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Thanks Ed. What software/hardware do you use to do VHS-MP4 transfers? I must have an older software because all my VHS transfers emerge as MP2’s, which are ginormous. I could do VHS-DVD—MP4, but that’ll take forever.

First aired in 2002 but rebroadcast tonight on KRON-TV and on their website now. Niles and Essanay are covered of course. https://www.kronon.tv/videos/san-franci ... ra-4159208

Just 33 seconds, but there's a bit that doesn't appear in the finished film. Enjoy
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What makes this interesting to comedy buffs is the fact that it represents the first or second film directed by James W. Horne (both were released on Jan. 27 1915). He came to Roach in 1928 with a lot of experience under his belt. From EYE: https://youtu.be/AEQ0J5I79QM

... that parts of The Silent Enemy were used as stock footage for Fatal Glass of Beer? In a Facebook conversation Frank M. Thompson asked about the source of stock footage in TFGoB. I confidently answered that it came from Yukon Jake. But Brent Walker chimed in with the nugget that Richard M. Robert...

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We're all familiar with Hart's farewell to the screen in the talking prologue to Tumbleweeds' 1938 re-release. But here are some humorous outtakes from a similar talkie short that Hart made in 1930 to promote his autobiography. Fritz refuses to cooperate and botches the scene. https://www.facebook.c...

Another one from Milan, a feature version of Pinocchio from 1911 starring Polidor. TRIGGER WARNING: This is best enjoyed with the horrific accompaniment turned off: https://vimeo.com/399190768

The Cinemateca Italiana in Milan has uploaded many of their holding online. This one was posted under the name Harold Antiquario, but was identified by Valerio Greco as an early glasses short, The Big Idea. With Snub and Bebe: https://vimeo.com/385199484