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So they just pick random New Yorkers to play the fakes? I would’ve thought they’d use actors.

I, for one, am grateful that I can toss all those Chase shorts on VHS and DVD-R that I’ve gathered piecemeal at cons and odd airings on TCM. Still keeping my16mm Blackhawks, thank you.

This is courtesy of Bradley Reeves’ Appalachian Media Archive Vimeo site: https://vimeo.com/337519777

The long shots and style of thrill comedy suggest Larry Semon, but when we get a medium shot of the farmer it looks like William S. Hart’s slapstick twin. Any ideas?

You can't keep a secret from the mafia! From the Flicker Alley Website SECRET DISCOUNT CODE THE MACK SENNETT COLLECTION, VOL. ONE SECRET DISCOUNT CODE FOR JULY IS: JULY19 The Keystone Film Company, under the guidance of pioneering producer and director Mack Sennett, was the birthplace of classic Ame...

I may be gullible, but that couldn't possibly be William S. Paley could it?

I don't know any particulars about ClassicFlix, but I would imagine that a business of renting classic movies on DVD by mail to a dwindling number of subscribers would have to be a very hard model to sustain. The lag you experienced was probably due to their having to use Media Mail to keep overhead...

Contrats to all for a job well done. Let's celebrate with a swig o' milk... from a dirty glass!

Brand: Flicker Alley Format: Blu-ray (NTSC) Region: All: A,B,C Director: Charley Bowers Featuring: Charley Bowers Composers: Donald Sosin and Neil Brand on select titles Year:1918-1941 Language:French (English Subtitles) Length:274 mins. UPC: 6-17311-68649-8 PRE-ORDER ONLY: RELEASE DATE - JUNE 25, 2...

The fact that McBride had to self-publish this through Vervante, suggests the mainstream publishing/academic press wagons are still circled.

Thanks. Will check and confirm.