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I haven't started reading Richard's book yet, so forgive me if this is covered in it. Was watching 1932's "What Price Taxi" last night and was wondering what was going on with the bits which seem to be shot silent and sound dubbed in, totally silent scenes with music, and straight filmed ...

I have yet to see an attractive portrait of Texas Guinan in any book. Did she look any better on celluoid? No. I wasn't aware that when Swain left Sennett he took his Ambrose character with him. I think of him more as a character acter than a lead comic. Swain played Ambrose in both L-KO Comedies a...

Some have been asking, so here's a few of the things that were shown and identified: Well, lets see, there was a Texas Guinan short, SPIRIT OF CABIN MINE (Frohman Amusement Company 1918). Two Hallroom Boys Comedies: 1. DAY BY DAY IN EVERY WAY (1923) with Al Alt and George Williams (Zip Monberg) 2. P...

Haven't done one of these in awhile. Here's one for the 1927 Adolph Menjou Paramount Comedy: A GENTLEMAN OF PARIS I have very mixed emotions about this film. A GENTLEMAN OF PARIS should be one of those glistening bright, Parisian-set, decked-out Adolph Menjou vehicles with silk-clad women and silk-h...

Orson Welles will go down as one of the great raconteurs of his time. Whether he was on a late night talk show or just pausing in the street to speak with a fan, he could keep anyone enthralled. When did these recorded conversations take place, the early 1980's? The interesting matter concerning VE...

Here's another rare Dumont show that starred Roscoe Karns that lasted for a good chunk of Dumonts run. Karns apparently wrote a number of these shows as well.










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Even better, now Neibaur has rewritten his review to downgrade the book further, dropping it from four stars to three, removing the part where he feels the typos are not the Authors fault, and now questioning whether the book is worth $59, among other changes. And as he said the review was not about...

I posted the Marcel Perez death certificate info to nitrateville, silent comedians.com and silentcomedymafia.com one right after the other on June 1, and to date there have been well over 500 views on nitrateville and 25 comments; 160 views on silentcomedymafia.com and 3 comments; and 137 views and...

Boy, you know, I keep looking back at ol Nutrateville to see what's going on, but the incredible dullness of the place is getting just amazing. I do notice the all-important "civility" seems to be going down the toilet on just as regular a basis since my departure, and the funny thing is t...

The great pleasure I experienced while in Washington DC/Culpeper last week was to get the chance to read a review/pre-release copy of MY LUNCHES WITH ORSON, Peter Biskind’s compilation of Henry Jaglom’s recorded luncheon conversations with Orson Welles at the Mai Maison in Hollywood. Though I will n...