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Louie Despres wrote:I think I just s*%t my pants.

Okay Louie,I don't think Slapsticon is causing this problem. Beef up on the fibers `cause I'm not bringing you the Dependz.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

You heard it here first Folks: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SLAPSTICON 2010 TO UNVEIL LOST AND FORMERLY UNKNOWN CHAPLIN FILM In past years, the International Film Festival Slapsticon has prided itself on recovering and presenting lost comedy treasures, even discovering previously undocumented films featuri...

I recently found a Detroit television guide (TV TODAY April 30 - May 7, 1954) which reports the following in the "TV Gossip" section: "Mack Sennett, who created the Keystone Cops and introduced the bathing beauty to Hollywood, is working on a TV show in which he would reminisce with ...

Ain't Love Grand? (1921) is a Fox Sunshine comedy from 1921 starring (and directed by) Al St. John. The IMDB has very little information on it. I'm trying to identify the actors in this still. Al is definitely in the middle, and I think that it Babe London on the right. Any idea who is on the left?...

Here's a preview of some of the films we'l be running at Slapsticon 2010:

http://www.youtube.com/user/slapsticon# ... 0rlgYGPcRE



RICHARD M ROBERTS

Steve Massa wrote:Richard
In the photos we have from THE ELITE OF HOLLYWOOD Alice has a nicely bobbed 20s style hair-do, and there seems to be some business that involves shooting a movie on somebody's front lawn. Does that sound at all like the UCLA film?

Steve

It do.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

Hi Joe They were 2 reelers. Here's a listing for the series from the 4/1923 Motion Picture News Booking Guide (pg. 82): "HOLLYWOOD COMEDIES. Produced by L.K.C. Productions. Distributed by Selznick Distributing Corp. Starring Alice Howell & Chester Conklin. Directed by Fred Caldwell. Length...

Answering Agnes: As usual, there is no really clear cut answer to this, partially because silent film audiences had been seeing experiments in both color and sound way before many historians usually say they did.In fact, pretty much from the beginning, from the hand-colored prints and various synchr...

Hey Gang, John McElwee has done a terrific piece on Slapsticon that debuted on his must-read blog GREENBRIAR PICTURE SHOWS: Here's the link: http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/2010/05/slapsticon-2010-is-coming-im-headed-for.html Thanks Again John for the lovely words, and we look forward to ...

Hey Gang, The timed and dated program schedule is now up at the Slapsticon website, with some new added titles as well. http://www.slapsticon.org/program.html If you are planning to book a hotel room, I recommend you do so very soon, as they are running low and I believe the cutoff date is some time...