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- Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:56 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Under the Radar
- Replies: 16
- Views: 31204
Re: Under the Radar
While they are not under the radar, I think the W.C.Fields Sennett shorts are the high water mark of Sennett sound shorts. I have not seen a short talkie from the other Sennett stars like Clyde , Beebe, or Gribbon, that compare to Fields' Sennett shorts. A while back someone told me there was an ea...
- Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:37 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Why the Decrease in Film Quality When Sound Came In?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12152
Re: Why the Decrease in Film Quality When Sound Came In?
Watching Speedy and Welcome Danger back to back on TCM was a perfect illustration of this. Speedy looked like it was shot yesterday. Crystal sharp, with rock steady registration and perfect exposure. Then Welcome Danger came on: soft, grainy and flickering exposure. Both were presumably shot on pan...
- Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:27 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Neighborhood House
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11534
Re: Neighborhood House
The reason for the cutting of NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE (which was it's only title either in previews as a feature or it's release as a short, the title BANK NIGHT was only a working title that was quickly scrapped) was actually very simple, MGM wouldn't release it as a feature. Louis B. Mayer had absolute...
- Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:11 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Buster's AIP films
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6534
Re: Buster's AIP films
Anyone out there know when Buster's four AIP films were shot? The first (Pajama Party) was released in late 1964, the other three in mid '65. I'm not entirely sure how AIP's production schedule worked vs. their release schedule (were they shot in clusters and release over time?), so any insights wo...
- Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:03 pm
- Forum: SCM Downloads
- Topic: Here's the BECOMING CHARLEY CHASE booklet
- Replies: 9
- Views: 91846
Here's the BECOMING CHARLEY CHASE booklet
Hey Gang!
Here's a Silent Comedy 12345 exclusive!
Click on the link and you'll get a downloadable and printable copy of the booklet for AllDay Entertainment/VCI DVD release BECOMING CHARLEY CHASE
http://www.alldayentertainment.com/BCCbooklet.pdf
Enjoy!
RICHARD M ROBERTS
Here's a Silent Comedy 12345 exclusive!
Click on the link and you'll get a downloadable and printable copy of the booklet for AllDay Entertainment/VCI DVD release BECOMING CHARLEY CHASE
http://www.alldayentertainment.com/BCCbooklet.pdf
Enjoy!
RICHARD M ROBERTS
- Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:48 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Becoming Mr. Laurel
- Replies: 25
- Views: 44820
Re: Becoming Mr. Laurel
that particular film makes me sad beyond belief and quite depressed to the point that I am only able to revisit it every 20 years or so. Hey Gary, don't be hatin' on ATOLL K... when's your next visit due? ;) Below is a snippet of interview between Laurel and a French interviewer for L'Ecran Francai...
- Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:35 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Becoming Mr. Laurel
- Replies: 25
- Views: 44820
Re: Becoming Mr. Laurel
Unlike the majority of you folks on this site I am not a researcher. I can only observe everything I watch and try to put it all in some reasonable sense of history. Thanks for confirming the 'Karno training' aspect, Richard. I don't like making blanket statements about things that I feel are right...
- Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:05 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Becoming Mr. Laurel
- Replies: 25
- Views: 44820
Re: Becoming Mr. Laurel
Nice essay Gary, thanks for posting it, and a couple of comments. Since the semi-mystery Stan Laurel short MIXED NUTS may indeed (and I, Rob Stone, and a few others think it is) be at least partially made up of Laurel's first film NUTS IN MAY, we can actually see what his first appearance on film lo...
- Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:40 pm
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: OT: If You Ever Attended a Slapsticon in Arlington VA
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16946
Re: OT: If You Ever Attended a Slapsticon in Arlington VA
Thanks Rob, I needed to watch that video again today. I took a temp job that required WAY more hours than a mother of 4 with a hubby who is never home and frequently out of town on business shoudl have taken. I kept my girls in a dance class 50 miles away, was in the band for their school play, and...
- Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:57 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Time to think of Slapsticon 2010
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6241
Time to think of Slapsticon 2010
Hey Folks, Do you realize this weekend would have been the weekend that we'd have had Slapsticon 2009? Well, just to get you gearing up for next year, here's the dates for Slapsticon 2010, they're official: July 15-18, 2010. Thursday through Sunday. The Spectrum Theater, Arlington, Virginia. Mark th...