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by Ed Watz
Mon Jul 24, 2023 12:02 pm
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: STOOGE O-RAMA: THE MEN BEHIND THE MAYHEM - AND EVEN MORE MAYHEM!
Replies: 14
Views: 17965

Re: STOOGE O-RAMA: THE MEN BEHIND THE MAYHEM - AND EVEN MORE MAYHEM!

Received my copy today - and spent the last 3 hours revelling in its many delights. Dinner break, and then we'll likely watch another 3 hours before continuing tomorrow. Today is proving the best and most enjoyable way to spend a Monday! Amazing footage of all the Stooges, most of it new to me; the ...
by Ed Watz
Tue Jul 04, 2023 1:38 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: GIRL CRAZY (1929) Andy Clyde, Vernon Dent, Alma Bennett
Replies: 1
Views: 6504

Re: GIRL CRAZY (1929) Andy Clyde, Vernon Dent, Alma Bennett

And just like that, this account was closed by YouTube. Must've been due to that 1929 version of SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE with Richard Dix that wasn't yet at PD status. I'm glad I got to see both of these films, the '29 BALDPATE was extremely good and a lively adaptation.
by Ed Watz
Mon Jul 03, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: Buster Keaton in The Faye Emerson Show, Nov 18, 1950
Replies: 7
Views: 17458

Re: Buster Keaton in The Faye Emerson Show, Nov 18, 1950

I'm making a disclaimer here. A couple of people contacted me offsite asking about the additional items on Eureka!'s THREE AGES Blu-ray. I do not know what has been finalized regarding extras, except that the above were under consideration in the Fall of 2022. The one certainty is that they are not...
by Ed Watz
Mon Jul 03, 2023 11:47 am
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: Erich von Stroheim returns to Vienna (1948)
Replies: 0
Views: 7248

Erich von Stroheim returns to Vienna (1948)

1948: Erich von Stroheim returns to Vienna for the first time since 1930 for the filming of LE SIGNAL ROUGE, a French film directed by Ernst Neubach. Together with him is the rest of the cast: his partner Denise Vernac; Claude Chenard; and Franck Villard. Denise later recalled that she had never see...
by Ed Watz
Mon Jul 03, 2023 11:13 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: TIME IS MONEY! THE CENTURY, RAINBOW, AND STERN BROTHERS COMEDIES OF JULIUS AND ABE STERN
Replies: 13
Views: 15191

Re: TIME IS MONEY! THE CENTURY, RAINBOW, AND STERN BROTHERS COMEDIES OF JULIUS AND ABE STERN

Miracle of miracles, Amazon just decided to publish my 5-star review of this outstanding book...after 16 months!
by Ed Watz
Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:30 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Mafia Webinar: "Where and How Did You Meet the Silent Clowns?"
Replies: 5
Views: 3645

Re: Mafia Webinar: "Where and How Did You Meet the Silent Clowns?"

Thoroughly enjoyed the webinar, thank you all, it was a lot of fun listening to your anecdotes, everyone's comments stirred up similar memories for me. Speaking of THE CHARLIE CHAPLIN COMEDY THEATRE, I recall as a kid being intrigued by the show's opening & closing credits, featuring Charley Cha...
by Ed Watz
Thu Jun 15, 2023 4:42 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: GIRL CRAZY (1929) Andy Clyde, Vernon Dent, Alma Bennett
Replies: 1
Views: 6504

GIRL CRAZY (1929) Andy Clyde, Vernon Dent, Alma Bennett

Very enjoyable Mack Sennett early talkie, released by Educational on June 9, 1929. As usual, Andy Clyde and Vernon Dent do some terrific work together and it's nice seeing Alma Bennett in one of her very few appearances in a Sennett sound film. https://youtu.be/FSMBtKx5OTE filmdaily4950newy_0162.jpg
by Ed Watz
Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:09 am
Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
Topic: David Wyatt introduces THE WRECKER (1929) in 2003
Replies: 1
Views: 6071

Re: David Wyatt introduces THE WRECKER (1929) in 2003

What a nice memento to remember him by. Thank you for sharing this, Richard.
by Ed Watz
Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:43 am
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: Raymond Rohauer on saving Buster Keaton's THREE AGES (Dec 1970)
Replies: 0
Views: 6366

Raymond Rohauer on saving Buster Keaton's THREE AGES (Dec 1970)

December 1970 - Raymond Rohauer is the guest on a San Francisco radio talk show to discuss his upcoming Buster Keaton Festival. The highlight is his recollection of saving Buster's first independent feature, THREE AGES, from nitrate decomposition. Rohauer, notorious prevaricator that he was, told di...