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You have some budding talents down there. I'll ask what the joke is regarding the "Green Line," but maybe I shouldn't.

Might as well post these, although Fazenda doesn't look much like Fazenda here: http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc328/PatheLehrman1950/LouiseFazenda-painting.jpg Louise Fazenda http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc328/PatheLehrman1950/MaeBusch-painting.jpg Mae Busch

Joan Myers wrote:How was George Meehan involved with the Hall Room Boys?

Where have you found Meehan's name linked with the Hall Room Boys?

Tom Reeder

...fuzzy copy of CONJUROR JAMES (gotten from Bill Sprague)... Same copy I'm looking at. Here are the three leads, although the "heroine" is only in the film fleetingly: http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc328/PatheLehrman1950/ConjurorJames1.jpg James... http://i524.photobucket.com/albums...

I haven't seen the names Percy and Ferdie ever used in the Pathescopes 9.5s, and they used the name "James" a lot in the titles--which all gives me the impression that Pathe was selling these prints in Europe while trying to fly under the radar of (i.e. not pay royalties to) Hallroom Boys...

Richard M Roberts wrote:Which incarnation of The Hallroom Boys is it? Sid Smith? Neely Edwards? Al Alt? Jimmie Adams?

I'm pretty sure it's Sid Smith.

"Conjuror James" - That's the title on a Pathescope print. Film takes place in the Casino Theatre in Little Puddleton, where the boys are part of the Trimble Tourers. The show consists of some magic tricks, followed by some trick shooting, and culminating in a melodramatic piece that takes...

More of this pointless bull****??

Will there ever be a forum dealing with silent film comedy where this ******* subject isn't brought up???

I mean, who really gives a ****, can't we all just laugh at everything???

Your diligent censor at work.

Maybe there were TV commericals for the shoes with a parrott that squawked "Poll Parrott."

Lifted from a chat site:

Poll Parrot, Poll Parrot
Are the shoes you want to buy
They'll make your feet run faster
As fast as I can fly

When I first heard of comedian Paul Parrott years back, I wondered why the name sounded so familiar. A quick Google search provides the probable explanation: a guy named Paul Parrot started the Parrot Shoe Company in the mid-1920s, with Poll-Parrot kid's shoes their big product. Evidently they adver...