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No, it wasn't the spirit of Christmas, it has just been that it's so damn deadly dull over there at Nitratevile that I haven't really looked that hard at anything to make fun of. But they do have a winner of a topic over there today: Top Ten Things Dumb People Say When Watching Silents Today. at Nit...

Well, we can't let El Brendel be the only one wishing all the Mafians a Merry Christmas.


So Merry Christmas.







RICHARD M ROBERTS

Late Sidney and Murray in a pre-Jules White Columbia, look for Walter Brennan as the drunk in the beginning.










RICHARD M ROBERTS

Hi chaps Here's something for you to mull over, over Christmas. http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj2dPzt7WQj1XIIOaNA8jPQ/videos Happy new year... DG How do we know this is Glen Lambert? And if it is, this is most likely one of the short-lived "Bathing Girl" Comedies that the Bray Co produc...

Richard, I thought you might enjoy this if you haven't stumbled across it before. Two of your favorite actors, Mr. O' Toole and Mr. Welles together on BBC's Monitor in 1963 discussing Hamlet with the host and a academician. The two actors are in perfect sync with each other, agreeing on every point...

I think we should be amazed he lived as long as he did considering the life he led. Most of his drinking buddies left us in their fifties. And although he appeared in a lot of turkey's, he himself was never the embarrassment of the project. And that's saying something -- Remember, he was in the cas...

After riding high with DIPLOMANIACS and HIPS, HIPS, HOORAY! , their comedy really turned south following THE NITWITS . It's almost as if RKO had lost interest in them due to that flash-in-the-pan dance team on the lot. That was part of it, but the code was what killed Bert and Bob, and frankly, giv...

Back from California, and bummed about Peter O' Toole, one of the ones we should have figured out a way to keep around permanently. Here's one of his last really great performances, from the West End stage, not on DVD and finally scared up on Youtube since his passing. If you haven't seen it, take a...

Gary Johnson wrote: I've recently confessed to Richard that I just don't read as many books as I once did. My whole life I was a voracious reader, and not just about film history. I had a broad range in a vain attempt to become a well-rounded person. It wasn't until my middle age spread appeared th...

I've recently confessed to Richard that I just don't read as many books as I once did. My whole life I was a voracious reader, and not just about film history. I had a broad range in a vain attempt to become a well-rounded person. It wasn't until my middle age spread appeared that I turned well-rou...