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by Richard M Roberts
Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:50 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Chaplin Centenary......Whup-de-dup
Replies: 16
Views: 24651

Re: Chaplin Centenary......Whup-de-dup

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..........


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by Richard M Roberts
Thu Feb 20, 2014 3:54 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Chaplin Centenary......Whup-de-dup
Replies: 16
Views: 24651

Re: Chaplin Centenary......Whup-de-dup

Jeez, you lazy layabouts, I challenged you all to find some other more interesting Centenaries in Film Comedy History and you all failed. Call yourself Mafians! Well, here you go, here’s some to mark your calendar for or feel sorry you already missed: March 5th will be the 100th Anniversary fo the r...
by Richard M Roberts
Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:17 am
Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
Topic: identify request du jour - Glorifying the American Girl
Replies: 1
Views: 7612

Re: identify request du jour - Glorifying the American Girl

Can anyone identify who "Stanley Sharpe" is in this clip (starts at the 1 minute mark) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek94ixbbpS0 That's not *actually* Ziegfeld's henchman Stanley Sharpe, is it? An interesting question. The fellow playing Sharpe is very actorly, so my first hunch is to s...
by Richard M Roberts
Mon Feb 17, 2014 2:22 pm
Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Ed Wood Commercials
Replies: 0
Views: 5682

Ed Wood Commercials

Here's some early Ed Wood Work, apparently he was shooting generic commercials for an LA Production House back in 1949, here are four surviving ones. That's Phyllis Coates playing "Captain Kitty" and with Wood himself in the final "Magic Man" spot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
by Richard M Roberts
Sun Feb 16, 2014 3:11 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Richard M.Roberts Banned from Nitrateville
Replies: 118
Views: 184510

Re: Richard M.Roberts Banned from Nitrateville

Richard, you're missing more stupid comments by entredeuxguerres over at Nitratevile. In a discussion about "The Vagabond King", he makes this statement about the print: "the thought that a restored print molders in a university archive disgusts & enrages me." Gad, Nitratevi...
by Richard M Roberts
Sun Feb 16, 2014 2:49 pm
Forum: SCM 101
Topic: What movie is this?
Replies: 3
Views: 23543

Re: What movie is this?

Well I recognized Edward Everett Horton and Jack Duffy and I think the heavy set guy with Duffy is Walter Hiers? Not too sure, the guy in the flooded back seat looks Al St John. The clip of Edward Everett Horton looks like it's from DAD'S CHOICE. The silent comedy experts here can tell more. Am sur...
by Richard M Roberts
Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:27 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Chaplin Centenary......Whup-de-dup
Replies: 16
Views: 24651

Re: Chaplin Centenary......Whup-de-dup

So Richard, I'm guessing that you missed the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination, the 50th anniversary of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan this last weekend, and you'll be skipping out on remembrances of the 100th anniversary of the First World War later this year. No Calvert you don't quite get it. ...
by Richard M Roberts
Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:17 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Chaplin Centenary......Whup-de-dup
Replies: 16
Views: 24651

Re: Chaplin Centenary......Whup-de-dup

Hey, it's an excuse to put on a show. Chaplin is getting screened all over this spring because of his 100th anniversary in film. If it gets somebody interested in his Keystone period, or Chaplin at all, that's great. I'm screening Kid Auto Races at Venice at our Sons of the Desert screening this we...
by Richard M Roberts
Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:14 pm
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: Sid Caesar RIP
Replies: 1
Views: 6312

Sid Caesar RIP

Last Year Jonathan Winters, this year Sid Caesar, another great comic gone. What can one say, what is there to do, but remember, watch, and once again, laugh your ass off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m6Czgl1acU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfLdFButxeo Thanks Sid, RICHARD M ROBERTS
by Richard M Roberts
Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:32 pm
Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Ken Murray films
Replies: 2
Views: 8428

Re: Ken Murray films

Does anyone know anything about the way Ken Murray put his Hollywood compilations together? I am thinking specifically about "Hollywood My Hometown", "Hollywood Without Make Up", & "Ken Murray Shooting Stars". I ask because today I was viewing "Hollywood My Ho...