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
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- Tue Aug 01, 2023 5:41 pm
- Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: Frank Thompson's THE COMPLEAT BEAU GESTE on sale now
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16011
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:50 pm
- Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: Frank Thompson's THE COMPLEAT BEAU GESTE on sale now
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16011
Re: Frank Thompson's THE COMPLEAT BEAU GESTE on sale now
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
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
- Sat Apr 17, 2021 3:36 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Paul Gierucki and Brittany Valente Need Your Help
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6045
Re: Paul Gierucki and Brittany Valente Need Your Help
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
Frank Thompson
- Sat Dec 14, 2019 1:04 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME TWO 1932-33 coming out this Tuesday
- Replies: 26
- Views: 60527
Re: CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME TWO 1932-33 coming out this Tuesday
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...
- Fri Feb 22, 2019 3:10 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Todd/Pitts
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8402
Todd/Pitts
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...
- Sat May 26, 2018 1:28 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: THE ROUND-UP starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
- Replies: 16
- Views: 45329
Re: THE ROUND-UP starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
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...
- Mon Feb 19, 2018 11:55 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Okay-----NOW!: CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME ONE 1930-31
- Replies: 21
- Views: 96033
Re: Okay-----NOW!: CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME ONE 1930-31
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...
- Fri Nov 17, 2017 10:12 pm
- Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: GO JOHNNY GO (1959) restored DVD from Sprocket Vault
- Replies: 8
- Views: 36300
Re: GO JOHNNY GO (1959) restored DVD from Sprocket Vault
I'm no critic but I can still add my voice to the throng of enthusiastic fans of this DVD. The quality is first-rate, the musical numbers (well, the great majority of them) are terrific and the commentary track is worth the price of the disc all by itself. Don't be a chump -- add this one to your co...
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:28 pm
- Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: The ultimate book on William Wellman
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17828
Re: The ultimate book on William Wellman
Three weeks from today, we stop selling "Nothing Sacred: The Cinema of William Wellman" by Frank Thompson and John Gallagher. December 5 is the end. No more copies will be sold after that date. Ever. This book is huge, deeply detailed, highly entertaining and richly illustrated with more t...
- Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:17 pm
- Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: The ultimate book on William Wellman
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17828
Re: The ultimate book on William Wellman
Three weeks from today, we stop selling "Nothing Sacred: The Cinema of William Wellman" by Frank Thompson and John Gallagher. December 5 is the end. No more copies will be sold after that date. Ever. This book is huge, deeply detailed, highly entertaining and richly illustrated with more t...