The Kingfish himself: Tim Moore, one of the unjustly overlooked greats of all time. This one deserves a stand-alone:
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- Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:04 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "Broadway" comic strip: Tim Moore
- Replies: 1
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- Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:26 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "Broadway" comic strips: Clayton,Jackson & Durante
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"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...
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:03 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Malibu Actor's Colony Home Movie, 1930
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Re: Malibu Actor's Colony Home Movie, 1930
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.
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:58 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Malibu Actor's Colony Home Movie, 1930
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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...
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:33 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Article by Bert Wheeler's great grandson: "The Other Wheeler & Woolsey"
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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...
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 7:22 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: THE BEACH CLUB (1928) Billy Bevan, Vernon Dent
- Replies: 1
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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.
- 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...
- 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!
- 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 ...
- 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...