Thanks for the replies!
Hilde
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- Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:27 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8073
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:23 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8073
Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies
dear all, I was wondering if I could appeal once more to your united knowledge and expertise of all things slapstick with the following question: what are according to you early / the earliest appearances of bowler hats in slapstick comedy and what are the connotations to that type of hat for the ch...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:57 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Mack Sennett comedies in Variétés, 1929?
- Replies: 6
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Re: Mack Sennett comedies in Variétés, 1929?
Quick-as-lightning replies!
Thank you all very much, Hilde
Thank you all very much, Hilde
- Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:20 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Mack Sennett comedies in Variétés, 1929?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12219
Mack Sennett comedies in Variétés, 1929?
dear friends, another occasion in which I am asking for your help. In a 1929 issue of the Belgian avant-garde art magazine Variétés , I came across an illustrated page with stills from comedies. Specifically those on the left interest me, they picture scenes with Ben Turpin and Billy Bevan. Of the t...
- Tue Jun 14, 2016 12:56 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Sennett in the Kodascope Library
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8028
Re: Sennett in the Kodascope Library
Thank you so much Richard for sharing your detailed knowledge! Much appreciated! Hilde
- Tue Jun 14, 2016 7:32 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Sennett in the Kodascope Library
- Replies: 3
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Sennett in the Kodascope Library
dear slapstick-lovers, Can anybody please help me with a question I have concerning the presence in the 1936 Kodascope Film Library catalogue of 30 Sennett shorts produced between 1924 and 1929, first released theatrically through Pathé film exchanges? Here is my question: who is the most likely par...
- Sat May 14, 2016 1:42 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: ROMEO & JULIET (1924) - Ben Turpin
- Replies: 5
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Re: ROMEO & JULIET (1924) - Ben Turpin
Hi all, may I contribute with some images of the lavishly tinted & toned copy of Romeo and Juliet that I recently inspected in EYE, Amsterdam (thanks to Elif Rongen and Alexander Gilaitis)? EYE holds an incomplete first reel printed on Pathé stock, probably a European release print - but look at...
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:54 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Sennett - Technicolor - Carole Lombard
- Replies: 3
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Re: Sennett - Technicolor - Carole Lombard
hi Richard, hourah & thanks for the info. Do your prints contain color sequences? These generally focus on Sennett bathing girls in painterly settings and may be copied to b&w for 16mm release. For instance, does GIRLS FROM EVERYWHERE have the shots in the canvas frame like in the promotiona...
- Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:18 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Sennett - Technicolor - Carole Lombard
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8108
Sennett - Technicolor - Carole Lombard
dear mafiosi, I am very happy & lucky to be able to ask for your help & advice in preparation of an exciting project. Together with film archivist James Layton of East Anglian Archives (UK) we consider a plan to reconstruct and restore as many of the Sennett shorts with Technicolor sequences...
- Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:11 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Largest Pie Baked: ID help please
- Replies: 9
- Views: 19819
Re: Largest Pie Baked: ID help please
hello Steve & Steve, These are screen shots of the actual film that I received, maybe not digitized in the best resolution since it is only a reference copy. I will attach slightly different poses, maybe you'll have a better view here. Thanks already for the positive ID on Billy Bevan, I suspect...