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I like to watch silent movies, and then make gifs from them. Created by Don McHoull

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · Jul 29

My video about the dangers of being a silent-movie extra is up now
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyeG...

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 8h

I guess I assumed the existence of a dubbed version would crowd a subtitled version out of the market, but it makes sense that movie lovers would always want to see a film in its original language

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks. I assumed previous PTA movies would be shown subtitled in arthouse cinemas in Spain, but with this new one having a $160M budget it might be a different story

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve seen people do it in Canada, but here they blocked off the access to the lobby so that everyone had to exit through the front. I guess every nation has its own unique film-going culture

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 10h

It was interesting seeing One Battle After Another with Icelandic subtitles. Going to Spain next, and I assume there most big Hollywood movies get dubbed into Spanish

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 10h

Nobody checks your ticket, you just scan it at a gate that opens, like you’re getting on the subway

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 10h

Also at the multiplex I went to, people entered through the back of the theatre like in North America, but then at the end of the movie they all left through a door at the front of the theatre next to the screen, which led to hallway leading back into the mall

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 10h

An interesting thing about going to a movie in Iceland is that theatres add an intermission to every film by abruptly stopping it halfway through so that people can go get a snack or use the restroom. A bit jarring when you aren’t expecting it, I thought the projector broke

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 10h

Charlie Chaplin in Work (1915)

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 2d

La Grenouille (1908)
Directed by Segundo de Chomón

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 4d

Heading to Spain for the rest of the month, so I may not post as frequently. Though maybe I will, after 10 years of doing this it’s become kind of a compulsion to post at least one silent movie gif a day

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 4d

I considered making a video about Gasoline Alley, but with 100 years of dense lore it just seemed too daunting. Also, while Gasoline Alley started first as part of a Sunday comics package by Frank King, Barney Google has been running longer as a daily strip

Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 4d

If you've ever heard someone say "heebie jeebies," that's an expression first popularized by Barney Google

Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 4d

My video about Barney Google: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQi5...

The comic strip that won't die

YouTube video by Don McHoull

www.youtube.com

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 4d

Expect another 50 years of Garfield, I guess

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 4d

It's kind of crazy how long some comic strips run for. The Katzenjammer Kids started in 1897 and ran until 2006. Barney Google started in 1919 and it's still going

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 4d

And here's Spark Plug still showing up in a comic published just last month

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 4d

Barney Google was extremely popular in the early 1920s, as seen by this reference Buster Keaton makes to it in 3 Ages, showing Barney's famous racehorse Spark Plug

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 4d

A bit off topic, but I made a video essay about Barney Google, a comic strip that started in 1919 and is somehow still running today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQi5...

The comic strip that won't die

YouTube video by Don McHoull

www.youtube.com

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 5d

Fulta Fisher's Boarding House is the first narrative film directed by Frank Capra. Capra got the job by calling up a San Francisco-based movie studio and falsely implying he had experience working in Hollywood. At the time he was working as a book salesman