Here's another little goodie on the UCLA Youtube site:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZEPNJLeuR8
This footage was turned up years ago by our Al Joy Fanclub group sorting through unidentified nitrates at UCLA years ago.
RICHARD M ROBERTS
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- Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:59 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: AL LITTLE CYCLING BEFORE BREAKFAST WITH AL ST JOHN (1925)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 128
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 10:27 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: THE ROUND-UP starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1495
Re: THE ROUND-UP starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
Were the two Keystone half-reelers A BANDIT and PEEPING PETE derived from paper prints? If so, many paper print silent comedies at the LOC will rival film in future restorations. I was surprised to find out that those two films were filmed in Tijuanna. No, A BANDIT and PEEPING PETE were from a nitr...
- Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:36 am
- Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: THE WERE-TIGER (1925) Hedda Nova
- Replies: 1
- Views: 337
THE WERE-TIGER (1925) Hedda Nova
Were-Tiger?
There-tiger!
Here's a short silent drama released by Chesterfield Pictures Corp in May of 1925, produced by Colonel William Selig, directed by Paul Hurst, and featuring Hedda Nova and Jules Cowles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaD5RjM-ALQ
RICHARD M ROBERTS
There-tiger!
Here's a short silent drama released by Chesterfield Pictures Corp in May of 1925, produced by Colonel William Selig, directed by Paul Hurst, and featuring Hedda Nova and Jules Cowles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaD5RjM-ALQ
RICHARD M ROBERTS
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:02 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: BRING HOME THE TURKEY (1927) Our Gang
- Replies: 4
- Views: 560
Re: BRING HOME THE TURKEY (1927) Our Gang
Hi Tommy. No, doesn't look like Joe Roberts to me. Besides, I think he'd been dead for a few years when this film was made. - SteveR Neither of my namesakes are in BRING HOME THE TURKEY, Theodore Roberts only appeared in one comedy short and that's the 1929 Smitty comedy UNCLE'S VISIT, and that's h...
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:06 pm
- Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
- Topic: OUR GANG on THE TOMORROW SHOW (1974)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 315
OUR GANG on THE TOMORROW SHOW (1974)
Here's Spanky, Stymie, Darla, Buckwheat and Tom Snyder on an early TOMORROW SHOW broadcast November 12, 1974:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXdEfLhNRsg
RICHARD M ROBERTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXdEfLhNRsg
RICHARD M ROBERTS
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:53 pm
- Forum: THE PASSING PARADE
- Topic: Chuck McCann RIP
- Replies: 0
- Views: 310
Chuck McCann RIP
Sad news today that comedian and Oliver Hardy impersonator extraordinaire Chuck McCann passed away today. He was also one of the founders of the Sons of the Desert and a popular NYC Kid Show host. He was also the star of a great 1970's movie, THE PROJECTIONIST. Here's Chuck and Dick Van Dyke doing b...
- Sun Apr 08, 2018 4:42 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: ROBINET CHAUFFEUR MIOPE (1914) Marcel Perez
- Replies: 0
- Views: 174
ROBINET CHAUFFEUR MIOPE (1914) Marcel Perez
Also known as TWEEDLEDUM, A SHORT-SIGHTED CHAUFFEUR, released by Ambrosio May 1914, another Marcel Perez European Comedy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExgREX4VgAw
RICHARD M ROBERTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExgREX4VgAw
RICHARD M ROBERTS
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 4:30 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: The Wait Is Almost Over!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 640
Re: The Wait Is Almost Over!
Please Michael, can we have some more wait?
RICHARD M ROBERTS
RICHARD M ROBERTS
- Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:26 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: BRING HOME THE TURKEY (1927) Our Gang
- Replies: 4
- Views: 560
BRING HOME THE TURKEY (1927) Our Gang
Here's a rare Our Gang (it was only "rare" never "lost", I've had a print for years, and it wasn't even a one-of-a-kind), released by Pathe' January 21, 1927, directed by Robert McGowan, featuring the Gang with Tom Wilson and Louise Emmons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooFKYT1...
- Fri Mar 23, 2018 4:33 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Rare Footage of Music Hall Comics
- Replies: 0
- Views: 249
Rare Footage of Music Hall Comics
This popped up on the Huntley Archives site today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm4Zl1glnQI The first footage seems to be of Vesta Tilley, then there's rare footage of Alfred Lester on stage (he appears to be doing the Chaplin drunk from MUMMING BIRDS in the first bit), and does anyone out there ...