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- Sun Oct 17, 2021 6:39 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: MIDNIGHT MELODIES with Jack Gilford (1936)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6513
Re: MIDNIGHT MELODIES with Jack Gilford (1936)
Why did I like Jack Gilford doing George Jessel better than the original?
- Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:06 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Al St. John- Jimmy Aubrey were a team?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4489
- Thu May 27, 2021 11:16 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Chaplin impersonators
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22686
Re: Chaplin impersonators
here's a photo of "Charles Alpin". I suspect it is Charles Aplin; from the J.Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrival Photographs, University of Washington.
https://digitalcollections.lib.washingt ... 318/rec/99
https://digitalcollections.lib.washingt ... 318/rec/99
- Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:07 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: AN ARTIST'S DREAM ( Pathe 1913)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4610
AN ARTIST'S DREAM ( Pathe 1913)
A mix of live action and animation by John Randolph Bray with Charles Arling and I believe Leo White and Gwendolyn Pates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avflcZn7A5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avflcZn7A5o
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 3:46 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Walter Hiers at Biograph
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4385
Walter Hiers at Biograph
According to an interview in 1919, Walter Hiers said his first appearance was as a bell-hop in SAVED FROM HIMSELF (Biograph 1911 directed by you-know-who) with Mabel Normand. It is not listed in his filmography, nor in the credits of "DW Griffith and the Biograph Company". I just watched i...
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 1:34 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: LADY BAFFLES AND DETECTIVE DUCK CHAPTER 1: THE GREAT EGG ROBBERY(1915)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4026
Re: LADY BAFFLES AND DETECTIVE DUCK CHAPTER 1: THE GREAT EGG ROBBERY(1915)
...and of course Milburn Morante.
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:10 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Jack Benny and Mel Blanc on the Tonight Show 1974
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5229
Jack Benny and Mel Blanc on the Tonight Show 1974
Jack comes on around the 18 minute mark and Mel joins him around the 40 minute mark for about 10 minutes. Funny and heart-warming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw7rIQrO5II&t=4107s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw7rIQrO5II&t=4107s
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:50 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Fire, Monkey, Flypaper and Baby Peggy 1921
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4314
Fire, Monkey, Flypaper and Baby Peggy 1921
And Charles Dorety channeling Buster Keaton in Third Class Male (Century Comedies 1921 directed by William Watson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRm_vC9mu-c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRm_vC9mu-c
- Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:00 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Jack Benny bio
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6240
Jack Benny bio
Here's an endearing 1992 bio "Jack Benny Comedy in Bloom", narrated by Tom Smothers. The talking heads all worked with him and the affection they felt for him feels very genuine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b51SKLTZNY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b51SKLTZNY
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 12:11 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: unidentified 20's comedy snippet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4915
unidentified 20's comedy snippet
I was asked about this one, but out of my depth. Perhaps Al Alt?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K3mNNhPGKc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K3mNNhPGKc