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- Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:48 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: A BLITZ ON THE FRITZ (1943) Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent
- Replies: 1
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A BLITZ ON THE FRITZ (1943) Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent
Starts at the 4-minute mark. English with Spanish subtitles. Harry at 58 is at his most animated possibly since HIS NEW MAMA (1924), thanks to Jules White's off the rails direction. Script by Clyde Bruckman copies the finale of Harold Lloyd's PROFESSOR BEWARE, released a scant 5 years earlier. If Ha...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:14 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: EL SHOW DE ABBOTT Y COSTELLO
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13884
EL SHOW DE ABBOTT Y COSTELLO
The Abbott & Costello Show, dubbed in Spanish. The episode (Lou The Politician) starts at the 9:55 mark. Unlike the usually horrible French, Italian and German dubs of American comedians, the Spanish seem to have made great effort to capture a reasonable facsimile of the performer's voice. Lou C...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:22 am
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19799
Re: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review
Ed, Thank you for the replies . I will go with the 2017 as you noted. Then stream (to my smartTV) through a computer media player which allows me to speed playback up. I'm thinking 9 or 10% will do. It wont be totally optimal, but for me it usually is an improvement over slug like playback. Yes the...
- Sat Sep 02, 2023 2:29 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8073
Re: Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies
Hilde D'haeyere wrote:Thanks for the replies!
Hilde
Everything you ever wanted to know about derbies/bowlers and then some:
https://youtu.be/AKV0kFCnWbs?si=UvLJQs670YQ29zCu
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:58 am
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19799
Re: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review
Here's an excerpt of THREE AGES running at 24 fps, the identical frame rate to 16mm and 35mm film prints. At this speed THREE AGES clocks in at 56 minutes. If you compare this scene to a Kino or Lobster edition (63 minutes) or the latest Eureka/Cohen edition (70 minutes), you'll immediately see the ...
- Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:33 am
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19799
Re: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review
Hi Ed, Which Blu-ray (or DVD) version would you recommend that runs with a bit more pep? Hi Rift, Well, I had a fairly long reply written up, got interrupted, and lost everything! So now, to keep it brief - there are 3 authorized Blu-Rays to date: 1) 2010 Kino on Video - out of print but many copie...
- Mon Aug 28, 2023 3:43 am
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19799
THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review
Here's my Amazon review - if you should read it, remember this quote often attributed to Abe Lincoln: "People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like." Even more glad now that I have a 16mm print of THREE AGES. No doubt this Cohen Media restoration will be wi...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:05 pm
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Flicker Alley - Laurel & Hardy: Year One - Blu-ray
- Replies: 4
- Views: 17571
Re: Flicker Alley - Laurel & Hardy: Year One - Blu-ray
William Ferry wrote:Pop Goes the Weasel!
To quote The Boys, "That's a good idea!"
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:46 am
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Flicker Alley - Laurel & Hardy: Year One - Blu-ray
- Replies: 4
- Views: 17571
Re: Flicker Alley - Laurel & Hardy: Year One - Blu-ray
As much as I am looking forward to these beautiful restorations, I'm hoping that the obnoxious, ten-ton orchestration to THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY (found on the L&H Definitive Restorations set) is not repeated here. Talk about trying to be funnier than Laurel & Hardy! One bit of information...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:33 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15589
Re: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
The oddest thing - as of today - is that among all the responses since folks received their copy, not one discusses the films themselves! How's the quality? Any "new" footage found? Are the new scores dirge-like or high-kickin'? Come on, somebody at least should describe one short, they're...