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Just wanted to say that long clip of Monty Banks from FOB Africa is a gem. - SteveR The dog coming after Monty in the street seems unscripted, making the scene an actuality. I've seen a couple of other silent comedies where unscripted dogs come at the comedian during the scene, usually on a street ...

Has the fat man been identified? I would say Jean Havez but he was in the grave when this was made. Can you imagine being arrested for wearing pajamas in public? In Charleston West Virginia in the teens one would receive a $5 fine for not wearing a hat outdoors. Now one can see nearly naked people i...

Does anyone know what happened to Rohauer's collection of Semon films? I seem to remember he had most of the Vitagraph two-reelers. I would love to have THE AGENT on bluray. @David P.: Is buying a region 1 bluray player from Amazon US an option? Will American bluray players operate with British home...

Here's something I've been wanting to ask youse guys for a while: was Eddie Cline a drinker? In the book GAG MAN by Matthew Deesem on page 228 Dessem states that Eddie Cline drank himself to death. Alcohol was the main lubricant for silent film comedy, some silent film comedians and directors drank ...

This L&H Bluray is NOT an " All Region " disc as advertised. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07JG786KX/ UPDATE: Friends are telling me this British Universal release does not contain High Def Transfers of these films, merely up conversions of standard def transfers. What an opportunity lo...

More of a glimpse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8DvcetviqU

I wonder how Fay felt working with the original Chaplin one month and working with a phony Chaplin in another month.

Hmmmm...More L&H Blu-ray:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07JG786KX/

The ad says all regions.

Also a little bird told me all the Fox features will be released in a Bluray set in January.

Are the bonus materials in HD?

This looks interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8br7XzITccs