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I just heard that Ken Nordine passed away a couple of days ago. A one of a kind, great radio voice, Chicago Broadcasting legend, and his WORD JAZZ albums and poems were classics in "back of the head" originality. He actually narrated the pilot to what would become the SLAPHAPPY series and ...

This is John Horsley, and here is the film in which he has his one major role:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6G7ZeKsIV0


RICHARD M ROBERTS

Does anyone know a character actor by the name of 'oscar dutch hendrian' I am trying to find an early photo of him; the NC on the bottom of this photo corresponds with a warners title NARROW CORNER. He was in that film as well as many RKO films in the 1932-1933 period. thanks! I can tell you right ...

Here are the two Grapevine sets: http://www.grapevinevideo.com/larry_semon_1.html http://www.grapevinevideo.com/larry_semon_2.html And I second the "stay away from the Silent Hall of Fame" comment from Mr. Farr, they are gouging on product that can be gotten better and cheaper elsewhere, a...

Even if they say it's a Blu-Ray (which it isn't):

https://www.filmsinreview.com/blog/zasu ... n-andreiev


RICHARD M ROBERTS

More early European silent comedy, this time by Ernest Servaes: Arthème opérateur (1914) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCATz8h6R-M Arthème Dupin échappe encore (1912) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnTJqO184yA Arthème promène son oncle (1910) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgxwONlfV4s Arthème so...

Gad, there's so little of interest over at Nitwitville that the inmates are dredging up ten-year old threads to argue with: https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4701&start=30 Admittedly, there ain't much of interest over there, what, Gebert blowing even his imagined credibility a...

Here's Leonard Maltin's memorial tribute to Ron: http://leonardmaltin.com/farewell-to-vitaphone-champion-ron-hutchinson-one-of-the-good-guys/ And I notice that Nitwitvile has removed Ron's picture from it's masthead this morning, he didn't even get a week, typical Nitrateville tackiness. RICHARD M R...

Chris, I disagree completely, because we would have seen that the British tours were really a triumph for them, and that they both struggled through them, and became great friends for the real reasons, not the phony baloney weakly made-up reasons in the film, and realized the public didn't forget th...

This is truly sad and horrible news, Ron Hutchison of The Vitaphone Project has passed away today. He was one of the major forces in film preservation with the Vitaphone Project and a genuinely nice man, and our community suffers a terrible loss from his passing. It was due to his diligent efforts t...