Edna · Purviance

November 25th, 2011 is Edna's 10th Anniversary! To celebrate a special drawing! See link for details.

Before 2010 closes out, here is another trip back to The 2010 Charlie Chaplin Conference, with visit to Zanesville, Ohio. LINK

I recently returned from the International Chaplin Conference in Zanesville, Ohio. The Conference was created by Dr. Lisa Stein and ran from Oct. 28-30th, 2010. During the conference, I tested out my in-camera video feature, and decided to edit the video together for this mini visit, for some sights and sounds from last weeks event.

In the video, you will see special guest, including:

• Chaplin author, David Robinson

• Kate Guyonvarch (talking about the Chaplin Museum)

• Dr. Lisa Stein (who created this event and with other special guest

• Chaplin Society President, Ono Hiroyuki, from Japan, who is author and researcher of Kono

• Bruce Lawton, talking about a special Chaplin image, and more...

Video created by Linda Wada, for ednapurviance.org

LINK TO VIDEO

"I sometimes decry the decline of professionalism in various disciplines—including publishing—but I can’t think of a better argument for breaking down the barriers of traditional publishing than these three exceptional books, which I doubt any commercial house would have taken on. They may be labors of love but they also convey a commitment to both scholarship and the esthetics of the printed page." - Leonard Maltin, film critic, Crazy Movies

Charlie Chaplin Keystone Films are ready for pre-order at Flicker Alley USA. This collection of four DVDs include all 35 films, fully restored by "the National Film and Television Archive of the British Film Institute, L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, Italy, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive; then digitally refurbished by Lobster Films in Paris."

Watch for release dates coming, but you can get a special now, with Flicker Alley, with free shipping in the USA. Also, watch for coming release dates in the UK.

UPDATE: RELEASE FOR THE USA CHAPLIN KEYSTONE COLLECTION - OCT. 26, 2010 OR EARLIER, AS STATED ON FLICKER ALLEY WEBSITE.

What is one thing that makes Birthdays Fun? It's wondering what might be in that surprise gift! With that in mind, I decided to do the same for Edna's birthday this year. I will not show you what you be winning, yet.

Instead, if you follow the rules and your name is drawn, and you reply to your email in time, you could be the winner of a real surprise!

And YOU will not find out what you have WON, until the day it arrives!

Interested? All you have to do is to fill out this entry form with your guesses on the 8 DIFFERENCES IN PHOTO 2 on the official form. All correct answers will be entered into the drawing.

Deadline to enter is Monday, NOON Pacific Time, October 18, 2010. The first name will be drawn shorty after NOON.

You will have 24 hours to response to your email notification. If you don't answer, a second name will be drawn and this will repeat every 24 hours, until we have a winner.

I hope to have a winner's name by October 21, 2010, Edna's Birthday.

I will publish the winners name and location on that day. Soon after, once the item is received, I will reveal to the world what was won!

So are you game for a real surprise? If you are, enter today! Open to all Edna fans, worldwide! CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SPECIAL ENTRY PAGE

Part of our celebration, as ednapurviance.org starts heading into 10 years on the Web...

The Rainbow Orchid Volume Two is officially released! If you haven't checked out The Rainbow Orchid, visit Garen's excellent Rainbow Orchid site for all the latest happenings. It is full of new items for the launch of volume two, including posters, special prints, badges, t-shirts and signed and sketched copies of his book. Volume Three is scheduled for 2011. Congratulations to Garen Ewing and all our very best in the continued success of the Adventures of Julius Chancer.