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- Sun Apr 27, 2014 12:17 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Ben Turpin - Step Forward (1922)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9474
Re: Ben Turpin - Step Forward (1922)
Gosh Mr Roberts, you have everything! Then why is there still so much to buy? This looks like a really great Sennett too, so hopefully we'll all get to see it one day. (maybe at the '8mm Slapsticon' event held next year in your garage...) It is a very good Sennett/First National, and it;s nice to s...
- Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:21 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Ben Turpin - Step Forward (1922)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9474
Re: Ben Turpin - Step Forward (1922)
No sorry, it's not the whole thing! Just some tantalisingly short clips. According to Brent's book, it survives at UCLA (in whole or in part?). Anyone here seen what they've got? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR2ypsw-GKM I have a complete 8mm print of this short. We did look at the UCLA print yea...
- Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:40 am
- Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: Cinevent Notes: SECRETS OF SCOTLAND YARD (1944)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8815
Cinevent Notes: SECRETS OF SCOTLAND YARD (1944)
Republic Pictures was in many ways the highest link in the B movie food chain, certainly after both Universal and Columbia found themselves tottering on the low ends of the A picture food chain. Formed in 1935 by Herbert W, Yates, the owner of Consolidated Film Industries, one of the largest film la...
- Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:44 pm
- Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: Cinevent Notes: EIGHT BELLS (1935)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7624
Cinevent Notes: EIGHT BELLS (1935)
Well, with this year’s Cinevent now basically a month away, we will start running some of the program notes I’ve written for this year’s show to whet your appetites to think about coming. If you are thinking about coming, here’s the link to Cinevent’s website: http://www.cinevent.com/ And here’s the...
- Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:02 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: More Mickey "McGuire" Rooney...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5048
Re: More Mickey "McGuire" Rooney...
Just added two more clips of Rooney from his silent days. 'Unidentified #2' could be 'Mickey's Triumph'? 'Unidentified #3' is probably 'Mickey's Wild West'? If you're able to confirm, that'd be absolutely super... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj2dPzt7WQj1XIIOaNA8jPQ/videos Enjoy! #1 is MICKEYS ...
- Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:49 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Babe's 100th Anniversary
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6414
Re: Babe's 100th Anniversary
What is the earliest film of Oliver Hardy's currently available for viewing? That’s a good question, very few of Oliver Hardy’s Lubins exist, as far as I know, the earliest surviving one is still BACK TO THE FARM (released August 18, 1914) in which, oddly enough, Babe is teamed with the diminuitive...
- Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:42 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Babe's 100th Anniversary
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6414
Babe's 100th Anniversary
Okay, forget all this Chaplin Centenary Crap, today we're talking an important century milestone:
OUTWITTING DAD, released by Lubin, April 21, 1914.
100 years ago today, movie audiences got their first look at Oliver Hardy.
RICHARD M ROBERTS
OUTWITTING DAD, released by Lubin, April 21, 1914.
100 years ago today, movie audiences got their first look at Oliver Hardy.
RICHARD M ROBERTS
- Fri Apr 18, 2014 4:43 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: SENNETT and CHAPLIN MUTUALS available for pre-order!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 43609
Re: SENNETT and CHAPLIN MUTUALS available for pre-order!
RICHARD M ROBERTS Which, for an item like this would be sizeable. It's Flicker Alleys decision and I basically have stayed out of the arguement either way (though I was a bit annoyed that I was going to have to buy a BD player as well to see a set I've worked on), but this arguement just tipped the...
- Fri Apr 18, 2014 3:32 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: SENNETT and CHAPLIN MUTUALS available for pre-order!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 43609
Re: SENNETT and CHAPLIN MUTUALS available for pre-order!
Just to add my tuppence worth... Most USA Blu-Ray releases don't play on UK Blu-ray machines. The region codes are easily hacked on DVD releases but not on BD. This could prohibit a lot of European sales for Flicker Alley. Which, for an item like this would be sizeable. It's Flicker Alleys decision...
- Fri Apr 18, 2014 3:25 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Title of this Larry Semon comedy?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8295
Re: Title of this Larry Semon comedy?
DaveGlass wrote:... and it seems to become THE HICK about 8 mins in!
It sure does, didn't watch it that far, but it's easy to spot, it's the point Oliver Hardy dissapears.
RICHARD M ROBERTS