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- Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: EX-PLUMBER (1931) Lloyd Hamilton, Addie McPhail
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10913
Re: EX-PLUMBER (1931) Lloyd Hamilton, Addie McPhail
This looks to have about a third of its running time cut. Ex-Plumber was released at 21 minutes and this thing clocks in at 13.5. Early TV used to program 15-minute times slots on occasion, and the distributor may have offered some shorts to fit that length. Either way, it looks like it was edited w...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:47 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Her Friend The Bandit
- Replies: 21
- Views: 25262
Re: Her Friend The Bandit
Hello Mabel has turned up and Chaplin's not in it. The most likely bet for the Chaplin-Normand-Booker frame grab is some promotional film or newsreel promoting the Keystone brand. Why just two frames survived and how they came into the possession of Maurice Bessy is anyone's guess.
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:42 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: from DFI: Pat and Patachon - The Danish Duo that Conquered Germany
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11587
Re: from DFI: Pat and Patachon - The Danish Duo that Conquered Germany
I want to see this! Can you post the URL?
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:00 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: SPUDS (1927) Larry Semon
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7262
Re: SPUDS (1927) Larry Semon
It is a wonderful comedy, with a heartfelt tribute to Chaplin, that is laden with gobs of racial humor. I would expect to see Topsy and Eva released on home video before this one.
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:41 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: MICKEY'S SURPRISE (1929) Mickey McGuire
- Replies: 0
- Views: 21528
MICKEY'S SURPRISE (1929) Mickey McGuire
Here is the second talkie in the series. Apparently, like MICKEY'S MIDNIGHT FOLLIES, talent shows were popular settings because you could stage the whole thing on one set. And if your kid actors couldn't sing - instant comedy! https://youtu.be/RVhL2kpvZvE?si=HjcP749O4EMHOLv-
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:54 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: The Old Shoe
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6771
Re: The Old Shoe
This is great. But I can imagine Lorne Michaels saying, “A spoof of Unknown Chaplin? For the 10,000 viewers who watched it on PBS?”
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:25 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Coming From the Sprocket Vault..............
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12435
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:22 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: THE FULLER GUSH MAN (1934)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12508
THE FULLER GUSH MAN (1934)
The most interesting thing about this Walter Catlett two-reeler are the credits, in which writer-director Al Boasberg makes an on-camera appearance, along with the rest of the crew. https://youtu.be/SciXkqRFKeM
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:41 pm
- Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: CLEOPATRA (1917) 40 Sec. Clip
- Replies: 1
- Views: 20513
CLEOPATRA (1917) 40 Sec. Clip
Just uploaded today. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwPZuyF2Th0
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:10 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15584
Re: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
When the next Sennett set comes out, wouldn’t it be fun to label it Vol. 3? Imagine the lifelong quest it will unleash among those searching for the elusive Vol. 2.