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Here's something on some of the comedy-related films: WHEN CLUBS WERE TRUMPS (1916) - Cub/David Horsley comedy for Mutual, produced by Al Christie at the same time he was making Nestors for Universal. Neal Burns' poker buddies created a ruse involving a fake policeman to "arrest" Neal so h...

OK i was just looking at a couple of cub comedies today and was curious where the clue to this films' title lies..I also started wondering about the rest since I am not as familiar with these as others..... What does the DH stand for ? Does the 16 (next to the "C" in the bottom left stand...

Alas, due to a combination of scheduling conflicts, "stuff happening" and, oops, human error on my part, I missed much of the Broncho Billy Festival and didn't arrive until Sunday afternoon. Considered Victoria Forde's comic bits and ditzy charm in Lizzie's Dizzy Career the highpoint of t...

Hi Paul, I guess I just missed you--I was there all weekend but had to leave to get home Sunday before the last program (I would've loved to see the Nestors). Victoria Forde was one of the early Universal comedy leads, and the daughter of Eugenie Forde who also worked at early Universal. Victoria al...

Has anyone ever researched the British trade magazines to see if Her Friend the Bandit was among the Keystones issued and re-issued over there? If Chaplin was really in it, the ads or reviews would probably say so. Chris, I posted this article a year or two ago elsewhere, but here it is again -- a ...

Our 2 dogs also have their own rules of engagement, which you can see here: Are those really your two dogs? If they are, they're nice looking dogs, but just how many sofas do you go through in the average year? Yes they are ours, and thanks! The couch jumping was something Clara did more when she w...

Then again, after years of experience, I know you can't really train a cat to do anything. In addition to tightrope-walking and high-diving cats, the act regularly featured a 3-round boxing match between two cats. The battling cats were randomly assigned the names of contemporary boxers such as Joe...

Steve, have you ever run across anything documenting the act called Swayne's Rats and Cats? Groucho Marx and George Burns both taked about what an amazing act that was, but it isn't mentioned in Joe Laurie Jr.'s big vaudeville history, or in any other source I've seen. Can we really document that t...

On a similar note (and since Bob's joined on here he might know), I've also wondered about a phrase kids used to sing when they were on the teeter totter, "See saw, Marjorie Daw." It has the sound of something that's old and English of origin (without knowing), so did the actress Marjorie ...

Deep Discount isn't showing any artwork yet. Their price is really good on this one. By the way, has there been any word on their semi-anual sale? It is usually 20% off, but this November it was 25% off! They usually have the June sale going by now. Agnes McFadden Agnes, I was wondering the same th...