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by Ed Watz
Sun Oct 01, 2023 7:14 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: EL SHOW DE ABBOTT Y COSTELLO
Replies: 0
Views: 11304

EL SHOW DE ABBOTT Y COSTELLO

The Abbott & Costello Show, dubbed in Spanish. The episode (Lou The Politician) starts at the 9:55 mark. Unlike the usually horrible French, Italian and German dubs of American comedians, the Spanish seem to have made great effort to capture a reasonable facsimile of the performer's voice. Lou C...
by Ed Watz
Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:22 am
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review
Replies: 8
Views: 10225

Re: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review

Ed, Thank you for the replies . I will go with the 2017 as you noted. Then stream (to my smartTV) through a computer media player which allows me to speed playback up. I'm thinking 9 or 10% will do. It wont be totally optimal, but for me it usually is an improvement over slug like playback. Yes the...
by Ed Watz
Sat Sep 02, 2023 2:29 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies
Replies: 5
Views: 7726

Re: Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies

Hilde D'haeyere wrote:Thanks for the replies!
Hilde


Everything you ever wanted to know about derbies/bowlers and then some:

https://youtu.be/AKV0kFCnWbs?si=UvLJQs670YQ29zCu
by Ed Watz
Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:58 am
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review
Replies: 8
Views: 10225

Re: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review

Here's an excerpt of THREE AGES running at 24 fps, the identical frame rate to 16mm and 35mm film prints. At this speed THREE AGES clocks in at 56 minutes. If you compare this scene to a Kino or Lobster edition (63 minutes) or the latest Eureka/Cohen edition (70 minutes), you'll immediately see the ...
by Ed Watz
Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:33 am
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review
Replies: 8
Views: 10225

Re: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review

Hi Ed, Which Blu-ray (or DVD) version would you recommend that runs with a bit more pep? Hi Rift, Well, I had a fairly long reply written up, got interrupted, and lost everything! So now, to keep it brief - there are 3 authorized Blu-Rays to date: 1) 2010 Kino on Video - out of print but many copie...
by Ed Watz
Mon Aug 28, 2023 3:43 am
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review
Replies: 8
Views: 10225

THREE AGES Cohen Media Restoration - Amazon Review

Here's my Amazon review - if you should read it, remember this quote often attributed to Abe Lincoln: "People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like." Even more glad now that I have a 16mm print of THREE AGES. No doubt this Cohen Media restoration will be wi...
by Ed Watz
Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:05 pm
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: Flicker Alley - Laurel & Hardy: Year One - Blu-ray
Replies: 4
Views: 8143

Re: Flicker Alley - Laurel & Hardy: Year One - Blu-ray

William Ferry wrote:Pop Goes the Weasel!

To quote The Boys, "That's a good idea!"
by Ed Watz
Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: Flicker Alley - Laurel & Hardy: Year One - Blu-ray
Replies: 4
Views: 8143

Re: Flicker Alley - Laurel & Hardy: Year One - Blu-ray

As much as I am looking forward to these beautiful restorations, I'm hoping that the obnoxious, ten-ton orchestration to THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY (found on the L&H Definitive Restorations set) is not repeated here. Talk about trying to be funnier than Laurel & Hardy! One bit of information...
by Ed Watz
Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:33 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
Replies: 13
Views: 14892

Re: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One

The oddest thing - as of today - is that among all the responses since folks received their copy, not one discusses the films themselves! How's the quality? Any "new" footage found? Are the new scores dirge-like or high-kickin'? Come on, somebody at least should describe one short, they're...
by Ed Watz
Thu Aug 10, 2023 4:03 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies
Replies: 5
Views: 7726

Re: Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies

I'm not sure you will ever find a definitive first use of a bowler hat for comedic purposes since they were doubtless handy props in vaudeville. In Laurel & Hardy's 1927 Do Detectives Think?, their hats are meant to connote that they were tough gumshoes. But I think when you go back to the firs...