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I swear Charles Prince looks like Lon Chaney's Phantom of the Opera (except he's not wearing any makeup), but here's another one of his comedies from 1912:

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

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The imdb lists this 1927 Reginald Denny feature as "lost". Well, here's the first reel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRg5nQ5A9MA

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One of the late Mack Sennett silent "Taxi Man" comedies released by Pathe April 14, 1929, directed by Del Lord, and featuring Jack Cooper, Otto Fries, Virginia Vance, Jack Lloyd and Glen Cavender:

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

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Good God, while typing up our new opening for Membership post, it did indeed dawn on me that June 1 is the Fifteenth Anniversary of Silent Comedy Mafia! Not that we really care or pay attention to that sort of thing, but, kinda like our 10th Anniversary, one toss of confetti, and a quick hoorah, now...

So what in the holy hell has been going on with our hit numbers of late? We've been breaking records for numbers of people reading this site for awhile and now the site seems to have viewing numbers almost always in triple digits and between 300-700 at any given period in time. And our security-IT p...

https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=35402 Sorry to have to correct William K Everson, but the Library of Congress's print of ISLE OF LOST SHIPS is a complete silent version, I saw it at the 1990 Saginaw Cinesation and the film had complete intertitles and was terrific. I have no ide...

Even before Cal Worthington gave away his first Broc-A-Brella hat, the king of Los Angeles Car Dealers was Ralph Williams, whom California late show-watchers from the late 60's-early 70's will recall well. He actually started with Leon Ames Ford (yes, the actor also sold cars) and sold so well that ...

Mark Swan put this together for Edison in 1915, it kinda speaks for itself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYA_Y3rPUHY

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Nestor Comedy released by Universal January 1, 1915 featuring Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran, Carmen de Fillippi, and Harry Rattenberry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO3qO2V2LAA

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Nobody at UCLA noticed Lou Jacobi as the Leader of the Russian Dancers, he's the best thing in the show.


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