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I'm pleased to announce the Kickstarter campaign to fund a new Blu-ray, "The Lost Remake of Beau Geste," A co-production of Split Reel and Men With Wings. The disc features my 2013 documentary about a parody of "Beau Geste" made in 1939 by a group of San Diego State College kids ...

The good news is that the Niles Museum is putting all episodes of "The Commentary Track" and "Radio Movies" on their website. I have no idea when the episodes will be available - this thing has been in the works for a long time - but they'll be there eventually.

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...

Ed, your generous words are greatly appreciated. They mean a lot to me. I'm so glad that you're enjoying my lifelong labor of love and really grateful that you wrote about it here.

Best wishes.

Frank

Thanks for the kind words, Richard.

Here is a book trailer that gives some idea of the scope of the book:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8v_M--vt3g&t=15s

I second this one. Paul and Britt need help desperately so if there were ever a time to dig deep, this is it.

Frank Thompson

I meant to note and highly recommend this terrific set weeks ago. But life got hectic and it took a good long while for me to watch all the shorts included here and then watch them again to listen to Richard M. Roberts's knowledgeable and often hilarious commentary tracks. The first Charley Chase se...

I've meant to write about this set for quite a while but, well, you know. I finally posted this on Amazon and wanted to copy it here. Any fan of '30s comedy -- especially comedy produced by Hal Roach -- should rejoice at the release of these comedies starring the extraordinary Thelma Todd and ZaSu P...

I've wanted to see "The Round-Up" for a long, long time. Now that I have, I believe it has joined the ranks of my favorite silent films. It's gorgeous to look at. And it's exciting, amusing and, at times, profoundly moving. I've always felt that Roscoe Arbuckle is one of the great film com...

So far I've watched only the first disc, but to be fair I've watched it twice, once straight and once with a side of Richard M. Roberts. I can't decide which way is more enjoyable. The quality of every print I've seen so far has been at least fine and at best gorgeous. I have only one regret and tha...