Cell phone 'time traveler' seen in silent film

[Thomas Beshear]

Just watched that. How many cell phone towers were there in 1928?
Also, in the digital age, the authenticity of any image must be questioned. 
How do we know someone with a cell phone hasn't been morphed into Chaplin 
footage?

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From: "Dave Monroe" <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:11 PM
Subject: Cell phone 'time traveler' seen in silent film


> Cell phone 'time traveler' seen in silent film
> By Stephanie Goldberg, Special to CNN
> October 28, 2010 11:20 a.m. EDT
>
>
> (CNN) -- It's not shocking to see a woman talking on her cell phone
> while walking down the street. It is, however, shocking when the woman
> is an extra in a silent film from 1928.
>
> Charlie Chaplin's "The Circus" is getting internet buzz with a clip
> from the black-and-white comedy spreading at viral speed.
>
> The clip -- a DVD extra spotted by filmmaker George Clarke -- appears
> to show a woman holding a mobile phone to her ear and talking.
>
> The only explanation: She's a time traveler.
>
> At least that's the word on the Web.
>
> In the late 1920s, Chaplin was nominated for an Academy Award for
> acting, writing, directing and producing "The Circus," but he was
> taken out of the running and presented with a "Special Award" instead.
>
> Perhaps the Academy didn't think it was fair to include him in the
> race -- what with the use of technology from the future and all.
>
> We're just curious who operates her mobile network.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/10/28/charlie.chaplin.circus.time.travel/index.html