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by Ed Watz
Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:04 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: "Broadway" comic strip: Tim Moore
Replies: 1
Views: 4550

"Broadway" comic strip: Tim Moore

The Kingfish himself: Tim Moore, one of the unjustly overlooked greats of all time. This one deserves a stand-alone:

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by Ed Watz
Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:26 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: "Broadway" comic strips: Clayton,Jackson & Durante
Replies: 4
Views: 8181

"Broadway" comic strips: Clayton,Jackson & Durante

From late 1926 until the mid-1930s, The New York Daily News ran the "Broadway" comic strip, featuring comedians currently appearing on Broadway, in nightclubs, and local vaudeville houses in the Metropolitan area. The performers were posed ("staged by Mark Hellinger") and photogr...
by Ed Watz
Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:03 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Malibu Actor's Colony Home Movie, 1930
Replies: 2
Views: 5939

Re: Malibu Actor's Colony Home Movie, 1930

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There are many others here that you'll have fun identifying, William Haines appears near the end along with numerous starlets. A very sunburned Sam Hardy provides one of the best closeups ever committed to celluloid.
by Ed Watz
Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:58 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Malibu Actor's Colony Home Movie, 1930
Replies: 2
Views: 5939

Malibu Actor's Colony Home Movie, 1930

Wheeler.jpeg woolsey.jpeg Cantor.jpeg Posted by Patrick Laurence, Bert Wheeler's great grandson: "16 mm home movie footage of many Hollywood luminaries having fun on the beach at the famed Malibu Colony of the 1930s. As far as I can tell, the beach party in the latter part of the footage was h...
by Ed Watz
Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:33 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Article by Bert Wheeler's great grandson: "The Other Wheeler & Woolsey"
Replies: 0
Views: 3977

Article by Bert Wheeler's great grandson: "The Other Wheeler & Woolsey"

Patrick Laurence, great grandson of Bert Wheeler, has written a fascinating account of the lifelong friendship between Bert and Bob's wives and the extended Wheeler and Woolsey families. As he recounts in his well-researched and delightful article, "While Bert and Bob’s partnership ended when B...
by Ed Watz
Sat Feb 29, 2020 7:22 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: THE BEACH CLUB (1928) Billy Bevan, Vernon Dent
Replies: 1
Views: 4613

Re: THE BEACH CLUB (1928) Billy Bevan, Vernon Dent

Love Vernon's camera look here - his feeling of utter disgust towards Billy is deliciously palpable. Thanks for sharing this, I only have Murray Glass's one-reel version, the complete two-reeler doesn't disappoint.

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by Ed Watz
Thu Jan 16, 2020 2:31 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Why Silent Films Matter
Replies: 1
Views: 5294

Re: Why Silent Films Matter

Thank you, Paul - exquisite clips, every one of them, and Mabel and Roscoe's moment was sublime. The young film collector said that seeing a silent film that premiered a hundred years ago was a "mind-boggling experience." That was pretty much my sentiments as the one kid in the neighborhoo...
by Ed Watz
Sat Jan 11, 2020 4:12 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Allright, we'll try this again.........
Replies: 11
Views: 24333

Re: Allright, we'll try this again.........

Many thanks, Richard! I just pre-ordered my copy and dropped Harry Jr. a line as well. The set will be a knockout!
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by Ed Watz
Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:54 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Help identifying faux Keystone Cops film?
Replies: 5
Views: 9965

Re: Help identifying faux Keystone Cops film?

Glad to oblige, Chris! Years ago before I'd seen the film I nearly bought a 16mm print of the original (French) version - but I'm pleased to say I had my doubts beforehand! Curiously, the GOING BYE-BYE! footage only appears in the British version. It's been a long time since I've seen the UK cut, I ...
by Ed Watz
Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:00 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Help identifying faux Keystone Cops film?
Replies: 5
Views: 9965

Re: Help identifying faux Keystone Cops film?

An Italian dubbed version LA BOMBA COMICA is on Youtube. The George Rowe "Cop" footage begins around the 3-minute mark: https://youtu.be/fRQTFXGwcns This mishmash of slapstick fragments was first released in France as CA C'EST DU CINEMA (1950). Three years later came the British version SL...