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by William Ferry
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:25 pm
Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Nitrateville: Two complimentary Threads
Replies: 3
Views: 879

Re: Nitrateville: Two complimentary Threads

Points well taken, Richard. At some stage in my collecting life, I realized there's a saturation level where you just say, that's it. I just turned 65, and my feeling is, I'll concentrate on purchasing stuff I don't already own. I bought the Milestone POTO after holding out for many years; I didn't ...
by William Ferry
Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:02 am
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: LIVING A RAGTIME LIFE (1992) Max Morath
Replies: 2
Views: 488

Re: LIVING A RAGTIME LIFE (1992) Max Morath

You know you've made it when you get a Hirschfeld caricature! Good show, Richard.
by William Ferry
Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:11 pm
Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Nitrateville: Two complimentary Threads
Replies: 3
Views: 879

Re: Nitrateville: Two complimentary Threads

The only saving grace is, if you run it at sound speed, it should only be around 5:25. Still not, to coin an old phrase, the most effective use of my time. I could watch a good triple feature (to say the least) during that time. But, to each his own. Not to get off on a tangent, but someone's runnin...
by William Ferry
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:45 pm
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: More Ragtime!
Replies: 1
Views: 372

Re: More Ragtime!

I have an old ragtime album by Dick Wellstood, playing Scott Joplin. In the liner notes for THE RAGTIME DANCE, he tells an anecdote about his being the copyist for THE RAGTIME YEARS. He apologized to the pianist who had to work from his illegible score (which was unreadable due to time constraints).
by William Ferry
Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:53 pm
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: POKER WIDOWS (1931) Arthur Stone, Patsy O'Leary
Replies: 4
Views: 750

Re: POKER WIDOWS (1931) Arthur Stone, Patsy O'Leary

Richard, that's one of the most concise, and certainly one of the funniest reviews I've ever read. It ranks right up there with the critic who described a 121-minute WWII epic as two hours too long.
by William Ferry
Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Her Friend The Bandit
Replies: 21
Views: 3841

Re: Her Friend The Bandit

There was a French book on Chaplin that contained a frame grab of Mabel Normand at a telephone operator's console with Chaplin in mufti contorting himself. I believe Harry Booker was reacting in the shot (I'm doing this from memory). Has any identified the film this is from? _________ For what this...
by William Ferry
Wed Jan 17, 2024 6:35 pm
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Harold Lloyd by Robert E. Sherwood
Replies: 2
Views: 2013

Re: Harold Lloyd by Robert E. Sherwood

It's interesting that Sherwood actually mentions the effects of the bomb: the loss to his right hand.
by William Ferry
Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Buster Keaton's San Francisco footsteps
Replies: 3
Views: 2200

Re: Buster Keaton's San Francisco footsteps

Thanks, John. That does clear it up!
by William Ferry
Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: THE DEFENDERS (1962) Bert Wheeler, William Shatner guest stars
Replies: 1
Views: 3794

Re: THE DEFENDERS (1962) Bert Wheeler, William Shatner guest stars

As I'm sure everyone knows, that Shatner fella played the Robert Reed role in what might be considered the pilot, THE DEFENDER, with Ralph Bellamy, if my memory serves correctly.
by William Ferry
Mon Jan 01, 2024 1:54 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Happy New Year 2024!
Replies: 1
Views: 3810

Happy New Year 2024!

Happy New Year fellow Mafiosi! May the coming year bring you joy, peace, and plenty of goodies. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to burn some 1928 PD material to DVD to sell at my local flea market (after Covid, is that even a thing anymore?) Or as my dear Uncle Jack might have said to me, "Don'...