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I though we'd get a look at one of the other RKO Comedy Stars today.Here's one with a typical Leon Errol title and plotline:








RICHARD M ROBERTS

Well, I think I’ll add a few words of praise to the other folk praising Michael Haydes Book CHAPLIN’S VINTAGE YEAR, which tells pretty darn good info about the Chaplin Mutuals and is an entertaining read. I think he even beat ol’ Kalton Lahue’s description of the various machinations between all the...

Continuing our Edgar Kennedy Fest, here's another good early one. Billy Eugene was much less annoying than Jack Rice as the Brother in Law:








RICHARD M ROBERTS

What is interresting about the Martin and Lewis Radio show is the Guest Stars who interact with Dean and Jerry, one of my favorites is a Boris Karloff Hallloween Show I've got on tape aorund here somewhere, I'm sure BK's fees went up for radio appearances in October, though it's interesting how many...

I frankly like the Edgar Kennedy RKO series the best in the 1937-40 period when they weren't doing the "Average Man" Family format. He's usually working with Billy Franey and there are some fine comedies in these years. here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC_TvkPiCSk RICHARD M ROBERTS

Apologies, Richard. I just saw that you already posted this a little while back. I had checked under the title, not Reeves. Ah well, doesn't hurt to have it filed under both. It's a fun little short which I believe was originally titled THE JERRY-BUILDERS in Britain, and it takes on virtually every...

Some great Edgar Kennedy's have been turning up, here's the first one:








RICHARD M ROBERTS

Here's a nice old Show-At-Home print of a Universal Jewel Train Thriller:








RICHARD M ROBERTS

Pretty good copy of Larry Semon's next-to-last short comedy, unfortunately with Italian subtitles, but ir makes okay sense:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c12ei7jMeSY


RICHARD M ROBERTS

It’s been fun watching the NNN’s (Nameless Nitratevile Ninnies) spit and dribble over themselves about Birchard’s booting, once again, that good old double standard set by hypocrite Mike Gebert who’ll allow no bashing of any folk but me on his site, as he clucks clucks at any group that would throw ...