Silent movie props

[beschizza]

Originally published at: Silent movie props | Boing Boing

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[prooftheory]

Was expecting this to be about props for silent movies.

[bluehenbear]

Fascinating and hilarious

[Mark_Sniadecki]

Come for the prop secrets, stay for the puns.

[theophrastus]

…and mashed potatoes for vanilla ice-cream lest the hot movie lights melt it all. egads after fifteen takes of mashed potatoes for ice-cream? (“acting! [fist-pump]”)

[roomwithaview]

@Mark_Sniadecki

Come for the prop secrets, stay for the puns.

As is only proper!

[roomwithaview]

@theophrastus

fifteen takes of mashed potatoes

As any actor who’s done a drinking scene will tell you, they usually mime or spit it out.

[Doctor_Faustus]

I, too, was expecting strangely warped and outlandishly painted items from the sets of German expressionist movies.

[pfranz]

Empty cups and glasses drive me nuts. At least put some water in there so it has some weight.

[jameswest]

Antifoley.

[VeronicaConnor]

@pfranz

At least put some water in there so it has some weight

THANK YOU. This drives me crazy as well, and sometimes I feel like the only person who notices this. Liquids are inconvenient on set, I’m sure, but I wonder why weighted mugs and Starbucks cups aren’t standard props? It’s always so obvious when actors are holding and carrying empty containers.

[McGreens]

See also when a character is handed a freshly made hot drink and immediately takes a big swig of it.

[ChuckV]

Wet paper in the Marx Brothers' film "The Cocoanuts" (1929)

[Dachshund_lover]

Cool but stop with the vertical videos already!