Chaplin's Art of Comedy

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Chris Seguin

Chaplin's Art of Comedy

Postby Chris Seguin » Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:51 am

I came across the following links on youtube, for a 1966 compilation of Chaplin's Essanays titled "Chaplin's Art of Comedy". It's actually quite thoughtfully done, given that the producer is Samuel Sherman, who would later produce "Blazing Stewardesses", originally slated to feature The Three Stooges and naked ladies, but ended up being released with the Ritz Brothes instead (instead of the Stooges, not the naked ladies...).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnRoi1H2ncA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yutfg30ZEaE

I love these things...

Chris

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Re: Chaplin's Art of Comedy

Postby Richard M Roberts » Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:16 am

Chris Seguin wrote:I came across the following links on youtube, for a 1966 compilation of Chaplin's Essanays titled "Chaplin's Art of Comedy". It's actually quite thoughtfully done, given that the producer is Samuel Sherman, who would later produce "Blazing Stewardesses", originally slated to feature The Three Stooges and naked ladies, but ended up being released with the Ritz Brothes instead (instead of the Stooges, not the naked ladies...).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnRoi1H2ncA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yutfg30ZEaE

I love these things...

Chris



Sam Sherman is still one of our major film collectors, and has always loved this sort of thing. I haven't thought about this film in years. It is indeed well done, good print materials, good music, proper speeds, and the history is pretty accurate (he spotted Snub Pollard in the Essanays long before most of the historians did). I think there was even a soundtrack album issued on this that I have a copy of around here someplace. Nice to see it again, even with the annoying commercials.

RICHARD M ROBERTS (fond of DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN as well)

Chris Seguin

Re: Chaplin's Art of Comedy

Postby Chris Seguin » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:52 pm

According to the trailer, a soundtrack LP was released -- I wonder where one could find it? The music is, indeed, nicely done, and the source prints fairly impeccable.

I found one way to get rid of the commercials is to cut and paste the URL into keepvid.com, and download a Quicktime/iPod file. That way you've got it on your hard drive, sans adverts!

Sherman's love for classic film is apparent in his casting for "Blazing Stewardesses" (Yvonne DeCarlo, Red Barry, Bob Livingston) and in his commentary for same. Apparently his original idea for the Stooges was to have Moe and Curly Joe as proprietors of a health spa, and Larry as a wheelchair bound client!

Chris

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Re: Chaplin's Art of Comedy

Postby Jeffrey Nelson » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:59 pm

Thanks Chris! I hadn't heard of this compilation before. I'm using my handy browser plug-in from ant.com with its handy Download button to grab this right now (an easier solution than the cut & paste Keepvid method, I find). It sure is nice to see Chaplin Essanay footage not in slo-mo for a change!


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