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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.

This little mini-doc on the French Arte website is about the use of pastry in silent comedy. There are two clips of a Lloyd Hamilton silent that are new to me. The first is the opening clip and the second, with the same oversized American flags, is in the middle. The fact that these clips are not ID...