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- Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:34 am
- Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
- Topic: THE ROGUES (1964-65)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12916
Re: THE ROGUES (1964-65)
Yes, I realized he produced programs but those were in the 50's. I was referring to his acting appearances in the 60's and outside of this short lived series, I hadn't recalled seeing him on the tube a lot growing up. Richard and I have talked about this before. It was a big thrill seeing big named...
- Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:34 pm
- Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
- Topic: THE ROGUES (1964-65)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12916
Re: THE ROGUES (1964-65)
Niven was hardly "slumming " in television, he was one of the Four Stars in Four Star Television that was one of TV's pioneer producers of filmed television. Along with Dick Powell, Charles Boyer, and Ida Lupino (who replaced Joel McCrea, the original "Four Star" who departed soo...
- Sun Sep 28, 2014 12:16 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Nitratevile Answer Dept: Chaplin Collaborators Lehrman Pic
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12041
Re: Nitratevile Answer Dept: Chaplin Collaborators Lehrman P
And yet, even though Richard has supplied the answers, even the folks at NuttyVille refuse to play with that nutjob, JFK. His posts are always mile-long collages of scrapbooks. I'm sure he sits home at night in his mother's attic cutting out paper dolls. He was one reason (just ONE, mind you) that ...
- Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:06 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: REVIEW: CHAPLIN MUTUALS & MACK SENNETT V1
- Replies: 18
- Views: 32477
Re: REVIEW: CHAPLIN MUTUALS & MACK SENNETT V1
We got a review from something called HI-Def Ninja, he obviously is not immersed in this stuff, but he admits learning a lot and gave us a five-star review: http://www.hidefninja.com/2014/09/24/mack-sennet-collection-vol-1-blu-ray-review/ We'll take it. Speaking of which, didn't any of you folk by t...
- Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:50 am
- Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
- Topic: THE ROGUES (1964-65)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12916
THE ROGUES (1964-65)
So who all here has actually heard of this show, and who would have believed that there was once an hour-long weekly television comedy/drama starring David Niven, Charles Boyer, and Gig Young along with Robert Coote and Gladys Cooper in weekly support, and a slew of top Guest Stars? THE ROGUES ran o...
- Sat Sep 27, 2014 6:38 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Nitratevile Answer Dept: Chaplin Collaborators Lehrman Pic
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12041
Nitratevile Answer Dept: Chaplin Collaborators Lehrman Pic
http://nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16699 The "experts" at Nitratevile won't ever get this one, the group photo of the actors standing around Henry Lehrman is of the cast of CHICKEN A LA KING (Fox 1928), which he directed they are : (top row L to R): Arthur Stone, Ford Sterling...
- Sat Sep 27, 2014 1:21 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Lots 'o Silent Comedies in the Preservation Pipeline
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5558
Re: Lots 'o Silent Comedies in the Preservation Pipeline
Gary Johnson wrote:This looks like Day 2 of a SLAPSTICON schedule....
Oh yeah, we're always hot to book those paper-making, milk-canning, and egg-laying documentaries.
RICHARD M ROBERTS (really, precious preservation dollars best spent on THE DAIRY INDUSTRY AND THE CANNING OF MILK?)
- Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:52 am
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Howard, Fine & Howard
- Replies: 9
- Views: 34374
Re: Howard, Fine & Howard
Speaking of which, did anyone notice what also came out from WAC the same day as HELLO POP: http://shop.tcm.com/detail.php?p=703591&icid=mybuys&green=E00B86C3-C6C9-5544-AA19-806926C476D3 Not a lost film as such, but it only survives in a 16mm AAP television print that has a picture issue or ...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:40 am
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Howard, Fine & Howard
- Replies: 9
- Views: 34374
Re: Howard, Fine & Howard
Uli Ruedel wrote:More Stooges coming (info courtesy of Chris Seguin):
http://shop.tcm.com/classic-shorts-from-the-dream-factory-volume-3-dvd/detail.php?p=703586
Uli
Great news, but the question for me is, is HELLO POP worth $21.99 (I have all the other shorts)
RICHARD M ROBERTS
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:20 pm
- Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: Cinevent Notes Past: TIME TO KILL (1942)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7039
Cinevent Notes Past: TIME TO KILL (1942)
TIME TO KILL was the last in the series of Twentieth Century- Fox’s Michael Shayne features, after seven of them, Lloyd Nolan had tired of playing the character, and didn’t want to be typed as a B-movie actor any more than Peter Lorre had while doing the Mr. Moto series which Michael Shayne replaced...