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by Andrew Sholl
Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:52 pm
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Books & Periodicals
Replies: 36
Views: 126770

Re: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Books & Periodicals

The American Popular Entertainment Collection A project of the History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The collection is a repository of digital facsimiles of newspapers and trade journals published for the entertainment industry in the U.S. 1853...
by Andrew Sholl
Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:37 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Early Snub Pollard sighting
Replies: 1
Views: 5391

Re: Early Snub Pollard sighting

If correct, Steve's discovery rewrites the book - literally - of Snub's career. Certainly the timing - early to mid-1913 - and the circumstances both fit. Like Roscoe Arbuckle, Snub had been treading the boards in Ferris Hartman's Oakland-based light opera troupe. And like Arbuckle and Minta, he was...
by Andrew Sholl
Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:56 am
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Books & Periodicals
Replies: 36
Views: 126770

Re: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Books & Periodicals

Reel and Slide 1918 http://archive.org/details/reelslide01unse 1919 http://archive.org/details/reelslide02unse Reel Life Sep 1913-Mar 1914 https://archive.org/details/reellife03unse Sep 1914-Mar 1915 https://archive.org/details/reellife05unse May 1914-Dec 1916 https://archive.org/details/reellife19...
by Andrew Sholl
Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:13 am
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Books & Periodicals
Replies: 36
Views: 126770

Re: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Books & Periodicals

The Radio Annual 1938 https://archive.org/details/radioannual193800radi Radio Daily Feb-Mar 1937 https://archive.org/details/radiodailyfebmar01amer Apr-Jun 1937 https://archive.org/details/radiodailyaprjun01unse Jul-Sep 1937 https://archive.org/details/radiodailyjulsep02unse Oct-Dec 1937 https://ar...
by Andrew Sholl
Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:09 am
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Books & Periodicals (UK)
Replies: 4
Views: 26426

Re: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Books & Periodicals (UK)

Boy's Cinema Assorted issues: 1933 http://archive.org/stream/boyscinema682706amal#page/n3/mode/2up 1935 http://archive.org/details/boyscinema7911025amal 1939 http://archive.org/details/boyscinema10351054amal Illustrated Films Monthly Sep 1913-Feb 1914 http://archive.org/details/illustrat01ffwo Mar-...
by Andrew Sholl
Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:10 am
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Books & Periodicals
Replies: 36
Views: 126770

Re: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Books & Periodicals

New Zealand Theatre & Motion Picture 1 May 1922 http://www.archive.org/details/NewZealandTheatreMotionPicture1May1922 Nickelodeon Jan-Dec 1909 http://archive.org/details/nickelodeon12elec Jul-Dec 1910 http://archive.org/details/nickelodeon04elec Jan-Mar 1911 http://archive.org/details/nickelode...
by Andrew Sholl
Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:26 pm
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Books & Periodicals
Replies: 36
Views: 126770

Re: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Books & Periodicals

New York Clipper Jun 1855 https://archive.org/details/clipper3-1855-06 Jan 1856 * Feb 1856 https://archive.org/details/clipper3-1856-02 Mar 1856 * Apr 1856 https://archive.org/details/clipper4-1856-04 May 1856 https://archive.org/details/clipper4-1856-05 Jun 1856 * Jul 1856 * Aug 1856 * Sep 1856 ht...
by Andrew Sholl
Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:06 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: The True King Of Comedy
Replies: 11
Views: 20045

Re: The True King Of Comedy

Sign me up for volumes I and Ii. As for Snub, the project has morphed into something much more complex: the tale of how it was that the Pollard theatrical troupe became the springboard for more than half a dozen Hollywood careers. A trip to the States beckons in order to put the final pieces togethe...
by Andrew Sholl
Sun Sep 30, 2012 6:45 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: The True King Of Comedy
Replies: 11
Views: 20045

Re: The True King Of Comedy

Richard - How many years before your Roach book comes out? A man can only live so long ;-)
by Andrew Sholl
Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:55 am
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Special Collections
Replies: 13
Views: 62874

Re: Silent Comedy Mafia Library: Special Collections

Interviews with silent era personalities in the Pacific Radio Archives include: AZ1253, James Wong Howe at the 1974 San Francisco Film Festival Description: Actuality of Chinese-American cinematographer James Wong Howe talking about his career in Hollywood and taking questions from the audience at t...