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A reference on Facebook to the "Industrial Strength Keaton" DVD set had me going back and watching it again this weekend. One section has some early Buster Keaton television appearances including a turn on the Ed Wynn show doing the molasses routine from "The Butcher Boy". I was...

Lets see, the whines continue, someone who has been lucky enough to see a video copy of KING OF JAZZ whines that he cannot see a better one, poor baby. Bob Birchard says that I am right that SEVEN MEN FROM NOW is not a B western, but then says folk should go ahead and call it one if they feel like i...

Max affects me the same way Lloyd Hamilton does: The more I see of his work, the more I realize I haven't seen enough. (Not so with Chaplin.) Yes, that hack Chaplin had such a limited bag of tricks.....constantly holding his hand to his face when he was surprised. Why didn't he learn to do somethin...

Damn, some of the people over at that site are (pardon my French) fucking idiots. They think film preservation & restoration is free and you snap your fingers and it happens instantly. Thats right, if it ain't the Archives letting their films molder in the can, it's those damn film collectors a...

RICHARD M ROBERTS wrote: A Century ago today, Max Davidson found his acting career turning towards film comedy, and we should celebrate by laying out a nice roast chicken dinner (only if the neighbor does not notice his prize rooster missing), with perhaps a deflated birthday cake reinflated with g...

Today is the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of Max Davidson in what was the first Comedy Film Series he would make. The film released was AN INTERRUPTED SÉANCE, made by Reliance for Mutual and was directed by Edward Dillon and starred Tod Browning with Max in support. Davidson would work ...

Hey, I see Aldrich, the guy who claims to cut off all contact with me rather than visa-versa is still closely reading my every word I write (Hello John, since you’re reading this, you’re an asshole, just thought I’d throw that in) and asserts that SEVEN MEN FROM NOW is indeed a “B Western” cause Mar...

Hey, the Chaplinistas are slipping, yesterday was the 100th Anniversary of A THIEF CATCHER!



RICHARD M ROBERTS

Lets see, a quick peek at Nitratevile nonsense revealed some more silly fun, John Aldrich explaining to Entrederriere’ the pleasures and personal resonance of audience film viewing rather than sitting home alone (that Aldrich is such a people person). I also find it hilarious how Entrederriere’, suc...

And, on July 23rd, we can celebrate the 100th Anniversary of an event that has brought more laughs to the planet than that Chaplin Guy ever has. On that date, The Rolin Film Company was formed, and Hal Roach went into the film comedy business..........


RICHARD M ROBERTS