Cell phone 'time traveler' seen in silent film

[Alex Colter]

Saw this recently, I am pretty sure that's just an old hearing aide the
extra is using!

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Thomas Beshear <tbeshear at insightbb.com>wrote:

> 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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> Subject: Cell phone 'time traveler' seen in silent film
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>  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
>>
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