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The ARTE Channel in Europe will show the latest reconstruction of THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY January 2, 2019 at 11:50pm. Other L&H shorts will follow, including Lobster Films' versions of DO DETECTIVES THINK? and FROM SOUP TO NUTS. Thanks to Trevor Dorman for sharing this information. The Google ...

Looking at the US trailer with its slightly expanded "exposé" around the ZENOBIA affair, could you imagine if the filmmakers expanded on the "feud" something like this: 1949, Los Angeles: Stan and Ida go to the movies and after enjoying the latest Ealing comedy import, they see a...

Egad, we made VANITY FAIR today: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/11/thelma-todd-zasu-pitts-female-comedy-team-old-hollywood RICHARD M ROBERTS Congrats, Richard -- it's all due to your diligence and The Sprocket Vault's commitment to bring these films back into view. VF's reviewer provides...

I've been waiting a week for Amazon to post my review - whether or not they get around to it, I'm sharing it here with The Mafioso. Note that the review is directed towards the uninitiated - this is a great set and I'm sure everyone who's a member here wants it and already ordered it - or are about ...

Waiting for this film since I was a teenager - all I can say is Bravo, Orson -- and Bravo, Richard!

Is that Fay Holderness who's about to discover Babe Hardy as the pièce de résistance?

Due to the guidance of one RMR, also known as our VERY knowledgeable Godfather, I've now got the nigh-imposible-to-locate Jean Delannoy interview. The article is everything I hoped it would be...and is especially helpful as it corroborates some essential information for the Keaton book which I would...

If anyone has a copy of this issue, and will scan the article on Jean Delannoy for me, I'll reciprocate with a copy of the Keaton book when it's published. Please contact me with a PM - and thanks.

Very nice John. One question though, in those 1930 aerial shots, can we see the offices across the street from MGM where Keaton first housed himself and his production staff when he made THE CAMERAMAN for MGM? Maybe this information from my forthcoming Keaton book can help John locate Buster's firs...

Here's another one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0989301907/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=1435690184&sr=1-1 Bit pricey there, lets see if it moves. RICHARD M ROBERTS A tad on the steep side perhaps, but it's still a bargain. Fantastic book,...