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by Bruce Calvert
Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:18 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Guardian: Collector finds unseen Charlie Chaplin film in tin
Replies: 16
Views: 25532

Guardian: Collector finds unseen Charlie Chaplin film in tin

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/nov/05/charlie-chaplin-ebay-reel-tin Collector finds unseen Charlie Chaplin film in tin sold for £3.20 on eBay • Collector turns detective in search of movie's secret • Lost war propaganda reel could be worth £40,000 Charlotte Higgins, chief arts writer guardia...
by Bruce Calvert
Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:18 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Silent Christie Paramount shorts
Replies: 9
Views: 20010

Re: Silent Christie Paramount shorts

Steve, Did they have any photos or information on the two Raymond Griffith Christie sound comedies from 1929, Post Mortems or The Sleeping Porch ? http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/stills/sleeping_porch017.jpg Raymond Griffith and Barbara Leonard in The Sleeping Porch (1929)
by Bruce Calvert
Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:09 pm
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: Fremont, CA: HE DID AND HE DIDN'T (1915), HAUNTED SPOOKS (19
Replies: 0
Views: 5063

Fremont, CA: HE DID AND HE DIDN'T (1915), HAUNTED SPOOKS (19

http://www.nilesfilmmuseum.org/october2009.htm 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 24th Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum Edison Theater 37417 Niles Blvd. Fremont, CA $5 admission Short Subjects Night HE DID AND HE DIDN'T (1915, Keystone) Arbuckle, Normand HAUNTED SPOOKS (1920, Rolin) Harold Lloyd THE HAUNTE...
by Bruce Calvert
Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:08 pm
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Sennett 1930/31 Color shorts
Replies: 6
Views: 13907

Re: Sennett 1930/31 Color shorts

Campus Vamp and Matchmaking Mama were released on DVD at least ten years ago with the restored Nothing Sacred (1937). That DVD is way out of print though because Lumivision went out of business. The two-color sequences were included on the disc (and Nothing Sacred was in gorgeous Technicolor.) They...
by Bruce Calvert
Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:39 pm
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Flyers from Film Classic Exchange
Replies: 4
Views: 12337

Re: Flyers from Film Classic Exchange

I used to have a similar flyer, but I can't seem to find it now. I sure wish I had ordered something from him back then, but I was a poor paperboy, and most of my money went to Blackhawk Films.
by Bruce Calvert
Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:15 pm
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Candid Photo Archive
Replies: 68
Views: 147864

Re: Candid Photo Archive

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Stan Laurel, Buster Ketaon, Oliver Hardy, and Jimmy Durante, in an MGM publicity photo from about 1932
by Bruce Calvert
Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:30 pm
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: Harlem, GA: Oliver Hardy Festival
Replies: 0
Views: 5552

Harlem, GA: Oliver Hardy Festival

http://www.harlemga.org/ohfest.htm 21st Annual Oliver Hardy Festival Saturday, October 3, 2009 Media reports over 35,000 in attendance for 2008! Admission: Free! Parking: Free! Public is welcome! Schedule of Events: Children's Parade at 9:00 a.m. Parade at 10:00 a.m. Arts & Crafts booths open al...
by Bruce Calvert
Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:18 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Frank “Junior” Coghlan (1916 - 2009)
Replies: 2
Views: 6835

Re: Frank “Junior” Coghlan (1916 - 2009)

You can hear him on the recently released DVD from Flicker Alley, "Under Full Sail", talking about his experiences making The Yankee Clipper.
by Bruce Calvert
Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:35 pm
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: TRIXIE OF THE FOLLIES (1917)
Replies: 0
Views: 5943

TRIXIE OF THE FOLLIES (1917)

From Reel Life, May 5, 1917
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