https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/4f6d2a12-61dd-4982-9392-abb7f6b781a2 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Part 2: https://youtu.be/ky8IIHH2r8k "Hollywood My Home Town" (1965) features home movie footage shot by Ken Murray, showing some of Hollywood's greatest stars of the 20th Century in candid moments. Murray started shooting films in 1927 with a 16mm camera, capturing scenes of early Los Angeles, Hollywood Boulevard, and various studios. His footage includes stars like Will Rogers, Carol Lombard, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks. Murray notes changes in Hollywood with the advent of talkies and showcases early film industry technology and stars like Rudy Vallee and Maurice Chevalier. Murray received a special Academy Award in 1947 for "novel and entertaining use of the medium". • 0:11: Ken Murray introduces the show, highlighting that it features over 60 movie stars and all-new footage. • 1:01: Murray discusses Hollywood's off-camera activities and their revealing nature. • 2:37: Murray explains how he started his collection of films in 1927, using a 16mm home movie camera. • 3:49: Footage from Los Angeles in 1927, including shots of the Orum Theater and downtown traffic. • 4:43: Murray shows backstage footage and mentions borrowing money from the manager. • 5:07: Introduction of young stars like Dick Powell and Ralph Bellamy. • 5:33: Murray recalls his first encounter with a movie star, Luke Cody. • 6:45: Footage of Hollywood Boulevard in 1927 and a tour through Paramount Studios. • 7:13: Murray shows footage of stars like Will Rogers and Carol Lombard. • 8:11: Footage from the opening of Grauman's Chinese Theater in 1927. • 9:04: Visit to Warner Brothers Studio, featuring stars like John Barrymore and Dolores Costello. • 10:29: Visit to Chaplin Studios, with footage of Charlie Chaplin and his brother Sydney. • 11:55: First encounter with Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. • 13:19: Murray's return to Hollywood in 1929, noting changes due to the advent of talkies. • 14:42: Murray's first plane ride in 1929, with Edgar Bergen on board. • 16:31: Arrival at the studio, with changes in technology and the film industry. • 17:00: Footage of Rudy Vallee making his first movie, "The Vagabond Lover." • 18:01: Mention of other stars like Rudolph Valentino and Buddy Rogers. • 19:01: Murray reads a letter from Maurice Chevalier about an old injury and shows his screen test. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHaiZNmAQd8 Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:25:18 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/4f6d2a12-61dd-4982-9392-abb7f6b781a2 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.