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by Richard M Roberts
Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:23 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Title of this Larry Semon comedy?
Replies: 5
Views: 8198

Re: Title of this Larry Semon comedy?

Pasquale Ventura wrote:One of those Italian dubbed versions. With Oliver Hardy, Frank Hayes in drag and well done animated ducks and shoes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psVPYg7N1i0

Pasquale Ventura



THE BARNYARD (1923)


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by Richard M Roberts
Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:06 pm
Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Nitrateville Correction Dept: MY SON JOHN
Replies: 2
Views: 8240

Nitrateville Correction Dept: MY SON JOHN

Hey, haven't really bashed Nitratevile of late, too damn busy doing more important things and it's devolved into such a nest of nerd nattering that it's not really worth my time reading all that hard, but I saw that Ed Larusso continues to show his lack of actual film knowledge today in another unin...
by Richard M Roberts
Mon Apr 14, 2014 10:19 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: American Silent Comedies from Belgium
Replies: 4
Views: 7890

Re: Silent Comedies from Belgium

Steve Massa wrote:Oh, I forgot to mention that a young John Wayne may be in the football sequence in THE DRAW BACK. Take a look in at 14:50 and 24:38 and check if this is only wishful thinking on my part.



Indeed it is! Another John Wayne Educational appearance has been found! Congrats Steve!


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by Richard M Roberts
Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:19 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: American Silent Comedies from Belgium
Replies: 4
Views: 7890

Re: Silent Comedies from Belgium

Hey Steve,

Great stuff and great work, but can you suggest to them that they transfer these thing a little faster? THE DRAW-BACK would have been a lot funnier at 24 fps.

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by Richard M Roberts
Sun Apr 13, 2014 10:55 pm
Forum: SCM 101
Topic: Can anyone identify this please?
Replies: 5
Views: 30020

Re: Can anyone identify this please?

It also looks like it might be Ben Hall from one of the "Harold Highbrow" shorts he did for Universal in the late 1920s. Yeah, could be. I thought about both Ben Hall and Churchill Ross from The Collegians series, but the guy in the picture looks older, the hairline is higher and the head...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:56 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Joe Yule Jr. (1920-2014)
Replies: 8
Views: 12348

Re: Joe Yule Jr. (1920-2014)

[quote="Gary Johnson"]Over at Greenbriar John E. has been overly preoccupied with Rooney's past autobiography and the 'near pornographic' descriptions of his many sexual encounters. [quote] I don't believe one mention in a paragraph constitutes "overly preoccupied". I did always ...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:12 am
Forum: SCM 101
Topic: Can anyone identify this please?
Replies: 5
Views: 30020

Re: Can anyone identify this please?

Hello Roger and Welcome to the Mafia! It's definitely not Anita Garvin, but she looks familiar, and I think the guy in the glasses may be Jimmy Aubrey.

Where did the still come from? Is this the complete picture or has it been cropped?


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by Richard M Roberts
Wed Apr 09, 2014 12:36 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Nitrateville Answer Dept: Mickey Mcguire Chaplin Impersonati
Replies: 1
Views: 3771

Nitrateville Answer Dept: Mickey Mcguire Chaplin Impersonati

William Charles Morrow wastes his time asking the Nitratevile "experts" which Mickey McGuire Comedy was it that Blaskhawk Films released where he did a Chaplin impersonation, it is MICKEY THE DETECTIVE (1928).


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by Richard M Roberts
Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:39 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Mickey "McGuire" Rooney - tribute
Replies: 1
Views: 4093

Re: Mickey "McGuire" Rooney - tribute

And here's MICKEYS CIRCUS, that "lost" film the NFPF was making such a big deal last week about rediscovering. amazing how rare and hard to find it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up16bvIFNd0 RICHARD M ROBERTS (yeah, I know the clip's not complete, but I have a print of the whole film ...
by Richard M Roberts
Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:06 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Joe Yule Jr. (1920-2014)
Replies: 8
Views: 12348

Re: Joe Yule Jr. (1920-2014)

So Baby Peggy wins the tontine?


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