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Fun Al Christie comedy released by Educational Pictures March 9, 1924, directed by Scott Sidney and featuring Dorothy Devore, JImmie Harrison, Lincoln Plumer, Babe London and Billy Bletcher:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-kHinYDs2c


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Okay Everybody, this one is serious, REALLY serious. As some of you who are on Facebook may know, One of our Godfathers and Cinemuseum LLC restorationist Paul Gierucki suffered some very terrible, life-threatening health issues recently, due to a freak accident that led to ten days in the Hospital a...

Here's Buster Keaton's first appearance on I'VE GOT A SECRET, broadcast July 17, 1952:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3QFmlYVoI8

We already have his 1957 appearance up on this forum

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I think it is safe to say that this garnered one of the biggest laughs at the 2003 or 2005 Slapsticon (I forget which). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL0HGJ9fdzo Unfortunately slo-moed to a comedy killing speed, I recommend speeding it up a bit before you watch it. I think it was Slapsticon 2006,...

Once thought to be John Bunny's first film (it isn't), but a fun film nevertheless, released by Vitagraph January 10, 1911 and featuring Bunny with Carlyle Blackwell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kLz8uUAAIs&t=27s

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What survives on an interesting independent feature released by Arrow November 15, 1922, one of the first Fred Caldwell vanity productions, directed by Caldwell and featuring J. Frank Glendon, Gale Henry, Josephine Hill, J. J. McComas and some silent star cameos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3xt...

One of those four Fred Caldwell Vanity productions released by Selznick Distributing Corp April 15, 1924, featuring the unfunny Fred with Hank Mann and Gale Henry, who keep things livened up a bit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2n7WdWXz6A

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Universal-Joker released September 30, 1916 directed by William Beaudine, featuring Billy Franey, Gale Henry, Harry Mann, Heinie Conklin, Milburn Morante and Lillian Peacock:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogbC3ms82KM

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