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As always, an interesting post John. BTW, speaking of the Criterion release of THE CAMERAMAN, I was informed by Glenn Mitchell that Criterion used the same version of his commentary track that TCM used on their earlier DVD release of the film, in other words, the edited version. TCM cut several opin...

Rare Hal Roach Snub Pollard released by Pathe' August 1, 1920, directed by Alf Goulding, and featuring Snub with Sunshine Sammy Morrison, Marie Mosquini, Rob O'Connor, Sammy Brooks, Noah Young, and Charles Stevenson:

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

RICHARD M ROBERTS

Dammit, we've lost another irreplaceable one: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/carl-reiner-tv-comedy-pioneer-and-probing-straight-man-to-mel-brooks-dies-at-98/2020/06/30/e145666a-bad4-11ea-bdaf-a129f921026f_story.html?itid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_ob-reiner-1030am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans...

Two questions: regarding the First Nationals, I was always under the impression these were the first films Chaplin owned outright (which explains their lack of availability until more recent times - which also resulted in the benefit of good print quality in general). Did Chaplin own them from the ...

Rob Farr wrote:A follow-up to the Shoulder Arms screening. It is Dan Kamin's 1960's print of the 1920's re-release by Pathe, not the original 1918 version. May be the closest we ever get to see tho.

Heck, I've got a Pathegrams original on that. That is not so special.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

Fun Mack Sennett Smith Family comedy released by Pathe' October 14, 1928, directed by Phil Whitman and featuring Raymond McKee, Ruth Hiatt, Mary Ann Jackson, Andy Clyde, George Grey, Carmelita Geraghty, Art Rowlands, and Gordon Lewis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiKX_QDGr2g

RICHARD M ROBERTS

Here's two Snub Pollard Hal Roach-Pathe' comedies from 1920, both incomplete prints, but very funny: ALL DRESSED UP, released May 23, 1920, directed by Alf Goulding and featuring Snub with Marie Mosquini, Eddie Boland, Sunshine Sammy Morrison, Ernie Morrison Sr., Sammy Brooks, and Rob O'Connor : htt...

Good and Silly Al Christie comedy released by Paramount on Christmas Eve, 1927, directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom and featuring Jack Duffy, Gayle Lloyd, Jimmie Harrison, Fern Emmett and Spencer Bell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRS31NI7o9Q

RICHARD M ROBERTS

Mack Sennett remakes Harry Langdon's THE CHASER in sound with Charlie Murray filling in for Harry. Not sounding so great an idea on paper? Well, see for yourself. A late Sennett released by Paramount October 28, 1932, directed by Leslie Pearce, featuring Murray with Aggie Herring, Arthur Stone, Alic...

Mack Sennett comedy with Sennettcolor sequence, released by Pathe' November 25, 1928, directed by Harry Edwards and featuring Daphne Pollard, Johnny Burke, Sally Eilers, Carole Lombard, Matty Kemp and Jack Cooper:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9KKhW7i6rg

RICHARD M ROBERTS