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by Richard M Roberts
Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:31 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: YOU'RE NEXT (1940) Catlett and Collins
Replies: 9
Views: 17635

Re: YOU'RE NEXT (1940) Catlett and Collins

Just the type of material that turns me off of Columbia's. Joe Adamson wrote of "....those comedies where a gorilla wanders in and out of a room and no one ever notices it..." This does looks familiar. Was this ever shown at Slapsticon? Or maybe Cinecon...? Catlett's character name of Slo...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:35 pm
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: YOU'RE NEXT (1940) Catlett and Collins
Replies: 9
Views: 17635

YOU'RE NEXT (1940) Catlett and Collins

Here's a little Columbia spooky action with the 1940 YOU'RE NEXT, teaming Walter Catlett and Monty Collins, Dudley Dickerson, and Chester Conklin in a bit at the beginning:





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by Richard M Roberts
Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:23 pm
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: Christmas Shopping In Luton
Replies: 5
Views: 12164

Re: Christmas Shopping In Luton

The Amnesty International Events were indeed terrific, and the 1976 one was the most historic with all the Cambridge and Oxford Comics working together. Did the surviving film materials improve at all? I remember when PLEASURES AT HER MAJESTY first came out from Rhino Video years ago, they only had ...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu Dec 12, 2013 1:32 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Snub Pollard Comedy Capers
Replies: 2
Views: 5538

Re: Snub Pollard Comedy Capers

Here's a Comedy Capers with Snub Pollard titled YOU'RE UNDER ARREST. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RrJHNGIqfw For the first 56 seconds or so is footage of Snub as a motorcycle cop. What comedy is this from? After that it goes into AT THE RINGSIDE. Also, during the opening footage, is that Paul Pa...
by Richard M Roberts
Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:48 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Nitratevile Correction Dept: Outtakes, alternate versions, a
Replies: 0
Views: 3482

Nitratevile Correction Dept: Outtakes, alternate versions, a

Hey, Bob Fells has been opening his mouth to spew come good nonsense over at the Nitratevile OUTTAKES, ALTERNATE VERSIONS, ABANDONED MOVIES thread. He said the 1925 MGM film version of BEN HUR originally starred George O’ Brien (it was George Walsh actually), and that HALLELUJAH, I’M A BUM was compl...
by Richard M Roberts
Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:02 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Thumbs Up on Michael J. Hayde's CHAPLINS VINTAGE YEAR
Replies: 4
Views: 9269

Re: Thumbs Up on Michael J. Hayde's CHAPLINS VINTAGE YEAR

I always like hearing that there is new info to learn about an old favorite topic. Dealing with the re-issuses alone sounds like a twisted maze to cover. That had to of drove Chaplin crazy that he didn't control the rights in the Thirties. Not at all, in fact, MIchael shows that Chaplin had three o...
by Richard M Roberts
Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:32 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: THE WRONG ROOM (1939) Leon Errol
Replies: 1
Views: 5820

THE WRONG ROOM (1939) Leon Errol

I though we'd get a look at one of the other RKO Comedy Stars today.Here's one with a typical Leon Errol title and plotline:








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by Richard M Roberts
Fri Dec 06, 2013 8:26 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Thumbs Up on Michael J. Hayde's CHAPLINS VINTAGE YEAR
Replies: 4
Views: 9269

Thumbs Up on Michael J. Hayde's CHAPLINS VINTAGE YEAR

Well, I think I’ll add a few words of praise to the other folk praising Michael Haydes Book CHAPLIN’S VINTAGE YEAR, which tells pretty darn good info about the Chaplin Mutuals and is an entertaining read. I think he even beat ol’ Kalton Lahue’s description of the various machinations between all the...
by Richard M Roberts
Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:54 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: WRONG DIRECTION (1934) Edgar Kennedy
Replies: 0
Views: 4605

WRONG DIRECTION (1934) Edgar Kennedy

Continuing our Edgar Kennedy Fest, here's another good early one. Billy Eugene was much less annoying than Jack Rice as the Brother in Law:








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by Richard M Roberts
Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:48 am
Forum: OLD TIME RADIO
Topic: Martin & Lewis on the radio
Replies: 7
Views: 32057

Re: Martin & Lewis on the radio

What is interresting about the Martin and Lewis Radio show is the Guest Stars who interact with Dean and Jerry, one of my favorites is a Boris Karloff Hallloween Show I've got on tape aorund here somewhere, I'm sure BK's fees went up for radio appearances in October, though it's interesting how many...