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- Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:29 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: HOTSY TOTSY clip (1925)
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HOTSY TOTSY clip (1925)
Here’s about two minutes from the otherwise lost Mack Sennett two-reeler, HOTSY TOTSY. Star Alice Day isn’t seen in this clip, but comedy fans will recognize Barney Hellum, Eugenia Gilbert, Alice Belcher, others. https://youtu.be/AL1FTa3O0co
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 11:07 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: THE HEART SNATCHER (1920)
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THE HEART SNATCHER (1920)
A rare late Fox/Sunshine comedy starring Jack Cooper.
https://youtu.be/D7pnifTtih0
https://youtu.be/D7pnifTtih0
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:10 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: VOICE OF HOLLYWOOD w/ Ben Turpin
- Replies: 1
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VOICE OF HOLLYWOOD w/ Ben Turpin
From 1930, here is The Voice of Hollywood hosted by Ben Turpin. He has an unusual amount of dialog, suggesting that there was a paucity of stars available at the time of filming. Tho we do get to see Madge Bellamy, Myrna Loy, Alberta Vaughn, Al Cooke and a glimpse of Mickey Daniels. https://youtu.be...
- Thu Jan 06, 2022 11:45 am
- Forum: THE PASSING PARADE
- Topic: Betty White RIP
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11051
Re: Betty White RIP
Betty White's connection to Buster Keaton reminds me that we lost the last living (screen) link to W.C. Fields earlier this year. Jane Powell passed on Sept. 16 at 92. Baby LeRoy, Gloria Jean, and Butch and Buddy are all gone.
- Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:46 am
- Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: Nitrateville Nonsense: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
- Replies: 4
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Re: Nitrateville Nonsense: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
This essay is a great Christmas gift Richard. Along the lines of pointless reconstructions, the project to map all surviving prints of Shoulder Arms seems particularly meaningless since no one is proposing or funding a restoration of any kind. I grant anyone their right to go down a rabbit hole for ...
- Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:21 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: THREE HOLLYWOOD GIRLS (1931) directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5901
Re: THREE HOLLYWOOD GIRLS (1931) directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
Just thought it was rather a dark take perhaps informed by Arbuckle's own view of Hollywood.
- Fri Dec 03, 2021 10:11 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: THREE HOLLYWOOD GIRLS (1931) directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5901
Re: THREE HOLLYWOOD GIRLS (1931) directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
In all of Arbuckle's Hollywood Girls comedies, Hollywood is portrayed as a hellhole from which the denizens on the fringes are desperate to escape.
- Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:52 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: What Actually Happened between Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, and Mae Busch
- Replies: 12
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Re: What Actually Happened between Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, and Mae Busch
Wow. It’s amazing that Mabel would agree to appear in ANY Sennett film after that. Why make money for the louse, even if Mabel’s features were filmed away from Sennett’s hands-on involvement? Popular myth always put the blame on Mae Busch. Looks like she got the raw end of the deal.
- Thu Oct 28, 2021 1:31 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: OFF HIS BASE (1932) Directed by James Gleason
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4949
OFF HIS BASE (1932) Directed by James Gleason
Well, here's something unusual. An Educational two-reeler directed and starring James Gleason with support by Gleason's family, Eugene Pallette, Eddie Dunn, Peggy Montgomery (no longer a Baby) and Jim Thorpe. https://youtu.be/OQqU_aJf5W8
- Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:29 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: MIDNIGHT MELODIES with Jack Gilford (1936)
- Replies: 3
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MIDNIGHT MELODIES with Jack Gilford (1936)
In this Paramount one-reeler, Jack Gilford does several impressions including Harry Langdon. A bold artistic choice to make in 1936. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFmXu6JM96A