CAMERA Comedy Clippings, September 22, 1923
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:11 am
Okay Guys and Gals,
Here's the start of a new issue of CAMERA clippings to begin your week with.
Enjoy
Joe Moore
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From “U” to You by Will C. Murphy
Champions may come and champions may go, but Hayden Stevenson as the “manager” of the athletic hero of “The Leather Pushers,” the two-reel fighting series which Universal has been producing in succession for a year, seems destined to go on forever.
In every one of the nineteen condensed features which have been made up to date, Stevenson's talent for subtle comedy has added largely to the whimsical humor of the prize ring classics. The new star of the series, succeeding Reginald Denny, is Billy Sullivan, formerly a champion fighter, but Stevenson remains in the role he created and which has met with popular appreciation from fans.
(Camera Vol. 6 No. 23 pg. 5)
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I guess the writer of this piece spoke too soon when he said that this series " seems destined to go on forever" as the series only ran another 5 episodes before wrapping shooting in 1924 (with 24 total episodes under it's belt) Billy Sullivan appeared in the final six entries.
The series was revived by Universal for one season (of ten shorts) in 1930 with Kane Richmond in the starring role and as a feature film in 1940 with Dick Arlen as "Kid" Roberts (ably supported in the comedy department by Shemp Howard, Andy Devine and Eddie Gribbon).
Here's the start of a new issue of CAMERA clippings to begin your week with.
Enjoy
Joe Moore
_________________________________________________________-
From “U” to You by Will C. Murphy
Champions may come and champions may go, but Hayden Stevenson as the “manager” of the athletic hero of “The Leather Pushers,” the two-reel fighting series which Universal has been producing in succession for a year, seems destined to go on forever.
In every one of the nineteen condensed features which have been made up to date, Stevenson's talent for subtle comedy has added largely to the whimsical humor of the prize ring classics. The new star of the series, succeeding Reginald Denny, is Billy Sullivan, formerly a champion fighter, but Stevenson remains in the role he created and which has met with popular appreciation from fans.
(Camera Vol. 6 No. 23 pg. 5)
_________________________________
I guess the writer of this piece spoke too soon when he said that this series " seems destined to go on forever" as the series only ran another 5 episodes before wrapping shooting in 1924 (with 24 total episodes under it's belt) Billy Sullivan appeared in the final six entries.
The series was revived by Universal for one season (of ten shorts) in 1930 with Kane Richmond in the starring role and as a feature film in 1940 with Dick Arlen as "Kid" Roberts (ably supported in the comedy department by Shemp Howard, Andy Devine and Eddie Gribbon).