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by Jim Roots
Mon Jun 13, 2016 4:56 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Three of a Kind
Replies: 3
Views: 8508

Three of a Kind

Cast credits for this Ton of Fun short are difficult to find, so I'm turning to Those Who Know All About Silent Comedy. Specifically, who played these roles in Three of a Kind ? 1) The maitre d'. with bad teeth; he buys all the cigarettes from Lois Boyd. 2) The bouncer, who weeps when the stingy unc...
by Jim Roots
Mon Jun 06, 2016 8:20 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Polycarpe veut faire un carton (1914)
Replies: 2
Views: 6918

Re: Polycarpe veut faire un carton (1914)

God, that thing is awful!

Jim
by Jim Roots
Sat May 21, 2016 8:02 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: PAGING MONEY (1924) Century Comedy
Replies: 3
Views: 7111

Re: PAGING MONEY (1924) Century Comedy

Spec looked the exact same at age 8 as he did at 18 and 28. Just shorter. Much shorter. Anybody got a shot of him at 58? Jim Yeah, look at any number of first season episodes of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, he's a regular as one of Mayberry's residents, still looks the same, with a little less hair. RIC...
by Jim Roots
Fri May 20, 2016 3:13 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: PAGING MONEY (1924) Century Comedy
Replies: 3
Views: 7111

Re: PAGING MONEY (1924) Century Comedy

Spec looked the exact same at age 8 as he did at 18 and 28. Just shorter. Much shorter.

Anybody got a shot of him at 58?

Jim
by Jim Roots
Fri May 20, 2016 3:06 pm
Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Once Again, Up He pops........
Replies: 6
Views: 14866

Re: Once Again, Up He pops........

Looks like Wayne to me, too. But I'm with Gary (who's always lonesome on this site, it seems) in wondering why Wayne, with his obsession with war both in movies and in real life, wouldn't have ever been specific about starring in one of the two or three most famous war movies of the silent era. Even...
by Jim Roots
Mon May 16, 2016 8:17 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: The Drews
Replies: 4
Views: 7995

Re: The Drews

DaveGlass wrote:Hey Jim

Just so you know...
This film was featured on the NICKELODIA #3 DVD released by Unknown Video.

Dave


Dang.

Not one of the Unknown Video releases I've got ... and I've got quite a few of them.

Jim
by Jim Roots
Tue May 03, 2016 11:33 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: The Drews
Replies: 4
Views: 7995

Re: The Drews

Is Miss Sticky Mouffy Kiss available anywhere on the Internet? I haven't been able to find it, and of course it's not available on DVD. Jim No idea, I do have a print of it. RICHARD M ROBERTS Presumably the print that has been shown at a few cine-whatevers? Is it the only one known to exist in full...
by Jim Roots
Tue May 03, 2016 9:43 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: The Drews
Replies: 4
Views: 7995

The Drews

Is Miss Sticky Mouffy Kiss available anywhere on the Internet? I haven't been able to find it, and of course it's not available on DVD.

Jim
by Jim Roots
Fri Apr 01, 2016 8:25 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
Replies: 2
Views: 5480

Re: Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride

Thanks, Richard.

Jim
by Jim Roots
Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:08 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
Replies: 2
Views: 5480

Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride

Is that really Julie Leonard as Stan's girlfriend/assistant? It looks to me like it could be Ena Gregory in a fright wig.

Jim