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- Thu Sep 21, 2023 5:42 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Coming From the Sprocket Vault..............
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12019
Re: Coming From the Sprocket Vault..............
All I feel qualified to comment, aside from my previous thanks, is this: I'll buy it when it's announced, and I'll leave a nice review on Amazon (or whatever shopping outlet will have it). And if I may be so bold, that's advice worth heeding by anyone who wants to start a gripefest.
- Tue Sep 19, 2023 6:19 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Coming From the Sprocket Vault..............
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12019
Re: Coming From the Sprocket Vault..............
THE LIGHTER THAT FAILED! Ain't that a darb? Thank you, Richard!
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:43 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: CAMPING (1917) Victor Moore
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5703
Re: CAMPING (1917) Victor Moore
Very entertaining snippet. For a stage comedian, and one whose most memorable films were in the sound era, he made some funny silent comedies.
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 5:04 pm
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Flicker Alley - Laurel & Hardy: Year One - Blu-ray
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8278
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:07 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15001
Re: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
Richard, that was the best laugh I've had today, except for some Ben Turpin Blackhawk Films being delivered later.
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 4:27 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15001
Re: Nitrateville Comment Dept: Laurel and Hardy Year One
Oh, bushwa! For corn's sake (as Gildersleeve's nephew Leroy would say), buy what's available when it comes out. Your Charley Chase set, for example. The fact that EVERYTHING wasn't available all at once didn't stop me from buying volume one when it dropped. If people have this attitude, what incenti...
- Sat Aug 12, 2023 7:11 pm
- Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: TWISTED TRIGGERS (1926) Wally Wales, Jean Arthur
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6655
Re: TWISTED TRIGGERS (1926) Wally Wales, Jean Arthur
The print quality was excellent. I especially liked the camera pan behind the opening titles. Here's a good example of a relatively obscure film that's in great shape because it wasn't reissued 35 times. Also interesting to see Richard Thorpe's name on one of the endless budget pictures he helmed be...
- Tue Aug 01, 2023 5:23 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Finally! A Book on Al Christie
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4359
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:34 pm
- Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: Von Stroheim does the saber dance LA DANSE DE MORT 1946
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6967
Re: Von Stroheim does the saber dance LA DANSE DE MORT 1946
Excellent restoration work!
- Fri Jul 21, 2023 7:00 pm
- Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: Nitrateville Nonsense: Is This Barbara Stanwyck in my 1927 film?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6244
Re: Nitrateville Nonsense: Is This Barbara Stanwyck in my 1927 film?
Frankly, I thought she looked more like a slimmed down Nita Naldi with less eyeshadow. That being said, I don't know who it was, but I didn't think it was either of the stars named.