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Well Jeez, I know we're all abuzz with other stuff going on, but I'd think a few congratulations were in order. We've done quite a bit this first year, a little celebrating should be posted! In other words, I CAN'T HEAR YOUUUUUUUUU! RICHARD M ROBERTS ( who celebrated the 1st Anniversary of Silent Co...

Hey Gang,

If anyone wants to listen to me prattle on about Slapsticon for an hour, here's an new interview with me on Donna Hill's STOLEN MOMENTS:

http://rudyfan.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=622654


RICHARD M ROBERTS

"Laugh and Grow Fat" might become Slapsticon's new advertising slogan. I always seem to lose a few pounds during Slapsticon, it's the hardest week I work all year. And in this weight-crazed and frequently humorless nation, I think this might scare some serious skinnies off. Better yet, si...

Hey Gang,

I know we're all too darn busy being exited about the Chaplin Discovery and the Slapsticon, but hey, it just dawned on me that June 1st was our First Anniversary!

Happy Birthday to Us.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

Louie Despres wrote:I think I just s*%t my pants.

Okay Louie,I don't think Slapsticon is causing this problem. Beef up on the fibers `cause I'm not bringing you the Dependz.

RICHARD M ROBERTS

You heard it here first Folks: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SLAPSTICON 2010 TO UNVEIL LOST AND FORMERLY UNKNOWN CHAPLIN FILM In past years, the International Film Festival Slapsticon has prided itself on recovering and presenting lost comedy treasures, even discovering previously undocumented films featuri...

I recently found a Detroit television guide (TV TODAY April 30 - May 7, 1954) which reports the following in the "TV Gossip" section: "Mack Sennett, who created the Keystone Cops and introduced the bathing beauty to Hollywood, is working on a TV show in which he would reminisce with ...

Ain't Love Grand? (1921) is a Fox Sunshine comedy from 1921 starring (and directed by) Al St. John. The IMDB has very little information on it. I'm trying to identify the actors in this still. Al is definitely in the middle, and I think that it Babe London on the right. Any idea who is on the left?...

Here's a preview of some of the films we'l be running at Slapsticon 2010:

http://www.youtube.com/user/slapsticon# ... 0rlgYGPcRE



RICHARD M ROBERTS

Steve Massa wrote:Richard
In the photos we have from THE ELITE OF HOLLYWOOD Alice has a nicely bobbed 20s style hair-do, and there seems to be some business that involves shooting a movie on somebody's front lawn. Does that sound at all like the UCLA film?

Steve

It do.

RICHARD M ROBERTS