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

They would have had to pay actors scale.


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Broadcast April 16, 1957, go to the 9:30 point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPEq4dwu_rA


RICHARD M ROBERTS

For you Marcel Perez fans, here's a bunch of Robinet comedies from Ambrosio, circa 1910-14: La prima bicicletta di Robinet (1910) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrYh32NKraQ&t=23s Robinet innamorato di una chanteuse (1911) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkJ2IIVFeVc&t=74s Robinet in vacanza ...

I think the first Max Linders I ever saw came from Murray, and he had a number of rarities available in 16mm and 8mm including several Chaplin Keystones Blackhawk never had, early Harold Lloyd single reelers like SPRING FEVER, JUST NEIGHBORS, GOING GOING GONE, BASHFUL, THE CITY SLICKER, ON THE FIRE,...

Another member of the vintage film community whose recent passing I have seen sadly little mention of on the internet was longtime film collector and preservationist Murray Glass, who ran the Em Gee Film Rental Library and Glenn Photo Supply for decades, making many old films available for rent or p...

We definitely wanted to send condolences to the Family of Marilyn Slater who sadly passed away recently. Marilyn had worked so hard researching and promoting Mabel Normand among the silent film community for decades and was a very nice person. She will be missed.

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Was there ever a thrill to match the arrival of a new Blackhawk Bulletin in the mail? As a teen in the early '70's, the thrill was only matched by the sorrow of picking the ONE film I could afford to buy; although, my dad would often surprise me for Christmas by purchasing the three "nationall...

I have my own unbroken set of these in the files going back to the mid-60's, but it's great having them online (though why in the hell USC had to watermark these is ridiculous, who's going to dupe Blackhawk catalogs!). The early catalogs are fascinating for a variety of reasons, we see where all the...

Several Ernesto Vaser comedies done for Ambrosio: FRICOT SOLDATO (FRICO SOTO LI ARMI) (1913) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQldoeLFp4o FRICOT HA SMARITTO IL BATTONE (1911) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iov90PdMEvk FRICOT INAMORRATO (1912) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga_DBDvglAs LA SIGNORA FR...

An early British sound film of Music Hall legend Vesta Victoria singing her popular song "Waiting at the church", apparently miming her Clarion/Edison Bell recording:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS-I2uz6d6c


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