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by Ed Watz
Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Gierucki on the radio!
Replies: 2
Views: 4692

Re: Gierucki on the radio!

Hi Everyone, I will be interviewing fellow Mafiosi Paul Gierucki tomorrow (by phone) on my radio show. Adventures in Sound will air live from 1 to 2 p.m. (CST) on KOOP Radio (koop.org and 91.7 FM in the Austin area). We'll talk about Arbuckle, Keaton, Sennett, and more comedy greats. The show will ...
by Ed Watz
Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:08 am
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Suzanne Lloyd interview by John Sinnott
Replies: 0
Views: 12598

Suzanne Lloyd interview by John Sinnott

I found this 2005 interview on DVD Talk; maybe I caught it back in the day but I don't recall seeing it before: Silent DVD: Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with me. Suzanne Lloyd: Oh, it's my pleasure. I have been waiting for a long time to get these films put out on DVD so it's reall...
by Ed Watz
Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: Silent Laughter - 4/5 Nov 2023 - Cinema Museum London
Replies: 1
Views: 8884

Re: Silent Laughter - 4/5 Nov 2023 - Cinema Museum London

Sounds like a truly fantastic program, Dave! How I would love to be there - your incredible restoration of PLAY SAFE will surely be a big hit at the show!
by Ed Watz
Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:08 am
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: Pordenone Silent Film Festival - Origins of Slapstick: Transatlantic Echoes
Replies: 3
Views: 13712

Re: Pordenone Silent Film Festival - Origins of Slapstick: Transatlantic Echoes

What a fantastic program, Uli and Steve! I wish that I was able to attend. Is that the part-talkie version of MODERN LOVE being shown? I didn't know that Sig Arno and Kurt Gerron were a comedy team. What a shame Kurt didn't emigrate to the US, he was an amazing performer. For such a heavy man he doe...
by Ed Watz
Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:57 am
Forum: THE PASSING PARADE
Topic: Kevin Brownlow Remembers Carl Davis
Replies: 0
Views: 17337

Kevin Brownlow Remembers Carl Davis

From The Film Preservation Society's October 2023 newsletter: David Gill Carl Davis and Kevin Brownlow.jpg Carl Davis by Kevin Brownlow In August of this year, we buried one of the best friends the Silent Film has had in modern times: Carl Davis, who composed unforgettable scores for television, for...
by Ed Watz
Tue Oct 03, 2023 3:28 pm
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: A BLITZ ON THE FRITZ (1943) Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent
Replies: 1
Views: 7775

Re: A BLITZ ON THE FRITZ (1943) Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent

This is great! I could see the punchline coming a mile away, but very well done.

I had to think of this TV commercial - for Germans to learn better English - under this thread:

https://youtu.be/xZ9nvYCDUUw?si=nF8TgMrxjR2kUAKQ
by Ed Watz
Tue Oct 03, 2023 6:02 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Buster Keaton in UK ad for the "Rover Metro"
Replies: 1
Views: 8424

Buster Keaton in UK ad for the "Rover Metro"

He probably would've been happier in a Stutz Bearcat (or even a Model T):

https://youtu.be/vGh-c9aYcHI?si=1DxWrMZnqyIWSxsp
by Ed Watz
Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:27 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: SCREEN SNAPSHOTS (1920) Roacoe Arbuckle, Charlie Murray, Sessue Hayakawa
Replies: 1
Views: 7763

Re: SCREEN SNAPSHOTS (1920) Roacoe Arbuckle, Charlie Murray, Sessue Hayakawa

A priceless scene. Sessue Hayakawa somehow appears apprehensive at the notion of accidentally being body-slammed by Roscoe. Besides Hayakawa, was there any dramatic star who could lay claim to appearing with two of Paramount's biggest comedy attractions from two different eras - in Sessue's case, Ro...
by Ed Watz
Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:08 am
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: WHAT'S MY LINE - OLSEN & JOHNSON (1953)
Replies: 0
Views: 16106

WHAT'S MY LINE - OLSEN & JOHNSON (1953)

Pretty funny session thanks to the team's reactions to the questions. Meanwhile the panel guesses three other comedy teams before getting it right.

https://youtu.be/5vhs3sgvdM4?si=w0IhMpQsrOb6FhnQ
by Ed Watz
Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:48 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: A BLITZ ON THE FRITZ (1943) Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent
Replies: 1
Views: 7775

A BLITZ ON THE FRITZ (1943) Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent

Starts at the 4-minute mark. English with Spanish subtitles. Harry at 58 is at his most animated possibly since HIS NEW MAMA (1924), thanks to Jules White's off the rails direction. Script by Clyde Bruckman copies the finale of Harold Lloyd's PROFESSOR BEWARE, released a scant 5 years earlier. If Ha...