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- Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:41 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: MICKEY'S SURPRISE (1929) Mickey McGuire
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MICKEY'S SURPRISE (1929) Mickey McGuire
Here is the second talkie in the series. Apparently, like MICKEY'S MIDNIGHT FOLLIES, talent shows were popular settings because you could stage the whole thing on one set. And if your kid actors couldn't sing - instant comedy! https://youtu.be/RVhL2kpvZvE?si=HjcP749O4EMHOLv-
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:54 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: The Old Shoe
- Replies: 1
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Re: The Old Shoe
This is great. But I can imagine Lorne Michaels saying, “A spoof of Unknown Chaplin? For the 10,000 viewers who watched it on PBS?”
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:25 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Coming From the Sprocket Vault..............
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11894
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:22 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: THE FULLER GUSH MAN (1934)
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- Views: 9937
THE FULLER GUSH MAN (1934)
The most interesting thing about this Walter Catlett two-reeler are the credits, in which writer-director Al Boasberg makes an on-camera appearance, along with the rest of the crew. https://youtu.be/SciXkqRFKeM
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:41 pm
- Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: CLEOPATRA (1917) 40 Sec. Clip
- Replies: 1
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CLEOPATRA (1917) 40 Sec. Clip
Just uploaded today. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwPZuyF2Th0
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:10 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14904
Re: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
When the next Sennett set comes out, wouldn’t it be fun to label it Vol. 3? Imagine the lifelong quest it will unleash among those searching for the elusive Vol. 2.
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:52 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14904
Re: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
Doubtless one of those "fans" who don't really like watching this stuff, but just like to see "Vol. 1" next to "Vol. 2" next to Vol. 3" on their bookshelves. The kind of people who sent you complaints that the 1929 Chases should have been "Vol. 1", not Vo...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7729
Re: Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies
I'm not sure you will ever find a definitive first use of a bowler hat for comedic purposes since they were doubtless handy props in vaudeville. In Laurel & Hardy's 1927 Do Detectives Think?, their hats are meant to connote that they were tough gumshoes. But I think when you go back to the first...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 3:56 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: OH! OH! CLEOPATRA (1931) sound AND film
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9463
Re: OH! OH! CLEOPATRA (1931) sound AND film
I haven't seen Armilly in quite some time. Is there a scene with a slingshot or a gun being fired in Tom's direction?
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 10:00 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: OH! OH! CLEOPATRA (1931) sound AND film
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9463
Re: OH! OH! CLEOPATRA (1931) sound AND film
He may just have been wall-eyed. But Ed, I'm interested in what you thought of it? Even considering that Masquers' shorts had to cram in as many out-of-work comics as possible, to my eyes its prime pre-Code W&W.