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Forgive me Ed, but I'm afraid I have to disagree with you a little bit, I think this longer Spanish-language version of THE INVADER plays a lot smoother than the American release version, which has always looked a bit choppy to me. The Spanish version also looks a lot brighter and less shabby. I'm s...

I wish the French translator would shut-up, it's obvious most of the audience understands English when they laugh right after Welles makes a joke. He even talks over the people asking Welles questions in English so I doubt Orson can hear them asking their questions. It's like pulling teeth waiting f...

This treasure trove of Bill Everson's lectures is pure gold - it's much like listening to a Richard Roberts commentary track - wonderful, indeed! Thank you Richard for sharing this, how fortunate we are that these tapes were made, saved, and now available. Ed I take that as a great compliment Ed, b...

Not necessarily a film you'd want to see more footage of, but here's a Spanish-dubbed version of Buster Keaton's British feature THE INVADER (aka AN OLD SPANISH CUSTOM) from 1935: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoUPi8X1Pyg&fbclid=IwAR3FDnV_Cpl-JrLzWD_iHT-Xf2_XxjE2UEWMdUX6Hf7hBrygk8ss9EyFSEo&...

The Internet Archive has posted a treasure trove of recordings of William K. Everson lectures, which appear to come from the Theodore Huff Memorial Film Society screenings or some of his film class lectures: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22William+K.+Everson%22&page=1 Wonderful...

Dave Glass put together this nice little Roscoe Arbuckle tribute for the Niles Essanay Film Museum's Broncho Billy Online Festival last week:

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

Well Done David.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

Essanay oater released July 16, 1913, directed by Gilbert M. Anderson and featuring Broncho Billy with Bess Sankey, Evelyn Selbie, Fred Church, Victor Potel, Harry Todd, and Lloyd Ingraham:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sCE4Fdsnc&t=64s

RICHARD M ROBERTS

Recently restored and preserved by the Niles Essanay Film Museum, here's an early Keystone reel featuring a split-reel comedy and one of their "educational" subjects. Released by Mutual December 16, 1912, MABEL'S ADVENTURES was directed by Mack Sennett, and features Mabel Normand, Ford Ste...

Here's an Educational Cameo Comedy released May 8, 1825, directed by Albert Ray and featuring Cliff Bowes, Virginia Vance, and Ruth Hiatt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iJWv6ZrlVA

RICHARD M ROBERTS

This is a strange Universal Benny Rubin short, released October 14, 1929, directed by Walter Fabian, it does feature Benny and Otto Lederer as Father and Son, but the vaudeville headliners listed in the imd(um)b are portrayed by other actors, that certainly isn't Bill "Bojangles" Robinson ...