A rave review from Matthew Ross at his Lost Laugh website:
https://thelostlaugh.com/2024/12/14/a-c ... ket-vault/
Thank You Matthew, I'm pleased you liked the set.
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Big time nerd, but hey, he gets it and likes the set, but apparently my commentaries scared him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3JTzKZpJQ0
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Richard M Roberts wrote:Big time nerd, but hey, he gets it and likes the set, but apparently my commentaries scared him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3JTzKZpJQ0
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And he thinks he saw Charley Chase appearing in one of Shemp’s shorts on a Three Stooges set...oh well.
Anyway, I’m glad he likes the films on Charley Chase '27.
If he paid attention to your commentaries and wasn’t frightened by them, he would’ve learned a lot about these terrific films and the supporting players who appeared in them. Also he would’ve enjoyed some extra laugh-out-loud moments, your asides had us all laughing here.
Mr. Nelson says that “Charley Chase was a pretty big name in his day,” but anyone who loves classic comedy will vouch that Charley is STILL a BIG name. I recall Richard Lewis (from Curb Your Enthusiam) saying on AMC a few years ago that somebody’s got to take care of the films of Charley Chase. It seems that Richard, Kit and Paul have been doing exactly that.
"Of course he smiled -- just like you and me." -- Harold Goodwin, on Buster Keaton (1976)
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Ed Watz wrote:
And he thinks he saw Charley Chase appearing in one of Shemp’s shorts on a Three Stooges set...oh well.
Anyway, I’m glad he likes the films on Charley Chase '27.
If he paid attention to your commentaries and wasn’t frightened by them, he would’ve learned a lot about these terrific films and the supporting players who appeared in them. Also he would’ve enjoyed some extra laugh-out-loud moments, your asides had us all laughing here.
Mr. Nelson says that “Charley Chase was a pretty big name in his day,” but anyone who loves classic comedy will vouch that Charley is STILL a BIG name. I recall Richard Lewis (from Curb Your Enthusiam) saying on AMC a few years ago that somebody’s got to take care of the films of Charley Chase. It seems that Richard, Kit and Paul have been doing exactly that.
Well, hey, Charley Chase, Andy Clyde, I mean they do look so similar.
And Ed, in fairness to Mr. Nelson, he did say once he stopped shivering and shaking, he went back to the commentaries and enjoyed them. Unlike those smucks on Amazon like the lady who couldn't keep track of whom I was talking about, but remembered that I said the word "fuck" or the other bloke who apparently watched the entire set and could remember and speak of nothing else but that same one word. As far as those sort of obsessionist go, I'm afraid that is their problem, not mine, and indicative of their own hangups. I believe in candid, unexpurgated language (not even the first time I've used four-letter words in a commentary, as Spencer Tracy in INHERIT THE WIND says, "there are damn few words people understand"), and since we all know there's no one under the age of forty likely listening to these commentaries anyway, I think it's safe to say that we're all adults here (at least chronologically).
I like my commentaries to be lively, provocative, informative and entertaining, and apparently I succeed on those points by the standards of most (even Cliff Whiner eh Weimer who goes into a tizzy over my words apparently can't stop listening to them). If you want dry, boring droning of (hopefully accurate) facts only, there are many other commentators on other digital releases that will not disturb your sleep too much (shall I name some names?). But as one of the disclaimers on our webinars stated, you listen at your own risk, and if you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen, those commentaries are only "extras" afterall. However, if you are the sort who can take in the whole set of uber-rare, beautifully presented and restored classic comedies and have your whole enjoyment ruined by one word, as far as I'm concerned you can take that word and apply it to yourself, adding the word "off" to it as well.
Then again, maybe you should try it sometime, as I said in the commentaries, "Prozac------Regular Sex-----a good, dry martini----these things become less important".
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Re: CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE LATE SILENTS 1927 Coming in November.........
A darn good review from Dan Day Jr. at the Hitless Wonder Movie Blog:
https://dandayjr35.blogspot.com/2024/12 ... lents.html
Thank You Daniel,
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https://dandayjr35.blogspot.com/2024/12 ... lents.html
Thank You Daniel,
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Chris Jones at OVERLY HONEST REVIEWS gave us one heck of a great overly honest review:
https://mailnewsgroup.com/ohmr/discover ... hollywood/
Thanks Chris.
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https://mailnewsgroup.com/ohmr/discover ... hollywood/
Thanks Chris.
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I see that Lea Stans' Silent-tology site included the Charley Chase 1927 Late Silents set as one of 2024's most important releases of the year - which of course, it is:
https://silentology.wordpress.com/2025/ ... more-63843
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Reviews like this one from Movieline Online are ones I like to see because they are from people not immersed in Silent Films and when this material grabs them, it a darn good thing:
https://movielineonline.blogspot.com/20 ... lents.html
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Another one, this ones on TikTok so who know whether it will stay up or not, but Rental Stores Reviews at 4:08 gives it "Two Garage Doors Up" (apparently their top -rating indicator) and really likes the set. Again, another newbie, but hey, we want to grab newbies!:
https://www.tiktok.com/@mccarthyredhead ... svmJrSDSog
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Re: CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE LATE SILENTS 1927 Coming in November.........
Here's the 5-Star review I posted on Amazon.
For those of us with a particular interest in silent comedy, sometimes a film's rarity is reason enough to value it. And trust me, this magnificent two-disc set has rarities galore - I had seen only a very few of these Charley Chase films before and there are several titles that I'd never even heard of. As a result, this collection offered me discovery after discovery. The quality of the films is something to cheer about, too. Even the more familiar titles look better here than you've ever seen them. And we are assured that even those films that look a little rough around the edges are mastered from the best versions currently known to survive - it's amazing that we can see them at all and it's almost a miracle that most of them look so good.
But film quality and rarity, while important to the buffs among us, are secondary to the real value of this remarkable collection -- the important part is that these movies are hilarious. Charley Chase is among the funniest, most inventive and original of the silent clowns and he shares the screen in these films with comedy greats such as Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Finlayson, Anita Garvin, Eugene Pallette, Polly Moran, Gale Henry, and many other members of the Hal Roach company.
Even Lupe Velez shows up in "What Women Did For Me" which is certainly one of the most salacious comedies of the '20s - and Lupe isn't even responsible for much of that salaciousness. Another notable Chase co-star in this film and in "Fluttering Hearts" is a creepily lifelike - and weirdly flexible - mannequin.
"Charley Chase at Hal Roach" is enhanced by terrific piano scores performed by Andrew Earle Simpson. Richard M. Roberts, who co-produced the set with Kit Parker, also provides audio commentary for every film as he has for all the other Sprocket Vault releases.
Roberts, Parker, and Paul E. Gierucki of CineMuseum LLC are responsible for a truly spectacular series of DVDs and Blu-rays that primarily, but not exclusively, concentrate on Hal Roach comedies including several sets of Charley Chase sound comedies, the team of Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts, and others. I love them all but "Charley Chase at Hal Roach: The Late Silents 1927" is truly something special - rare films, magnificently restored, beautifully presented. And funny. Did I mention just how hilarious these movies are?
Here's hoping that there are many more in the pipeline.
Frank Thompson
For those of us with a particular interest in silent comedy, sometimes a film's rarity is reason enough to value it. And trust me, this magnificent two-disc set has rarities galore - I had seen only a very few of these Charley Chase films before and there are several titles that I'd never even heard of. As a result, this collection offered me discovery after discovery. The quality of the films is something to cheer about, too. Even the more familiar titles look better here than you've ever seen them. And we are assured that even those films that look a little rough around the edges are mastered from the best versions currently known to survive - it's amazing that we can see them at all and it's almost a miracle that most of them look so good.
But film quality and rarity, while important to the buffs among us, are secondary to the real value of this remarkable collection -- the important part is that these movies are hilarious. Charley Chase is among the funniest, most inventive and original of the silent clowns and he shares the screen in these films with comedy greats such as Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Finlayson, Anita Garvin, Eugene Pallette, Polly Moran, Gale Henry, and many other members of the Hal Roach company.
Even Lupe Velez shows up in "What Women Did For Me" which is certainly one of the most salacious comedies of the '20s - and Lupe isn't even responsible for much of that salaciousness. Another notable Chase co-star in this film and in "Fluttering Hearts" is a creepily lifelike - and weirdly flexible - mannequin.
"Charley Chase at Hal Roach" is enhanced by terrific piano scores performed by Andrew Earle Simpson. Richard M. Roberts, who co-produced the set with Kit Parker, also provides audio commentary for every film as he has for all the other Sprocket Vault releases.
Roberts, Parker, and Paul E. Gierucki of CineMuseum LLC are responsible for a truly spectacular series of DVDs and Blu-rays that primarily, but not exclusively, concentrate on Hal Roach comedies including several sets of Charley Chase sound comedies, the team of Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts, and others. I love them all but "Charley Chase at Hal Roach: The Late Silents 1927" is truly something special - rare films, magnificently restored, beautifully presented. And funny. Did I mention just how hilarious these movies are?
Here's hoping that there are many more in the pipeline.
Frank Thompson
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