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- Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:53 am
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Will Rogers in State Fair on TCM
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13662
Re: Will Rogers in State Fair on TCM
Jim, way back in the late 1970s or early 80s I drove through Claremont and was astonished to discover their 16mm film collection consisting of Rogers films that were totally out of reach for even the most avid buffs. They generally screened two films a day in rotation. I planned to return to Claremo...
- Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:22 am
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Will Rogers in State Fair on TCM
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13662
Will Rogers in State Fair on TCM
The 1933 version of State Fair will be on TCM this Weds. at 8:00pm EST. Unless you were one of the very few who caught it on the Fox Movie Channel, this has been very difficult to see outside of the 'Cons and 'Fests. It's nice to see some of the Fox classics ported over to TCM.
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:14 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Our Own Joe Adamson Gets a Shout-Out
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7733
Our Own Joe Adamson Gets a Shout-Out
"Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo" is listed among the best film books ever written in Matt Zoller Seitz's article in Salon: "Film Criticism 101: The Essential Library". Joes's page is here: http://www.salon.com/2011/10/21/film_criticism_101_the_essential_library/slide_s...
- Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:47 pm
- Forum: SCM 101
- Topic: What's a Head Press For...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16046
What's a Head Press For...
...other than to crush craniums in slapstick comedies? I'm talking about this: http://slapsticon.org/Curly_head_press.gif . Watching Arbuckle's "Back Stage" it seems like every well-appointed office had one but it's real purpose eludes me. Seems like a lot of hardware to have around just t...
- Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:14 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: HOLLYWOOD HISTORY AT THE WEST LA VA MEDICAL CENTER
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8813
Re: HOLLYWOOD HISTORY AT THE WEST LA VA MEDICAL CENTER
Love it! Brent is great as are the clips.
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:42 pm
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: The Marx Brothers in Britain
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5911
The Marx Brothers in Britain
Glenn Mitchell's excellent radio documentary can be heard for the next six days on BBC Radio 4.
- Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:45 pm
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Bebe Daniels Post-Hollywood Career
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6097
Bebe Daniels Post-Hollywood Career
Anyone interested in listening to Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyons' BBC radio program Life with the Lyons can now hear a short run from 1954 on BBC Four Extra.
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:01 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Lehrman's Keystone Films, Revisited
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12754
Re: Lehrman's Keystone Films, Revisited
"Cinemetrics" depends on a lot of fallicies. First, that in a factory situation like Keystone, the director supervised or had anything to do with the editing. And that shot time duration in an era of wildly varying projection speeds can be determined 100 years later. Not to mention taking ...
- Fri May 20, 2011 1:58 pm
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Moran & Mack in HYPNOTIZED
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10832
- Fri May 20, 2011 12:44 pm
- Forum: SCM 101
- Topic: "Laughter Then and Now" (1963)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12033
Re: "Laughter Then and Now" (1963)
Perhaps not coincidentally, Union Film Distributors is also the company that released "Sound of Laughter" that same year. It's a compilation of Educational talkie clips hosted by Ed Wynn (who never made an Educational talkie).