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♪ ♪ hello everyone i'm san francisco somerville. this weekend one of the most phenomenal events in the history of film began in oakland. the san francisco silent film festival is debuting the film napoleon. it's 5-1/2 hours long and shown

with a live orchestra in this case the oakland symphony performing the score written and cubbed by carl davis. we'll have more own that later. but first we want to revisit the bay area's riff -- area's rich culture around. one of the most prolific language companies in the world was on the nile. in 'twixt, bonn mackenzie told us how it's came to pe and how its end came to an abresult end. >> our story starts in 1903 when a film caused the great robbery revolutionized disney. there was a full 12 minute epic with a real story. real locations instead of sets

and the coal quad of actors. anderson soon to be known as anchor billy. >> i said to myself then, that's it. it's going to be the picture business for me. >> reporter: he proceeded to crank out bronco for his choice, niles chose minnesota. bruce gay says it's no wonderful niles pick the moore. >> natural setting for making movies it was just a perfect

place. >> reporter: indeed bronco billy saw niles canyon as location. anthony brought an old realistic place. billy comes to town as a dude. gets harassed and empty damedded high does. after a while he reemerges. billy the is stagecoach, robber bronco billy. the outlaw with a heart of gold. usually just a few down.

anderson had put together a real. in niles both the cowboys and chaplains live in church. david king is writing a book. he says bronco billy was a movie pioneer. >> at the heart he was a loaner character. he didn't have very many friend. knew exactly what he wanted on the tpáeft and didn't take any gut from everybody. >> charles chaplain was really a sad game who compensated by performing here and out. >> he was always trying out his rig tricks for any kind of whether they wanted to see it

or not. the bronco pily if i cans for for -- the broncos came up with the perfect viewing. bronco billy anderson's business partner after years of arguing over deficits, they didn'ted to cut off the money. >> one afternoon they just shut everybody down and late. it was that quick. >> reporter: niles keeps his past alive with images of charlie and bronco billy and kinds his main street historically intact. >> in fremont there's now the silent film museum. in january the museum screened a newly restored copy of an old silent film caused the twin peaks tunnel. it shows the 1917 construction of the funnel that runs 2-1/2

mile from market street to castro out to the west portal. first streetcars used it. now it's used by munni trail. the film not only shows the construction but the clearing of the development of the west portal. st.francis wood. the national film preservation foundation paid to restore the filling. still to come on a second look. the epic silent filling. a bit later, his silent filling career ended in scandal. what went on in a famous from the try. i hate getting less. but i love getting more.

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tonight on a second look we're revisiting silent filling here -- film here in the bay area. the screening of able gonz 1927 oldest movie napoleon. the it is been aired twice, with a live orchestra. late last year, he attended the event to get ideas. >> the film is going to be napoleo one of the most ambitious films ever made. unfinished from it's conception because god wants you to do six games. i only got to napoleon in 1977 and ran out of money. in order to have an epbt to for

this film it ended his ambition for doing five more films. the triple screen where he actually had three cameras shooting locked. to make make up this 20 augmented segment. >> they played in oakland's par -- >> reporter: in 1927, model t foods went for about $500.

everybody's hero torplslingburg made an arrest in 33 hours. in that same year, able gets has a final movie that some would call. tonight 59 years later napoleon is showing. the picture takes a sympathetic look between napoleon as a young boy and present. he strapped cameras to guiletin to get the right shot. the screen opens up into three streets. director gants explains why. >> [speaking french ]

movie audiences lost interest in napoleon. but one of our epic film makers is presented the four pictures in theaters across our country. his father oscar winning composer copola has written four different hours to conduct the music. earlier today the san francisco opera had its final run through

before tonight's premier. >> i feel that this filling is like an opera in a way. instead of having action aopb the stage you have it on the screen. the only thing is that the screen doesn't watch me. i have to watch -- and it's a tyrant. how do i do this thing? well i have, i have sight cues you see. i know when i have to change in a certain change. >> one son is a literature professor, one daughter is an actress, talia sh ark uder then there's francis the trek to have of such pictures like the god father and lick has damp. early on we knew that francis had a special talent. >> fran says was hit by a polio

epidemic. going back some years ago. maybe the exact year. the tkpwraoes are getting. therapy, water therapy. and while he was in bed, we used to buy him little dolls and stuff. and little images and he wanted to have a board and it would place these little dogs and sufficient. then he would talk for them. this would make up dialogue. and he would make up ag. and i sauz that he was very talented in that respects. already we're thinking dialogue, thinking action. all kids deserve to keep on learning. >> encourage them to go to the libraries, breathe, go to concerts, too many of the only rock monday roll is an only

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-- tonight a second look is vetting the world of silent film and their connection to the bay area. in 1921 fady was one of the biggest stars. that is until an incident in a famous san francisco jail put him in jail and in the headlines. back in 2000, bob mackenzie told us the. >> reporter: when charlie champlaine was put on the screen. i am loved.

>> as far as the filling going fast ward. he was a gifted physical comedian in the days where physical comedy was reaching its height. but it's main i feel was in his cheerful innocence. >> in those days even movie star would come here to san francisco. they booked three adjoining rooms here at the st. pan sis hotel for a labor day party. among that group was virginia trying to film a film career.

she was known as liking to take her clothes off. certainly booze was consumed. what is known is that sometime after 3:00 a.m. virginia due later later. arbuckl was charged with assault. a vicious san francisco mitt yew. arbuched main accuser was a program that would lead women to get there. >> she was going to mainly

presume power. to try to get him to throw up and he would not testify. >> raoeupbts are working different a loft. posing for the press by his pierce arrow. the move become fires. the tyke judge reduced. this is really what killed it. not any sort of attack like arbuckle who was really innocent. had found a sensational story and milked it. the virginia wrap was featured on the the ray abortions.

a dethat a with yours when the papers had no pictures of faddy behind bars they if i canned one. and they fanned it it's cool, she had placed this on her thopl mac. fadty came in running her shut up and down. this in the vs. and presence conference pat after hearing the evidence, all the jurors wanted to acquit the comedian expect one. she turned out later to be a friend of the d.a. who hid her face from the cameras. the judge declared a hung jury, brady insisted on retrying the

case. a second trial ended in another hung jury, arbuckles fortune was getting better and there's no word taord 689 the crow was building headlines. the tack had been done. acquit sal is not unjust. the nearly powerful blaze office set up to major the pill -pl for -- pills for know. he wasn't happy, he missed performing. he went to germany and tried acting there. he failed, came home again and drank more and more heavily. he died in 1933 a brocken man with $2,000 in the bank. >> when we come back on a

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a law in california, an ancient egyptian city laying buried beneath the sand. actually it's not all that ancient and the fans did not help create it. when he was done with the set he had them buried and they are still here today under the sand do you means at the north end of santa barbara county just west of santa maria. dennis blackwell fist brought us this report back in 1990. >> reporter: these are scenes from the 1923 silent version of the 10 demanders. shot on the beach near the 24 california frank. the set was at the time the

largest one ever made in film history. features the coast of 50,000. and designed by the better i s- f. >> seeing that he had to remove everything he had brought in while hauling 250-tons of plastic outs is a lot harder than burying it. >> the silent version of the 10 commanded, evidence of the the fast life remains for those watching. >> the sunday wind e year, this wand evidence never moves. there's a hundred parts of sap ware. now the áeurt has been

found. and some great discoveries it's that preservative effect is fading. erosion is beginning to take a toll on the set and archaeologies say they are running out of time. archaeologists from uc san diego are removing act tpaábgts. san diego river. some tentallizing respect over

háef the police in history, it's priceless. >> and that's it for this week's second look. i'mfrank somerville. we'll see