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by Richard M Roberts
Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:35 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: THE HUNGRY ACTORS (1915)
Replies: 6
Views: 11827

Re: THE HUNGRY ACTORS (1915)

Ah-ha! INTO THE LIGHT (aka THE HUNGRY ACTORS) was production D-2 on the Rolin Schedule, and was sold to Universal and released 6/10/1915. FROM ITALY'S SHORES was production D-1, and Universal put that out on 5/19/1915. Violet MacMillan is also listed as being in the cast of INTO THE LIGHT. I guess S...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:21 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: THE HUNGRY ACTORS (1915)
Replies: 6
Views: 11827

Re: THE HUNGRY ACTORS (1915)

If the fellow at the top in the dark hat was Bobby Vernon, he'd have to be standing on a box to be towering over the cast, that's Roy Stewart. A neat still indeed, but what do you have that indicates that the title is THE HUNGRY ACTORS? This is most likely one of the early Rolin titles shot from Jan...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:31 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Cinevent Notes Past: EARLY TO BED (1936) Charlie Ruggles
Replies: 0
Views: 4956

Cinevent Notes Past: EARLY TO BED (1936) Charlie Ruggles

Chester Beatty (Charlie Ruggles) is a glass eye salesman who has a problem with sleepwalking (how’s that for an opening line?). The second problem has kept him from marrying Tessie Weeks (Mary Boland) for 20 years, but they finally take the plunge and honeymoon at Lake Okawookieboogie Lodge, a sanit...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:04 am
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: Scott Eyman's John Wayne Book
Replies: 5
Views: 13485

Re: Scott Eyman's John Wayne Book

It got a two page review in the New York Times this past weekend (by Peter Bogdanovich): http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/books/review/scott-eymans-john-wayne-the-life-and-legend.html?_r=0 Wow, Bogdanovich only managed to talk about himself three or four times while reviewing the book, he may be g...
by Richard M Roberts
Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:49 pm
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Charlie Case and The Fatal Glass of Beer
Replies: 2
Views: 9070

Re: Charlie Case and The Fatal Glass of Beer

Yep, it was definitely Charlie Case's song, and he was indeed a blackface comedian. I believe there is a recording of him singing it. I remember in the early 70's the elderly actor Burt Mustin was part of a Barbershop Quartet and they sang this song as part of their act and they did it on THE TONIGH...
by Richard M Roberts
Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:21 pm
Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
Topic: Scott Eyman's John Wayne Book
Replies: 5
Views: 13485

Re: Scott Eyman's John Wayne Book

It's very important to keep The Duke in the public eye at least every decade....otherwise my childhood will start to seem pointless. Now to find out why no one is talking about John Payne lately? Well, if it's a help, we saw John Payne on an episode of WHATS MY LINE this weekend. Scott told me the ...
by Richard M Roberts
Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:18 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: NFPF/EYE Institute Amsterdam Film Repatriation
Replies: 1
Views: 3778

NFPF/EYE Institute Amsterdam Film Repatriation

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-silent-american-movies-amsterdam-20140328,0,7141573.story#axzz2xSGqrTHv Their "Sherlock Holmes of Celluloid" needed a Dr. Watson apparently. The first film mentioned, the "long-missing" MICKEYS CIRCUS (1927) with Mick...
by Richard M Roberts
Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:49 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: imd(um)b (was Crackpot Film History)
Replies: 9
Views: 13324

Re: imd(um)b (was Crackpot Film History)

Todays classic comes from the Lila Lee bio: "Lila's erratic screen career was triggered by severe bouts with what was euphemistically referred to as tuberculosis, but whispered to be the results of acute alcoholism." Tuberculosis is not a "euphemism" for alcoholism, it's a "...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu Mar 27, 2014 2:44 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: A SAFE INVESTMENT (1915) Mr and Mrs Sidney Drew
Replies: 0
Views: 3520

A SAFE INVESTMENT (1915) Mr and Mrs Sidney Drew

Another fun Vitagraph Comedy from the Drews:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj3PTy-DI-w



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by Richard M Roberts
Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:51 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: imd(um)b (was Crackpot Film History)
Replies: 9
Views: 13324

Re: imd(um)b (was Crackpot Film History)

Another bon-mot of wisdom, this time from their Harry Langdon bio: "Langdon went back on the vaudeville circuit, but in 1929 he was hired by the Hal Roach Studios to make shorts. The talkies were not kind to Langdon, whose voice allegedly was damaged by a quack treating him for a childhood illn...