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- Tue Jul 05, 2022 6:42 am
- Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
- Topic: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (NBC MATINEE THEATER 1956) Tom Tryon, Marshall Thompson, Eduardo Ciannelli
- Replies: 0
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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (NBC MATINEE THEATER 1956) Tom Tryon, Marshall Thompson, Eduardo Ciannelli
Here's an interesting bit of early television drama and a version of the Edgar Allen Poe story even lower budgeted than the 1960 AIP Vincent Price version. NBC Matinee Theater was an attempt by the network to deliver quality daytime programming, it was broadcast in early color and presented filmed d...
- Sun Jul 03, 2022 11:50 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Our Gang (Little Rascals) Classic Flix Blu-ray opinion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 155
Re: Our Gang (Little Rascals) Classic Flix Blu-ray opinion
Yeah, it's the standard Blu-ray over-scrubbing, and this silly obsession about "true blacks" that actually just loses detail in the shadows (yes, there is a reason for grey-scale) and makes things too contrasty. I have prints of all the Our Gangs, and am no that big a fan of the talkies an...
- Sat Jul 02, 2022 2:55 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: HATS OFF (1927) sort of reconstruction
- Replies: 0
- Views: 178
HATS OFF (1927) sort of reconstruction
This is almost interesting. someone with an awful lot of time has taken what stills they could find and cribbed a lot of footage from other Stan and Babe films and given us a kind-of taste as to what HATS OFF might look like, and one could pretend that the stop-motion animation is just David Shepard...
- Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:17 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: WIFFLES SHALL STAY AT HOME (early 1910's) Charles Prince
- Replies: 0
- Views: 125
WIFFLES SHALL STAY AT HOME (early 1910's) Charles Prince
Early Charles Prince Pathe' comedy, year and French title unknown, probably directed by George Monca:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me1TLtwHyPA&t=70s
RICHARD M ROBERTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me1TLtwHyPA&t=70s
RICHARD M ROBERTS
- Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:10 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: WALLS AND WALLOPS (1916) Hughey Mack, Eddie Dunn
- Replies: 0
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WALLS AND WALLOPS (1916) Hughey Mack, Eddie Dunn
Released by Vitagraph November 1916, directed by Larry Semon and written by Semon and Graham Baker, featuring Hughey Mack, William Shea, Eddie Dunn, and Patsy De Forest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rZ53GKKMC4&t=68s
RICHARD M ROBERTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rZ53GKKMC4&t=68s
RICHARD M ROBERTS
- Sat Jun 25, 2022 4:19 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: OH DARLING (1930) Nancy Dover, John Litel, Addie McPhail
- Replies: 0
- Views: 263
OH DARLING (1930) Nancy Dover, John Litel, Addie McPhail
Jack White-Educational comedy released February 15, 1930 directed by Stephen Roberts, and featuring Nancy Dover (fresh from supporting Harry Langdon in his Hal Roach comedies), John Litel, Norman Peck, Eva Thatcher in her only talkie role, Sidney Bracey and AL Thompson: https://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Sat Jun 25, 2022 4:14 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: DON'T GIVE UP (1930) Buster West
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- Views: 157
DON'T GIVE UP (1930) Buster West
An Al Christie-Educatoinal comedy from 1930 featuring Buster West before he teamed with Tom Patricola in the later Educational comedies they did in the mid-30's. firected by William Watson, written by Neal Burns and Jimmy Starr and featuring John West (Buster's Dad), Carol Wines, Vera Marsh, Marion ...
- Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:25 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: behind the scenes of THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED
- Replies: 0
- Views: 244
- Tue Jun 21, 2022 1:33 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Coming in October..........
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1313
- Sun Jun 12, 2022 2:19 pm
- Forum: SCM 101
- Topic: Another Hal Roach Studios Query
- Replies: 1
- Views: 351
Re: Another Hal Roach Studios Query
I was perusing the SHOWBIZ IMAGERY AND FORGOTTEN HISTORY blog and I saw some frame grabs from a Canadian TV sci-fi made for TV movie entitled STARSHIP INVASIONS from 1977. The title card says this film was produced by "Hal Roach Studios International LTD." Did this entity have any actual ...