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Good God, we've lost two Pythons within the month, the World is becoming a far less (intentionally) silly place. Of all the Pythons, Terry Jones was the one who harked back to silent comedy the most, he was a very visual performer, and his directing style also understood the importance of how it loo...

Thanks for posting! Do many of Johnny Arthur's silent shorts still exist? I've only seen two of them. I've got prints of MY STARS(1925), HOME CURED (1926), OPEN HOUSE (1926), and SCARED SILLY (1927), THE DRAW-BACK (1927) with Johnny and another early John Wayne appearance can be found on youtube, a...

More of that fast-paced Al Christie early-talkie comedy action, released by Paramount December 14, 1929, directed by William Watson, and starring Will King, Billy Bevan, Dot Farley, Natalie Joyce, Otto Fries, and a young Jean Harlow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOTNtlIadLo&feature=share RICH...

Here's an early Al Christie talkie released by Paramount October 12, 1929, directed by Leslie Pearce, and featuring Johnny Arthur, Geneva Mitchell, Adrienne Dore, Paul Powell, and at least one of Christie's silent stars he kept on after dumping the rest of them in the switch to talkies, Frances Lee....

Larry Semon one-reeler released by Vitagraph May 27, 1918, featuring Larry with Madge Kirby, Pete Aramando, James Donnelly, John Rand and Frank Alexander, directed by Larry Semon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy4ywY0ehJY

RICHARD M ROBERTS

Thank you Joe, I am happy to be a part of your annual Holiday Cheer.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

Here's the Amazon page for pre-order:

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RICHARD M ROBERTS

Yep, those are just early-era reflectors. White card gives more diffuse softer light than steel or aluminum for more powerful reflection.

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https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=29273

Jeez Louise, it's JImmy Aubrey.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

She was one of our last links to the early days of MOMA and film archiving, someone whom you could ask about Seymour Stern or Iris Barry or any of the early names in that history. She was also an early promoter of silent comedy beyond the Big Three and did much to move MOMA to start actually preserv...