in November of 1984. Along with being Buster Keaton's first leading lady, Bartine worked with many of the legends of the silent screen including Lon Chaney, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Mary Pickford and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.

The Ghosts of Hollywood

This short film was produced in the 1930s. It documents that sad remains of several silent movie studios.

A look at the making of Unknown Chaplin

Leonard Maltin previews Unknown Chaplin: The Master at Work

Charlie Chaplin - Shoulder Arms Outtake

From the great three part documentary Unknown Chaplin: The Master at Work

Vitaphone shorts in the new DVD release of The Jazz Singer (1927)

In the new three disc DVD release of Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer (1927), it is the extras included that make this a great find. 3 1/2 hours worth of early Vitaphone shorts give a unique glimpse of what was to become the death of Vaudeville.
Here thanks to YouTube, is a look at a Vitaphone short from 1926.

There's Gold in Them Thar DVDs

If you have been collecting DVDs as long as I have, you probably have several that you have not watched (or even remember that you own) in a long time. In an ongoing effort to lose what I don't use, I have posted a number of these titles for sale on ebay recently. To my amazement, some of the titles that have gone out of print are in such demand that the final winning bids are upwards of 300 percent of the original purchase price. A quick way to see if you are sitting on a potential nugget or gold mine, is to do a title search on amazon.com. Out of print items are often listed by outside resellers with a wide range of prices. While there's no guarantee that your item will actually sell for big bucks, you can always place a reserve price to keep it from being the hidden bargain for someone else. This "golden" rule can certainly also apply to books and other items too. Happy selling.