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However, I doubt that she would have euphoric recall about about "Pappy Parrott" being a bookie rather than a banker. *Note to RMR: As you can see, I am upping the stakes by using a dead language in the discussion. Take that, Roberts. Mike Paradise I am so wounded. Well, this gives you th...

More typical, uninformed posturing from Ed Larusso and other know-knothing Nutratevillers regarding the print used in Grapevine's DVD release of THE ICE FLOOD. It's an original tinted 16mm Show-at-Home print from the collection of a well-known collector and accompianist who will remain nameless unle...

[quote="John Bengtson"]The brief missing scene of Buster trying to film the admiral leaving a hotel is included in this Internet Archive copy of the film at 17:57. The hotel appearing in the brief shot is the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, that appears in Chaplin's City Lights. http://archive.org...

Nitpick Nitpick. We go with the official version. Show me proof Pappy Parrott was a "bookie", not like there's a lot of difference between them and bankers these days anyway. So I'm watching "Becoming Charley Chase" the other night with the wife, trying to get her interested in ...

Excellent book. A compendium of invaluable information, very very liberally illustrated with wonderful stills. The product of years of work. All praise. My one substantial complaint is that the book should be longer. I'm perfectly aware that there are many books out there on Lloyd and Laurel & ...

You know, I hate to say this, but is it just me, I think it's you, Richard! Surely, the discovery of around 4 minutes of "new" Keaton footage from any era is important, if not quite in the "Thief Catcher" class, and John's researches are VERY interesting. However, in order to av...

You know, I hate to say this, but is it just me, or is all this holler about yet another version of THE BLACKSMITH not particularly hot news. We discussed several more of the variant versions floating around on THE BLACKSMITH on this group several years ago: http://www.silentcomedymafia.com/viewtopi...

One of the films that I've been remembering in the month that has passed is the Smitty short NO CHILDREN. Do many of these survive? This one was far better than I expected it to be; I mistakenly thought it would be an Our Gang imitation, like Hey Fellas. A few of them are around. I have one called ...

Hey Calvert,

The guy with the moustache' on the right in the still of DANGEROUS BLONDES is Stanley Brown, aka Brad Taylor.


RICHARD M ROBERTS

SWINGIN’ ON A RAINBOW (Republic Pictures released September 1, 1945) Director; William Beaudine, Producer: Armand Schaefer, Associate Producer: Edward J. White, Screenplay: John Grey, Story: Olive Cooper, Camera: Marcel LePicard, Editor: Fred Allen. Cast: Jane Frazee, Brad Taylor (Stanley Brown), Ha...