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- Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:28 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: STUDIO SAP (1931) Chester Conklin, Leo White
- Replies: 2
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Re: STUDIO SAP (1931) Chester Conklin, Leo White
Thanks Ed. What software/hardware do you use to do VHS-MP4 transfers? I must have an older software because all my VHS transfers emerge as MP2’s, which are ginormous. I could do VHS-DVD—MP4, but that’ll take forever. Hi Rob, I'm using the old analog method -- a no-frills Sony VHS player connected t...
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 7:30 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: STUDIO SAP (1931) Chester Conklin, Leo White
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6455
STUDIO SAP (1931) Chester Conklin, Leo White
A Phil Ryan/Paramount short directed by Frank Griffin. With Chester Conklin, Stanley Blystone, Leo White and Hazel Howell. Found this morning on a 40 year-old vhs tape so your mileage may vary!
https://youtu.be/E-vzkezn4cc
https://youtu.be/E-vzkezn4cc
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:50 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Comedian Clifford Stanton (1936) - British Pathé
- Replies: 0
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Comedian Clifford Stanton (1936) - British Pathé
1936 British Pathé footage of comedian Clifford Stanton doing a spot-on imitation of Robert Woolsey. He finishes with a bit used by Wheeler & Woolsey the previous year in THE NITWITS. Special thanks to Geoff Collins who located this sequence:
https://youtu.be/WkgBitN2tbA?t=67
https://youtu.be/WkgBitN2tbA?t=67
- Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:42 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "Broadway" comic strips: Irene Dunne/Barbara Stanwyck
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4784
"Broadway" comic strips: Irene Dunne/Barbara Stanwyck
Irene Dunne (here still spelt "Dunn") and Barbara Stanwyck doing schtick in their pre-Hollywood days, with Leon Errol, Hal Skelly and Frank Fay:
- Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:28 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "Broadway" comic strips - Robert Emmett Keane & Charles Butterworth
- Replies: 1
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"Broadway" comic strips - Robert Emmett Keane & Charles Butterworth
Robert Emmett Keane was a vaudeville and musical comedy straightman before turning to a career in talkies as a prolific supporting player. He is best remembered by Laurel & Hardy fans as the closest thing to a regular cast member in 3 of the team's Fox features. Droll Charles Butterworth had a m...
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 11:30 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "Broadway" comic strips: Eddie Cantor, Part 2
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4357
"Broadway" comic strips: Eddie Cantor, Part 2
Eddie Cantor during the height of his Broadway fame, while appearing in Ziegfeld's WHOOPEE. In the first strip he's seen with his daughters Marjorie, Natalie, and Edna; and he's with Ruth Etting in the second strip:
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:32 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "Broadway" comic strips: Abbott & Costello's head guy - John Grant
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"Broadway" comic strips: Abbott & Costello's head guy - John Grant
Before John Grant became Abbott & Costello's go-to writer for revamping old burlesque routines, he was a successful comedian on Broadway, appearing in the hit musical comedy GOOD NEWS for its entire New York run (Sep 06, 1927 - Jan 05, 1929):
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:01 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Laurel & Hardy arrive in Paris - 1932 newsreel
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- Views: 4335
Laurel & Hardy arrive in Paris - 1932 newsreel
Newsreel footage of Laurel & Hardy's arrival in Paris during their 1932 summer vacation from Hal Roach Studios:
https://youtu.be/9h296nBp-LM
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:09 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "Broadway" comic strips: Patsy Kelly/Trixie Friganza/Ginger Rogers
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- Views: 4008
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 12:59 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "Broadway" comic strips: Eddie Cantor
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- Views: 4042
"Broadway" comic strips: Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor was the star attraction of the 1927 Ziegfeld Follies. In this edition, fellow comedian Andrew Tombes portrayed Florenz Ziegfeld and was a connecting link between various sketches. In these comic strips Tombes is wearing a silver-mane toupee and is dressed similarly to Ziegfeld's own sar...