Pretty cool. Brought out my inner Eastern Block gangster! Felt like putting on a jogging suit and selling contraband. LOL
@patrickvidro358612 күн бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@GarrettDavis-nu3ti12 күн бұрын
The thing about Silent Movie's is ( the stories, I think don't stand up) but, the practical stunt's & athleticsim of the Silent Actor's were beyond Amazing.
@toriletteriello2 ай бұрын
I love this!!
@TheEclecticFrog-downsouth2 ай бұрын
The Photoplayer is an almost lost treasure of the Silent Film era
@fonso10303 ай бұрын
FINALLY I find this on KZfaq. I recorded this off AMC when it first aired. I was almost 15 years old. That tape broke and I could never find this documentary again, until now. Thank you!!! I distinctly remember the woman yelling “Fatty Arbuckle!” at 1:42, and the man saying “It was traumatic in the extreme” at 34:50. These people had such a different and distinct way of speaking, I was fascinated as a young man, and it was this film that sparked my interest in silent pictures. This brings tears to my eyes almost 30 years later 🥹😊
@fonso10303 ай бұрын
FINALLY I find this on KZfaq. I recorded this off AMC In 1996 I think, and that tape broke and I could never find it again, until now. Thank you!!! This brings tears to my eyes 🥹😊
@patrickvidro35863 ай бұрын
So glad to hear! Thanks for reaching out. :-)
@debbutcher90873 ай бұрын
Amazing how Castle Films could cut these films up to almost nothing and the public bought them because there was no home video in those days.
@roughriderreturns50393 ай бұрын
I watched this when it first came out. I have wanted to see it again all of these years.
@eugeniasyro57744 ай бұрын
These wonderful people have been gone for decades. God bless them.
@classiclife72044 ай бұрын
To nitpick a bit about the filming of this: I can only assume a proper camera crew would've been too disruptive in nursing homes, where most of these interviews were filmed? That said, not ALL the interviews are in nursing homes, and yet the camera still hides behind other objects or opaque glass or something. We're PEEKING at these folks, and I started finding it distracting about halfway through. I would like to be able to see, and HEAR, the subjects more clearly. Subtitles should also have been deployed. Anyway. These folks were the group before the "Silent Generation". I guess they're known as the World War I Generation? But that seems insufficient, at least for Americans. (Not our war really, despite the exhortations of Mr. Wilson and Ms. Pickford.) The "Lost Generation" seems to refer more to writers and other arty types, mostly in Europe. Also, all the dead young men in Europe, literally "lost" to the meat-grinder of War. I think the most accurate term for Americans of this time is "The Movie Generation", because these folks grew up with nickelodeons and finally movie palaces that featured lavish silent screen entertainment. Recently I heard someone opine that the movies changed humans at an evolutionary level, and I think that might just be true. One woman here says the time of her youth, the first 2 decades of the 20th century, might as well have been a million years ago. There's something true about that. We can talk about cars and their immediate impact on infrastructure, but the movies changed the way people understood the world outside their communities, as the woman from Billings, Montana suggests. They also got us accustomed to passively accept entertainment, no matter the message (hello there, "Birth of a Nation", we meet again, as we always do when it comes to surveys of the Silent Era), leading the way for the talkies, TV, the Internet, and lord knows what else coming down the pike - AI entertainment? (Shudder.)
@mistervacation235 ай бұрын
Like most fungi, mildew thrives in a dark, moist environment, making places like drawers, closets, under the sink, and around pipes all fair game. When we open a neglected closet or a storage bin in an attic, that musty smell is often due to mildew, and it can get particularly nasty in the hot, humid months
@mariaboletsis31886 ай бұрын
Beautiful tribute ❤well done
@connern57916 ай бұрын
The ferry at 0:14 is the City of Petoskey The freighter at 0:19 is the CH McCullough jr The CSL freighter at 1:22 is the Donnacona
@TheGlasgowGamer6 ай бұрын
Thanks for uploading this! As a silent film fan, this is such a treat.
@patrickvidro35866 ай бұрын
You’re very welcomed! I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your comments! :-)
@flyingo7 ай бұрын
This is fabulous.. I don’t know why but it makes me cry. I wish everyone who still has their elderly relatives available to speak with would record their descriptions of memories and thoughts. They’re treasures we don’t realize fully until the people have passed. Thank you for sharing this.
@patrickvidro35867 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment! It truly is a beautiful documentary. :-)
@johnmitchelljr9 ай бұрын
Thank you. Great video.
@johnmitchelljr9 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@robertsmith-qb2ke9 ай бұрын
Spotted this yesterday. Looks a most interesting and valuable slice of oral history... 🎞🎞🎞 Was there a book tie-in as well?
@patrickvidro35869 ай бұрын
I am not aware of a book tie-in but that would be great if there was one!
@janetcarbone421310 ай бұрын
THIS is absolutely adorable. God bless those sweet people❤❤❤❤
@janetcarbone421310 ай бұрын
Eskimo from Buffalo!❤❤❤❤❤❤ it!
@davidatovar10 ай бұрын
Hope to see you all across the river, I won't forget you.
@LARomeo-jy9uw10 ай бұрын
The World War 1 generation, things like this is what's truly great about You Tube !
@xdxd-zm5ze11 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting, this is marvelous ❤
@patrickvidro358611 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@worldecho11 ай бұрын
I stumbled across this and it is absolutely wonderful. We are so fortunate that these people were able to record their memories for future generations. Their humour still shines through. Its like looking through a window into a different world. Thank you for uploading this.
@patrickvidro358611 ай бұрын
You are very welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed it. :-)
@vudoo1970 Жыл бұрын
According to the Google machine, the 3 Rivers Festival is still a thing. Looks like a blast.
@patrickvidro3586 Жыл бұрын
I saw that! They began doing it in 1969. Grand Rapids also began a raft race that year (sponsored by WLAV) that ran until 1981.
@vudoo1970 Жыл бұрын
Didn't know their were Dubridges in Arkansas. LOL
@patrickvidro3586 Жыл бұрын
Nah, not enough chickens around to be Doobies.
@emilys3458 Жыл бұрын
Simply wonderful!!
@patrickvidro3586 Жыл бұрын
Isn’t it! Just a lovely little documentary. Caught it in just enough time to throw a tape in the video recorder 25 years ago. :-) Glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting!
@emilys3458 Жыл бұрын
do you have other videos like this on youtube/@@patrickvidro3586
@raymondhummel5211 Жыл бұрын
Love the video, so much fun! Love the older folks singing, and their wonderful reminiscing of the past.
@GrantsFaith Жыл бұрын
Interesting to see what it used to look like. Do you by chance have any pictures of a map of the property.
@patrickvidro3586 Жыл бұрын
Sorry, I do not. I wish I did. As far as I understand it (and I could be totally wrong), all of the documentation, photos, et cetera that might have existed perished in the Greenville mill fire.
@GrantsFaith Жыл бұрын
@@patrickvidro3586 thats very sad
@RadioWhoPoo Жыл бұрын
This is such a cute documentary, thank you
@patrickvidro3586 Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! :-)
@Stickers2Go Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. I've just started collecting 8mm castle films movies mostly because I'm a massive universal classic monsters fan. How did you capture this video so cleanly? thanks
@patrickvidro3586 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment! I'm digitizing film with a Retroscan Universal film scanner. Here is one I did of The Mummy. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jZ1gf6dh0bq5eJs.html Happy collecting! Lots of fun stuff to discover. :-)
@vudoo1970 Жыл бұрын
Happy St. Patrick's Day, Patrick!
@patrickvidro3586 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!! ☘
@timothyhughes1904 Жыл бұрын
Love their mellow, mesmerizing style. They're very soothing singers. Additionally, your eyes can never regret seeing them. Thanks for posting this.
@patrickvidro3586 Жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Thanks for your comments. :-)
@virginiahilman7786 Жыл бұрын
Hi. Ginger is my mom. we’re planning a dinning reunion in nashville this october 🎶
@timothyhughes1904 Жыл бұрын
How wonderful. Anyone remembered is never gone. You favor your mom. There's definitely a family resemblance. I always thought Ginger was the most elegant Dinning of them all!@@virginiahilman7786
@vudoo19702 жыл бұрын
Don't forget to eat your Malto Meal. Video killed the radio star.