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Unlike most of the personality comedians, Griffith always works best when he is paired with a strong female co-star, as is the case with Paths to Paradise and The NIght Club. IMO these are his two best, so seek these out any you may be a Ray Griffith fan for life.

Here's a list surviving prime Griffith features (and his one surviving "raspie" short) that I've seen. White Tiger (1923) Changing Husbands (1924) Open All Night (1924) Miss Bluebeard (1925) Paths to Paradise (1925) The Night Club (1925) Hands Up! (1926) Trent's Last Case (1929) The Sleepi...

After a nearly year-long hiatus, TCM will once again show a Hal Roach short, Maid in Hollywood with Todd and Kelly. Saturday morning at 7:40 EDT. Let's hope this is the beginning of a trend.

...this photo in last week's Washington Post reminded me of one of my favorite Charley Bowers' films.

I was at the Library of Congress today copying art work for the Slapsticon program book and noticed in the pressbook for Too Many Kisses that Harpo's appearance was considered by Paramount to be a selling point. Cocoanuts was still six months away from it's Broadway opening, so Harpo's fame rested o...

According to Claudia Sassen's database of foreign Larry Semon titles, Larry Semon and the Yellow Fear is actually The Fly Cop (3-19-20). Her work is an indispensable tool when IDing those pesky Italian TV titles.

Yep, they lifted the Griffithiana article without so much as a heads up. But at least they credited it to me unlike other web sites (remember the late Silents Majority?). Hey, if it helps in some small way to sell Max discs, more power to them.

Puffy in dishabille in his bathroom, from 1927:

The tag line is "She went from swimming with dolphins to swimming with sharks."

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