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Thanks so much, Richard - this is surely a Holy Grail for Max Linder fans, and as his final film it's nothing to be ashamed of. After the fascinating but bizarre AU SECOURS!, it's good to see Max characteristically again as a playboy, escaping from Papa for a night on the town. His breezy style and ...

When it comes to ending an interview, Buster was a real pro - and why not? He'd been dealing with the press since he was a child. Yes, indeed - Buster "directs" the Spanish-speaking interviewer in much the same way that he directed the clowns at the Circus Medrano, or the railroad track w...

The interviewer asks questions in Spanish but Buster replies in English -- and thankfully, he's not overdubbed here. Nothing revelatory, but it's always a good day when some fresh "unknown Keaton" footage turns up. Special thanks to my friend Eva Tiozzo for alerting me to this. https://you...

The Harry Langdon Scrapbook captures the feel of vintage comedy Review by Doug Gibson (Plan 9 Crunch blogspot) Harry Langdon Jr., whose father, film comedian Harry Langdon will be dead 73 years this December, recalls as a very young child visiting the set of "Zenobia," (1939) in which his ...

I wonder (though I don't wonder for very long) about whatever became of the Zombie-Stoliar "Raised Eyebrows" project. On a related topic, I caught FADING GIGOLO recently and was delighted to see that much of it was filmed in my old stomping grounds of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I was born in ...

Sincere thanks to you Geoff, and to Michelle and all those who had a hand in restoring THE OLD WALLOP. And a special Thank You for having shared it on Youtube, knowing that it was destined to be pulled. The talkie version of Charley Chase's SNAPPY SNEEZER had been similarly posted on YouTube back in...

Thanks, Pasquale - I'm very glad that you've enjoyed the book! It was written in those pre-internet days - when we had to do a lot of squinting at out-of-focus microfilm viewers. Having access to the RKO production files was a great help, incidentally so were all the Hollywood veterans who generousl...

If anyone is interested, McFarland has just issued the ol' Wheeler & Woolsey book on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Wheeler-Woolsey-Vaudeville-1929-1937-McFarland-ebook/dp/B01N9JCHV6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486287688&sr=8-1&keywords=wheeler+woolsey+vaudeville+duo 478096165s.jpg

Harry Langdon Jr.'s NOTHING ON A STAGE IS PERMANENT: THE HARRY LANGDON SCRAPBOOK is now for sale on Amazon, where you can learn more about it and read the 5-star reviews: https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Stage-Permanent-Langdon-Scrapbook/dp/0989745791/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1485935125&sr=8-12...

Amazon has now begun selling new copies of THE CHARLEY CHASE SCRAPBOOK, which was initially published by Walker & Anthony Books about a year ago. If you somehow missed purchasing the book back then, it's definitely worth getting -- an invaluable look into Charley's personal memorabilia, with man...