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From April 29, 1952, broadcast on NBC, Berle even manages to crack up old pro Boris as he rips off Abbott and Costello:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0gLMm4bPwQ

RICHARD M ROBERTS

An Educational comedy released November 27, 1932 starring vaudevillian and radio performer Tom Howard, directed by Aubrey Scotto and featuring Howard with his partner George Shelton, Owen Martin, Delores Demonde, Barton McLane and Donald Macbride. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kom2ZszE13c Geno Cud...

One of the William J Burns Detective Mysteries shorts released by Educational in 1931 (and not Fox, as the endless opening history lesson says, Fox didn't start distributing Educational releases until the 1933-34 season):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI3d089ZixU

Patricola and West in another Educational comedy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hEMIWOiwbc


RICHARD M ROBERTS

The early Essanay Turpin's continue, this one from 1908:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtUfk0jXBWQ

RICHARD M ROBERTS

Another early Ben Turpin Essanay appearance from 1909 which shows kids were just as annoying over 100 years ago as today:

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

RICHARD M ROBERTS

As it says, here's the first reel of Ben's Vogue comedy CAUGHT IN THE END (1917):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXRkfe5Cd4o&t=129s

And here's the first reel of Ben's Mack Sennett comedy ROMEO AND JULIET (1924):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKaxeo32qRI&t=9s


RICHARD M ROBERTS

Two Educationals starring Tom Patricola (but no Buster West, despite the Atlas TV titles):

THE GOOD BAD MAN (1933):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-74QoUnlJ8

NORTH OF ZERO (1934):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZuB2heRy8Y


RICHARD M ROBERTS

Here's a hard-to-see Lloyd Hamilton comedy apparently made in 1934 as a potential series, produced and "released" by the cavalcade film Co, directed by Sam Neufield and featuring Lloyd Hamilton with Arthur Housman, Gertrude Astor and Eddie Gribbon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51ODt7bk4...

So much for Bill Everson's assertion that Mack Sennett didn't change with the times. An excellent comedy in every way as you pointed out, Richard. It's strange how this top Sennett short remained obscure in the days of home movie collecting, even though Robert Youngson used frame enlargements from ...