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No Ed, it was Charlie Tarbox's Film Classics Exchange that had the second reel only (all that is known to exist) available in a beautiful print reduced from 35mm (I've got one). It does have a pretty wild storm sequence for it's finale.

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What survives on a late Gloria Swanson-Bobby Vernon comedy released by Triangle-Keystone July 8, 1917, directed by Clarence Badger and featuring William Irving, Ethel Teare, Tom Kennedy and Edgar Kennedy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8esCgD1E3g8

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Early Al Christie-directed Nestor comedy with future vamp Louise Glaum, Eddie Lyons (and lee Moran in a bit part)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84_wRuVCFic

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Hey Gang,

Glenn Mitchell did a two-part appearance on the podcast THE BEST TELEVISION YOU NEVER SAW talking about the BBC sit-com DAD'S ARMY. Great listening!

Here's both parts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocB-Ft5TASI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxkZ-yYwgSg


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That's a still from the cancelled in pre-production Universal picture ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET SPARTACUS.

"Officer---he's Spartacus"----Lou Costello


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Wow, another comedy great gone. He hadn't performed in decades, and his actual output was small, but the songs he wrote were all gems. For a definite left-brainer (he was a math genius who taught at a number of Universities), he had a wonderfully creative sense of humor. Here's a rare full concert f...

Early Al Christie comedy with Jay Belasco, Ethel Lynne, George French and Jean Hathaway:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNIivZE3tvI

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Ed, isn't "The Little Theater Story" part of the feature compilation THE MISADVENTURES OF BUSTER KEATON? I have a print of that, but haven't watched it in years.

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L-KO Komedy released September 5, 1915, Henry Lehrman directing a pretty much by-the-book Keystone ripoff, shoot in the park, two guys (Hank Mann Reggie Morris) fight over Gertrude Selby, then bring out the Keystone---ahm---L-KO Kops and cut to the chase. Ah well, it's an L-KO, they're rare: https:/...

Interesting little snippet from the BBC where Dr. Graham Chapman reviews the CBS TV show MASH with a couple of other medical men:

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

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