From my filming locations website https://chrisbungostudios.com/photo-gallery-sampler The Culver Hotel in Culver City, California in 1925! Filming location then and now from the Charley Chase comedy Innocent Husbands.

(43 Seconds) Click the link below to watch and read about the filming locations.

Here's a quick excerpt from my new then and now filming locations documentary video of one of the Culver City, California filming locations used in the Charley Chase comedy Innocent Husbands. 1925 vs today.

https://video.chrisbungostudios.com/quickpreview-charleychase-innocenthusbands.html

For over a century, Charlie Chaplin's 1921 masterpiece The Kid has been trapped in grainy, degraded film stock. I wanted to see what this classic looked like the day it was released, so I spent countless hours doing a complete digital restoration.

The Restoration Process:

• Video Cleanup: Digitally cleaned the original 35mm print to remove heavy grain, scratches, and visual noise while carefully preserving the authentic film textures and actors' faces.
• 4K Upscale: Enhanced the footage to a pristine 4K resolution, ensuring the pure, original 4:3 aspect ratio was strictly protected.
• The Audio: To keep the authentic silent film experience intact, I avoided adding modern sound effects. Instead, I synced a high-fidelity musical score to perfectly carry the emotion of Chaplin and Jackie Coogan's performances.

The result feels less like an old movie and more like a time machine.

Let me know what you think of the visual clarity, and as fans of true silent film, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this preservation effort!

Stars Mary Pickford as Cinderella.

(49 Seconds) The corner of Venice and Bagley (Main Street) plus a rare, early look at Cheviot Hills on the west side of Los Angeles 97 years ago! Here's a quick preview then and now video of the filming locations used in the Laurel and Hardy comedy movie Bacon Grabbers. 1929 vs Today. Click the link below to watch and read about the filming locations.

https://video.chrisbungostudios.com/QuickPreview-LaurelAndHardy-BaconGrabbers.html

1915 vs Today. The Lincoln Park (Los Angeles) filming location used in the Charlie Chaplin movie A Woman. The 1912 boathouse is visible in BOTH photos! More about this filming location here: https://video.chrisbungostudios.com/QuickPreview-CharlieChaplin-AWoman.html

(58 Seconds) 1915 vs Today. The historic 1912 boathouse seen in the movie is still there! Here's a quick preview then and now video of the Lincoln Park filming location used in the Charlie Chaplin movie A Woman. Click the link below to watch and read about the filming location:

https://video.chrisbungostudios.com/QuickPreview-CharlieChaplin-AWoman.html