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by Rob Farr
Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:54 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: The Old Shoe
Replies: 1
Views: 6524

Re: The Old Shoe

This is great. But I can imagine Lorne Michaels saying, “A spoof of Unknown Chaplin? For the 10,000 viewers who watched it on PBS?”
by Rob Farr
Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:25 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Coming From the Sprocket Vault..............
Replies: 8
Views: 11892

Re: Coming From the Sprocket Vault..............

This is great. Can't wait.
by Rob Farr
Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:22 pm
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: THE FULLER GUSH MAN (1934)
Replies: 0
Views: 9937

THE FULLER GUSH MAN (1934)

The most interesting thing about this Walter Catlett two-reeler are the credits, in which writer-director Al Boasberg makes an on-camera appearance, along with the rest of the crew. https://youtu.be/SciXkqRFKeM
by Rob Farr
Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:41 pm
Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
Topic: CLEOPATRA (1917) 40 Sec. Clip
Replies: 1
Views: 11866

CLEOPATRA (1917) 40 Sec. Clip

by Rob Farr
Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:10 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
Replies: 13
Views: 14893

Re: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One

When the next Sennett set comes out, wouldn’t it be fun to label it Vol. 3? Imagine the lifelong quest it will unleash among those searching for the elusive Vol. 2.
by Rob Farr
Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:52 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
Replies: 13
Views: 14893

Re: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One

Doubtless one of those "fans" who don't really like watching this stuff, but just like to see "Vol. 1" next to "Vol. 2" next to Vol. 3" on their bookshelves. The kind of people who sent you complaints that the 1929 Chases should have been "Vol. 1", not Vo...
by Rob Farr
Wed Aug 09, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies
Replies: 5
Views: 7726

Re: Bowler hat/derby in slapstick comedies

I'm not sure you will ever find a definitive first use of a bowler hat for comedic purposes since they were doubtless handy props in vaudeville. In Laurel & Hardy's 1927 Do Detectives Think?, their hats are meant to connote that they were tough gumshoes. But I think when you go back to the first...
by Rob Farr
Fri Aug 04, 2023 3:56 pm
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: OH! OH! CLEOPATRA (1931) sound AND film
Replies: 8
Views: 9458

Re: OH! OH! CLEOPATRA (1931) sound AND film

I haven't seen Armilly in quite some time. Is there a scene with a slingshot or a gun being fired in Tom's direction?
by Rob Farr
Fri Aug 04, 2023 10:00 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: OH! OH! CLEOPATRA (1931) sound AND film
Replies: 8
Views: 9458

Re: OH! OH! CLEOPATRA (1931) sound AND film

He may just have been wall-eyed. But Ed, I'm interested in what you thought of it? Even considering that Masquers' shorts had to cram in as many out-of-work comics as possible, to my eyes its prime pre-Code W&W.
by Rob Farr
Thu Aug 03, 2023 12:21 pm
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: OH! OH! CLEOPATRA (1931) sound AND film
Replies: 8
Views: 9458

OH! OH! CLEOPATRA (1931) sound AND film

The final Wheeler & Woolsey holy grail. Thanks Gino Cuddy, Joseph Blough, and the British Film Institute. https://youtu.be/s4kbRLpNV_M