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by Joe Migliore
Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:01 pm
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: First review I've seen of "Chaplin at Keystone"
Replies: 26
Views: 49650

Re: First review I've seen of "Chaplin at Keystone"

I'm just looking forward to being able to follow the action in these films. We've all spent our formative years watching muddy dupes of these titles, re-edited for countless reissues, often rendering them incoherent. I don't mean to sound like a girl's blouse, but I'm excited.
by Joe Migliore
Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:41 pm
Forum: SCM 101
Topic: Life With Buster
Replies: 6
Views: 17616

Re: Life With Buster

the original negs and the rights have ended up with a Religious Media company whose name escapes me at the moment and they haven't shown much interest in doing anything with them.


Forgive them, Godfather; they know not what they do.

Joe Migliore
by Joe Migliore
Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:25 pm
Forum: SCM 101
Topic: Life With Buster
Replies: 6
Views: 17616

Re: Life With Buster

Thank you for your response, Uli. I hadn't heard that the negatives are still extant, but it's obviously great news if they are. (It makes sense that Keaton would take steps to preserve these materials, believing as he did at the time that some of his best silent work was irretrievably lost.) I don'...
by Joe Migliore
Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:09 pm
Forum: SCM 101
Topic: Life With Buster
Replies: 6
Views: 17616

Life With Buster

Does anyone have an accurate count of how many episodes of Keaton's TV series are still extant today? Over the years I've seen a few stray episodes, and I think they compare favourably to the Columbia shorts. (They feel more like the Educationals; in fact, the Stevensons included one on their set of...