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http://www.examiner.com/article/q-a-ben-model-lover-of-comedy-and-accidental-preservationist-of-rare-films Q&A: Ben Model, lover of comedy and accidental preservationist of rare films Ben Model Garden State Theatre Organ Society Jordan YoungLA/OC Arts Examiner April 1, 2014 I recently watched a...

Right now somebody on Wikipedia is using this as their source for an article on Arbuckle...

And right now some student is copying this information into their essay for school...

So Richard, I'm guessing that you missed the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination, the 50th anniversary of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan this last weekend, and you'll be skipping out on remembrances of the 100th anniversary of the First World War later this year. I guess that I'm just a glass-half-f...

Hey, it's an excuse to put on a show. Chaplin is getting screened all over this spring because of his 100th anniversary in film. If it gets somebody interested in his Keystone period, or Chaplin at all, that's great. I'm screening Kid Auto Races at Venice at our Sons of the Desert screening this wee...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2014/01/21/silent-films-dvd/4721515/ 'Accidentally Preserved': Rare silent films come to DVD Pop Candy Whitney Matheson, USA TODAY 3:55 p.m. EST January 21, 2014 accidental Last month classic movie fans gasped at the results of a new study. The bad news: Accor...

Ron Hall and Bob Campbell are working on an Edgar Kennedy DVD project. It did not get enough donations through KickStarter , but I'm sure that they will try something else to get these comedy gems released. There is also a Facebook Fan Page for the project. One of my favorites is... http://www.youtu...

Pasquale Ventura wrote:Who's the guy at far right directly above Sammy Brooks's top hat wearing glasses, derby and mustache?

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Wallace Howe

Thanks, Richard!

http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/stills/unidentified_paul_parrott.jpg Here's a still from an unidentified Paul Parrot movie. That is Jobyna Ralston in the car, Paul trying to get it started, and George Rowe as the minister. This could be from THE BRIDE-TO-BE (1922), but the story synopsis is m...

Is the surviving version of Orchids and Ermine mostly complete, or is it a cut-down Kodascope version?