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- Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:28 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "The Keystone Kid" review?
- Replies: 6
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Re: "The Keystone Kid" review?
Louie, definitely pick it up. It is a great read, with some great color on what it was like to grow up in 1910's/1920's Edendale around the movie studios. It's one of those memoirs that transcends the actual subject of movie history to be a "coming of age" type of story, which--with Coy r...
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:25 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Sacred Cows
- Replies: 13
- Views: 30443
Re: Sacred Cows
Biblically, Ben Turpin played John the Baptist (or actually an actor playing John the Baptist) in Sennett's SALOME VS. SHENANDOAH (1919). Now that I think of it, both Chaplin and Stan Laurel acted out comic versions of the David and Goliath story. OK, so let's amend my statement to say categoricall...
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:21 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Sacred Cows
- Replies: 13
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Re: Sacred Cows
Birth Control and Abortion. (apart from the 1919 Universal Comedy BERTH CONTROL, but I think that was actually about trains). RICHARD M ROBERTS Pregnancy altogether seemed to be off limits, didn't it? I don't think I've ever seen a silent joke or comedy that revolved around the lighter side (er) of...