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LONG “LOST” EARLY DISNEY CARTOON DISCOVERED

November 28, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

Before Mickey was a mouse, he was a rabbit — named Oswald. But, except for the ears, Oswald is virtually an identical Mickey — created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks in 1927 and the star of 26 cartoons before receiving a makeover and emerging as Mickey in 1928. Fewer than half of those films […]

1917 CHAPLIN FILM ALTERS MOVIE HISTORY

June 1, 2011 by · Leave a Comment 

A print of a Charlie Chaplin film purchased on eBay for about $5 in 2009 could sell for more than $160,000 when it is offered at Bonham’s auction house in London on June 29, appraisers have indicated. The film, made in 1917 during World War I, features Chaplin in his tramp costume bringing down a […]