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Thanks for the nice words Ed, nope, nothing on a potential Hitler connection, I think Billy Gilbert had done the German accent enough already that it was just fun to have him do it again, possibly an audition for the Schmaltz Brothers. As much as I find the delectable Muriel Evans delectable, she wa...

Here's a look at some rarer Harry Langdon footage, a British musical from 1937 that featured Harry in support of Ben Lyon, Lupe Velez, and Wallace Ford that went under various titles (STARDUST, HE LOVED AN ACTRESS). Directed by Melville Brown, it's no classic, but it's enjoyable and has one iconic s...

I swear, can any of these people do actual research? https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28501 much less just take a gander at Brent Walker's book?\ Here is THE GUSHER, a 1913 Keystone Comedy that uses an actual oilwell fire as the backdrop for the action: https://www.youtube.com/wa...

Paul Bertho and Romeo Bosetti strike again, under Lux his character was Patioullard, at Éclair he is Gavroche, all of these are from 1913: GAVROCHE VEND DE PARAPLUIES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJTgP5qjdcs&t=259s GAVROCHE VEUT FIARE UN RICHE MARIAGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibptcvi_d...

Nice job David, and the Mound City Blue Blowers accompany it well. Can you tell us what was the old TV show that had the clip?


RICHARD M ROBERTS

Hey Gang, Just a few more days until volume two of The Sprocket Vault's Charley Chase Hal Roach Talkies set comes out, pre-orders are down to $26.42 for the set if you haven't ordered it yet: https://www.amazon.com/Charley-Chase-Roach-Talkies-1932-33/dp/B07PMLWXWK/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/145-4242620-1509514...

William Ferry wrote:This doesn't seem to be fully answered yet on N-ville. May I quote you (or anonymously, if you wish)?

Never anonymously William.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=28503

The bottom two shots are from PAY OR MOVE (1924) with Monty Banks and Ena Gregory, the first shot is from another Banks film.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

William beat me to the answer (been out busy, just getting to look at the site for today), I think Blackhawk, who had silent versions of most of the Laurel and Hardy talkies, used original silent versions of any of those talkies the Roach archives had any materials on, so their silent BRATS may have...

Here's a Billie Reeves Lubin comedy released January 1, 1916, directed by Arthur Hotaling, and featuring Billie with Arthur Matthews, Carrie Reynolds, Peter Lang, and Jessie Terry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhyd3GYxFD0

RICHARD M ROBERTS