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From July 2010: https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/tagesschau/v ... 12eaee4996

Continuing our Sennett talkie run, here is 52 minutes of the 1949 Mack Sennett compilation, Down Memory Lane. There is a ragged-looking splice just before Sennett enters the studio, which originally contained W.C Fields’ The Dentist, if I remember correctly. But it’s great seeing late-era Franklin P...

It's a stretch to call this a comedy, but it is a rare SennettColor short with Marjorie Beebe trying to inject a little fun in an otherwise dry documentary about a bird sanctuary on Catalina Island. https://youtu.be/F3I81IDbxYc

With Luis Alberni and Arthur Stone. https://youtu.be/TDaZiAI0T-o

https://www.cinematheque.fr/henri/film/125173-orson-welles-a-la-cinematheque-francaise-pierre-andre-boutang-guy-seligmann-1983/ From the CineSavant website: By now I think most Welles fans know about it, but last Tuesday Gary Teetzel advanced us a link to Orson Welles à la Cinémathèque française, a ...

Organized and moderated by Chris Seguin, this two-hour panel discussion features many of the authors of Chase!: A Tribute to the Keystone Cops, edited by Lon and Debra Davis. Make sure you don't miss the brilliant Keystone Cops video montage edited by the redoubtable Dave Glass at 9:25 into the vide...

On a morbid note, Lawrence Leslie, who plays the crook, died the following year of rheumatic heart disease at the age of 22. He appears much older in this film.

A very early Christie talkie with Johnny Arthur and Ruth Taylor. https://youtu.be/USnQ_KKgJME

Full of clips from Fox Sunshine comedies with appearances by Al St. John, Chester Conklin, Slim Summerville, and Lloyd Hamilton. https://youtu.be/1vY5dL9mElw

Among the guest stars are Willie, West & McGinty. I wonder how Clark felt about playing a barber in a skit where he mimes slashing his customer’s throat?

https://youtu.be/mKcXrArlqjo