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Where Arbuckle Filmed his Brooklyn Vitaphone Shorts

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 1:27 am
by SilentEchoes57
The subject line says it all - my most expansive post ever showing over two dozen Brooklyn locations appearing in Roscoe Arbuckle's 1932 Vitaphone comedies.

https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2 ... ne-shorts/

While this aerial view shows how nearly every scene was filmed economically just steps from the studio in Midwood, he also filmed a few blocks to the east.

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This photo below was taken in Bay Ridge, at 3rd Ave and 80th St looking south.

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Cheers, John

Re: Where Arbuckle Filmed his Brooklyn Vitaphone Shorts

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:53 am
by vitaphone
God bless John Bengston!!!!!!!!!

Re: Where Arbuckle Filmed his Brooklyn Vitaphone Shorts

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:53 am
by Daniel Eagan
Always impressed by your research, this really opens up a lot about how Arbuckle filmed.

Re: Where Arbuckle Filmed his Brooklyn Vitaphone Shorts

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:46 am
by daveboz
Beyond cool. THANKS!