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- Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:59 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: ATLAS FILMS 8MM COLLECTING FOR THE FINANCIALLY IMPAIRED
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8053
Re: ATLAS FILMS 8MM COLLECTING FOR THE FINANCIALLY IMPAIRED
This was fascinating! I spent many an hour in the mid-'70s in the camera department of Two Guys in North Bergen, NJ, perusing the Castle Films and Columbia 50- and 200-foot selections. For years, the prices were $1.99 and $4.99, respectively. Carnival and Atlas were, perhaps, a bit before my time, a...
- Fri May 15, 2020 6:47 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Essanay Sweedie clip - Wallace Beery, Leo White
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10285
Re: Essanay Sweedie clip - Wallace Beery, Leo White
Thanks, Ed! I really enjoyed his Vitaphone Movie Memories shorts, which are available as part of a Warner Archives set, Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts. Snarky, yes, but always good to see rare clips.
- Fri May 15, 2020 9:24 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Essanay Sweedie clip - Wallace Beery, Leo White
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10285
Re: Essanay Sweedie clip - Wallace Beery, Leo White
Is the narrator for this series the same one who did a similar series around the same time for Vitaphone?
- Fri May 15, 2020 12:45 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: MOLLY AND ME (1929) Joe E. Brown excerpt
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7895
Re: MOLLY AND ME (1929) Joe E. Brown excerpt
Okay William Ferry, we know you're one of our frequent readers and we caught you making your "guess" yesterday over at Nitwitvile answering some nameless ones question as to what this film really was without copping to where you got that info, kinda tacky Ferry. RICHARD M ROBERTS In my de...
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:33 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: HOT SPORTS (1929) Monty Collins, Vernon Dent
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7729
Re: HOT SPORTS (1929) Monty Collins, Vernon Dent
This short is one of my favorites. I still have my old Blackhawk 8mm print, one of the earliest I bought. It's almost a precursor of the '30s Columbia shorts: Monty Collins, Vernon Dent, directed by Jules White, presumably produced by Jack White. Even the gag with the fruit tossed in the singer's mo...
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 1:43 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Joe Frisco THE HAPPY HOTTENTOTS 1930 with Billy Gilbert
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7406
Re: Joe Frisco THE HAPPY HOTTENTOTS 1930 with Billy Gilbert
This ranks in my Top 5 of all Vitaphone shorts (along with SHARPS AND FLATS with The Conlins and THE BEAU BRUMMELS with Shaw and Lee).
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 1:16 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: HARRY LANGDON AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES 1929-30
- Replies: 28
- Views: 48309
Re: HARRY LANGDON AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES 1929-30
Good afternoon, fellow Mafiosi! I was delighted to receive my set yesterday (thank you, UPS). Naturally, I sat right down to watch it, with the commentary track on. This was definitely worth waiting for, and I was delighted to post a five-star review on Amazon today. Thank you to Kit Parker Films, a...
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:57 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: George Jessel and his Russian Art Choir
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7667
Re: George Jessel and his Russian Art Choir
Leaving us once again to ask the question we ask after seeing Jessel in ANYTHING: "What the hell is he doing there?". RICHARD M ROBERTS I like the observation that Scott Berg made, in THE SPEED OF SOUND, that seeing Jessel answers the question "What would have happened if Jessel made...
- Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:08 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "Broadway" comic strips: Clayton,Jackson & Durante
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8248
Re: "Broadway" comic strips: Clayton,Jackson & Durante
He's got a million of 'em! Thanks Ed!
- Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:49 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: How in the World Did Our SCM Founder Discover...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5831
Re: How in the World Did Our SCM Founder Discover...
I certainly hope Elmer had a good agent and got paid royalties!