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- Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:54 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "In the Movies" (1922)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8706
Re: "In the Movies" (1922)
Does anyone know if Snub Pollard's "In the Movies" (1922, dir: Charles Parrott) survives? (And, if so, where it is available?) Thanks - Yair There's a lovely 35mm print at LOC, and there are several 16mm prints in private collections, apart from it's appearing as the opening sequence in R...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:41 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Hallroom Boys in "Conjuror James"
- Replies: 26
- Views: 49398
Re: Hallroom Boys in "Conjuror James"
"Conjuror James" - That's the title on a Pathescope print. Film takes place in the Casino Theatre in Little Puddleton, where the boys are part of the Trimble Tourers. The show consists of some magic tricks, followed by some trick shooting, and culminating in a melodramatic piece that take...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:09 pm
- Forum: SCM 101
- Topic: Why are Keaton, Lloyd and Chaplin the "Big Three?"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 36670
Re: Why are Keaton, Lloyd and Chaplin the "Big Three?"
Why do you care? Why am I bothering to answer? RICHARD M ROBERTS (yeah, i know we're supposed to be nice to newbies here on the Bunny Slope, but Pearson ain't a newbie) Because ZERO posts implies the newbie is all alone in the forest. Weren't you paying attention? DBP[/quote] Like this conversation...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:39 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Roscoe Arbuckle talkie shorts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9399
Re: Roscoe Arbuckle talkie shorts
Hi I was wondering if anybody knows where I can watch or be able to buy Arbuckle's talkie shorts he made at Warner Bros.--mainy watch online. Thanks. Sara Unfortunately, the Arbuckle talkie shorts are still the property of Warner Bros, and they are not currently available on DVD. BUZZIN AROUND was ...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:34 pm
- Forum: Research Archive
- Topic: The Groucho Marx FBI Files
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15638
Re: The Groucho Marx FBI Files
David B Pearson wrote:Wow.
So, according to the FBI, the real names of the Four Marx Brothers were Julius, Leonard, Arthur and Zeppo.
DBP
Gummo was a fifth columnist.
RICHARD M ROBERTS
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:32 pm
- Forum: SCM 101
- Topic: Why are Keaton, Lloyd and Chaplin the "Big Three?"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 36670
Re: Why are Keaton, Lloyd and Chaplin the "Big Three?"
Because newbies might be intimidated by zero posts, and its the obvious starting question. Other obvious ones... Why is ranking beyond that utterly pointless? Why isn't (Fill in the blank) up there with the "Big Three?" Where is the line between a short comedy and a feature comedy. Where'...
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:29 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Now *Here's* an Unusual Question
- Replies: 22
- Views: 41634
Re: Now *Here's* an Unusual Question
Well now, shouldn't we say "accused pedophile" when referring to Gus Meins, or was he ever found guilty of any charges? I sometimes wonder if he didn't commit suicide just because the accusations would have been enough to have ended his career as a Director of childrens comedies or anythi...
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:39 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Robert Youngson
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9290
Re: Robert Youngson
Rob This is probably no help whatsoever, but MoMA seems to have some post-print Youngson material. Their print of WHY GIRLS SAY NO is missing exactly the footage that Youngson used in one of the comps (right now can't remember which one). Steve Youngson's own collection of material was purchased an...
- Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:21 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Now *Here's* an Unusual Question
- Replies: 22
- Views: 41634
Re: Now *Here's* an Unusual Question
Hi Chris I've never heard of James Parrott being gay, and he was married. In Randy Skretvedt's LAUREL AND HARDY there's a picture (pg 297 in the paperback edition) of Babe Hardy, and his wife Myrtle with Parrott and his wife Ruby at the 1936 Academy Awards (although they are sitting next to pedophi...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:56 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: BRINGING UP FATHER (1946)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8351
BRINGING UP FATHER (1946)
Last night, at our weekly movie night, we ran the 1946 Monogram film BRINGING UP FATHER, the first installment in the Jiggs and Maggie series the Studio released in the late forties based on the George McManus comic strip. We weren’t expecting much, but suffice to say we were all happily surprised b...