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- Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:38 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Leonard Maltin: Thumbs Up on SMILEAGE GUARANTEED/ LAME BRAIN
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15640
Re: Leonard Maltin: Thumbs Up on SMILEAGE GUARANTEED/ LAME B
Richard, it appears that you got something that you wanted; a critic that understood why you and your co-authors wrote the book. Congratulations! The wife and I are having a party this weekend. I have color printed and framed a copy of Maltin's review on "Smileage". It is sitting next to y...
- Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:23 pm
- Forum: SCM 101
- Topic: Walter Catlett
- Replies: 12
- Views: 55404
Re: Walter Catlett
Ed, Frank Cullen cited you as source information 2 or 3 times in the section on Bob Woolsey in his book. It's the reason I quoted it in my response to Eric; I thought you might have something to do with the information being reliable.
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:42 am
- Forum: SCM 101
- Topic: Walter Catlett
- Replies: 12
- Views: 55404
Re: Walter Catlett
Hey, Eric- Just a little misguided sarcasm on my part about Catlett being a "Woolsey impersonator." It was actually the other way around. I quote Frank Cullen: "(Woolsey) did get a job in upstate New York with a stock company whose star was comedian Walter Catlett. Walter took Bob und...
- Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:38 pm
- Forum: SCM 101
- Topic: Walter Catlett
- Replies: 12
- Views: 55404
Re: Walter Catlett
Catlett had somewhat of a catch phrase that he used from time to time, "Holy Cats!", when something startled him in a film. Can anyone else help us beat this cat thing to death? Please join in. What I am looking for is any unusual source material on comedian and catman, Walter Catlett. Any...
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:25 pm
- Forum: SCM 101
- Topic: Walter Catlett
- Replies: 12
- Views: 55404
Walter Catlett
I'm trying to rundown some information on Walter Catlett, comedic actor and Woolsey impersonator. He actually spent two periods in film. A time in silent films during the teens, then a break, appearing on Broadway until 1929(?), and a return to film in talkies. Can anyone help me with dates, suggest...
- Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:28 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "Too Much Johnson"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9905
"Too Much Johnson"
At first, I thought RMR had written an article about Gary Johnson, but I think it has more to do with Orson Welles. Check it out.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/movie ... wanted=all
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/movie ... wanted=all
- Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:49 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: SMILEAGE GUARANTEED HAL ROACH BOOK ON SALE NOW!
- Replies: 60
- Views: 122678
Re: SMILEAGE GUARANTEED HAL ROACH BOOK ON SALE NOW!
Thanks for reminding me, Mike. Those were happy times, when Brian Anthony and I borrowed professional equipment and conducted interviews with old friends. As Brian and I set up in June's home, my wife Sabine and June were busy in the kitchen making real lemonade with a juicer and sugar. June was a ...
- Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:19 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: SMILEAGE GUARANTEED HAL ROACH BOOK ON SALE NOW!
- Replies: 60
- Views: 122678
Re: SMILEAGE GUARANTEED HAL ROACH BOOK ON SALE NOW!
Nitpick Nitpick. We go with the official version. Show me proof Pappy Parrott was a "bookie", not like there's a lot of difference between them and bankers these days anyway. So I'm watching "Becoming Charley Chase" the other night with the wife, trying to get her interested in ...
- Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:57 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: SMILEAGE GUARANTEED HAL ROACH BOOK ON SALE NOW!
- Replies: 60
- Views: 122678
Re: SMILEAGE GUARANTEED HAL ROACH BOOK ON SALE NOW!
Richard-
Loved the fact that the Brothers Parrott were front and center on a book about Hal Roach Studios. One exception, you misspelled the occupation of Charley and Jimmie's father. It isn't "banker", it's spelled "bookie." I'm sure it will be corrected in a later edition.
Loved the fact that the Brothers Parrott were front and center on a book about Hal Roach Studios. One exception, you misspelled the occupation of Charley and Jimmie's father. It isn't "banker", it's spelled "bookie." I'm sure it will be corrected in a later edition.
- Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:04 pm
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Columbia Charley Chase Shorts to be Released on 1/1
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19562
Re: Columbia Charley Chase Shorts to be Released on 1/1
It's the cost of the transfers. I had read (I believe on FB) that the only reason this collection got released is because the transfer work had already been done over a decade ago and so they were just sitting on a shelf ready to go. Mike Schelesinger at Sony played a major part in getting the Chas...