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by Bruce Calvert
Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:04 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: WET PAINT (1926) IDs needed
Replies: 3
Views: 7578

Re: WET PAINT (1926) IDs needed

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Here's another photo with the same actress, although you can't see her face nearly as well. Griffith and Costello are in silhouette at left.
by Bruce Calvert
Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:56 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: WET PAINT (1926) IDs needed
Replies: 3
Views: 7578

Re: WET PAINT (1926) IDs needed

Robert, Thanks for the help. It's definitely not Helene Costello. She was the female lead, and I have quite a few stills with her and Griffith. http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/stills/wet_paint090.jpg Raymond Griffith and Helene Costello http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/stills/wet_paint105...
by Bruce Calvert
Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:06 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: WET PAINT (1926) IDs needed
Replies: 3
Views: 7578

WET PAINT (1926) IDs needed

http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/stills/wet_paint071.jpg The cast list for Raymond Griffith's lost comedy Wet Paint (1926) is pretty short. The "other woman" is listed as Natalie Kingston, but I'm not really sure that this is her in the car with Griffith. She was a brunette, and mayb...
by Bruce Calvert
Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:29 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: THE BOY FRIEND (1928) with Max Davidson
Replies: 3
Views: 7837

THE BOY FRIEND (1928) with Max Davidson

http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/stills/boyfriend002.jpg I just acquired this great still of Max Davidson and Fay Holderness in The Boy Friend (1928). Can anybody identify the guy in the middle? Other men listed in the cast are Gordon Elliott (Bill Elliott), George B. French, Thomas Benton Rob...
by Bruce Calvert
Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:22 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: TOPSY TURVY SWEEDIE (1914)
Replies: 0
Views: 4184

TOPSY TURVY SWEEDIE (1914)

http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/topsy_turvey_sweedie/topsy_turvey_sweedie1.jpg Wallace Beery, in drag as Sweedie the Swedish Maid, on top of the driver. http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/topsy_turvey_sweedie/topsy_turvey_sweedie2.jpg http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/topsy_turvey_swee...
by Bruce Calvert
Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:43 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: ARE HUSBANDS HAPPY? (1922)
Replies: 2
Views: 6081

ARE HUSBANDS HAPPY? (1922)

This is a 1922 Arrow Comedy, recently found by the Library of Congress. Jack Duffy is the old guy with the white beard. Directed by Reggie Morris. As always, these frame scans are courtesy of George Willeman of the Library of Congress. http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/are_husbands_happy/are_hus...
by Bruce Calvert
Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:18 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Another copy of ZEPPED found
Replies: 1
Views: 5828

Re: Another copy of ZEPPED found

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/lifestyle/entertainment/rare_charlie_chaplin_film_goes_into_safe_1_3572868 Rare Charlie Chaplin film goes into safe Published on Wednesday 13 July 2011 07:15 A RARE film of comedy legend Charlie Chaplin bought from a second-hand shop in South Shields is now safely under...
by Bruce Calvert
Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:17 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Another copy of ZEPPED found
Replies: 1
Views: 5828

Another copy of ZEPPED found

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jul/11/charlie-chaplin-film-found-junk-shop Rare Charlie Chaplin film found in junk shop A man has discovered a short film believed to be part of Zepped, a war-time Charlie Chaplin propaganda movie, among items bought in a second-hand shop Ben Child guardian.co.uk...
by Bruce Calvert
Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:44 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Sunday Mercury: Revealed: The forgotten Birmingham actor who
Replies: 0
Views: 4244

Sunday Mercury: Revealed: The forgotten Birmingham actor who

http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2011/07/06/revealed-the-forgotten-birmingham-actor-who-starred-with-laurel-and-hardy-66331-28983164/ Revealed: The forgotten Birmingham actor who starred with Laurel and Hardy Jul 6 2011 by Jonny Greatrex, Sunday Mercury HE is the little known Midland ...
by Bruce Calvert
Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:59 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Guardian: Collector finds unseen Charlie Chaplin film in tin
Replies: 16
Views: 25213

Re: Guardian: Collector finds unseen Charlie Chaplin film in tin

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13973098 30 June 2011 Last updated at 05:24 ET Rare Charlie Chaplin film fails to sell A rare Charlie Chaplin film bought for £3.20 on eBay has failed to sell at auction despite being expected to fetch "a significant six-figure sum". Charlie Cha...