The giant rabbit, from the Compton Fur & Rabbit Expo, reminded me of a mystery that we were never able to solve.
The mystery stems from this snapshot of two women posing with a giant monster/idol from an early silent film.
old file / 1920?
If I remember correctly, the only information was "movie studio, Hollywood" or " movie backlot, Hollywood" (but no studio name was given)
I was hoping a silent film aficionado, or scholar, might visit the thread and recognize the monster... & know what film it was used in. (obviously, some sort of epic)
If you look closely at the photo, you can see a separation at the wrists...between the hands and the lower arms.
DETAIL
The hands were no doubt manipulated to move in the film. (kinda' like an overgrown puppet)
And......
the mouth appears to be attached to the head in a similar manner so that it could be manipulated as well.
ADD some smoke...flames...and a thousand extras...& you got yourself a DeMille worthy flick. (hmmm...maybe it
was DeMille
)
I believe the movie monster, as well as the Compton rabbit, were made with a building material called
STAFF molded over a wooden framework.
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