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Film, Video [Mabel and Bill Dumphy's [sic] visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney, some visit!--Lon Chaney--home movies] Variant title: Lon Chaney--home movies / Corrected title: Mabel and Bill Dunphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney, some visit!--Lon Chaney--home movies

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Title

  • [Mabel and Bill Dumphy's [sic] visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney, some visit!--Lon Chaney--home movies]

Other Title

  • Variant title: Lon Chaney--home movies
  • Corrected title: Mabel and Bill Dunphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney, some visit!--Lon Chaney--home movies

Summary

  • Lon and Hazel Chaney with Mabel and Bill Dunphy play with a dog [perhaps Sandy] and perform some vaudeville routines. Later men and women, including Lon and Hazel and Lon's son, Creighton and his friends, and perhaps Eddie Parker, sit inside smoking, drinking, and talking.

Created / Published

  • [1928?]

Contents

  • The bunch leaves with Sandy for Saboba [sic] Springs -- The Parkers, Creighton and 'his crowd' move in to help lap up a few.

Headings

  • -  Chaney, Lon,--1883-1930
  • -  Chaney, Hazel,--1887-1933
  • -  Chaney, Lon,--Jr.,--1906-1973

Genre

  • Amateur films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Mabel and Bill Dunphy's name misspelled as Dumphy; Soboba Hot Springs misspelled as Saboba Springs on title cards.
  • -  The title, Mabel and Bill Dumphy's visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney, some visit!, appears on the work.
  • -  Appearing: Mabel Dunphy, Bill Dunphy, Lon Chaney, Hazel Chaney, Creighton Chaney.
  • -  Film selected as part of the Silent Film Project sponsored by the National Film Preservation Board.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 6 min.) : si., b&w.

Source Collection

  • Jon C. Mirsalis Collection (Library of Congress)
  • National Film Preservation Board (U.S.) Silent film project.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018601601

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Mabel and Bill Dumphy's sic visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney, some visit!--Lon Chaney--home movies. [?, 1928] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018601601/.

APA citation style:

(1928) Mabel and Bill Dumphy's sic visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney, some visit!--Lon Chaney--home movies. [?] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018601601/.

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Mabel and Bill Dumphy's sic visit with Hazel & Lon Chaney, some visit!--Lon Chaney--home movies. [?, 1928] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018601601/>.