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Damn, some of the people over at that site are (pardon my French) fucking idiots. They think film preservation & restoration is free and you snap your fingers and it happens instantly. Thats right, if it ain't the Archives letting their films molder in the can, it's those damn film collectors a...

RICHARD M ROBERTS wrote: A Century ago today, Max Davidson found his acting career turning towards film comedy, and we should celebrate by laying out a nice roast chicken dinner (only if the neighbor does not notice his prize rooster missing), with perhaps a deflated birthday cake reinflated with g...

Today is the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of Max Davidson in what was the first Comedy Film Series he would make. The film released was AN INTERRUPTED SÉANCE, made by Reliance for Mutual and was directed by Edward Dillon and starred Tod Browning with Max in support. Davidson would work ...

Hey, I see Aldrich, the guy who claims to cut off all contact with me rather than visa-versa is still closely reading my every word I write (Hello John, since you’re reading this, you’re an asshole, just thought I’d throw that in) and asserts that SEVEN MEN FROM NOW is indeed a “B Western” cause Mar...

Hey, the Chaplinistas are slipping, yesterday was the 100th Anniversary of A THIEF CATCHER!



RICHARD M ROBERTS

Lets see, a quick peek at Nitratevile nonsense revealed some more silly fun, John Aldrich explaining to Entrederriere’ the pleasures and personal resonance of audience film viewing rather than sitting home alone (that Aldrich is such a people person). I also find it hilarious how Entrederriere’, suc...

And, on July 23rd, we can celebrate the 100th Anniversary of an event that has brought more laughs to the planet than that Chaplin Guy ever has. On that date, The Rolin Film Company was formed, and Hal Roach went into the film comedy business..........


RICHARD M ROBERTS

Jeez, you lazy layabouts, I challenged you all to find some other more interesting Centenaries in Film Comedy History and you all failed. Call yourself Mafians! Well, here you go, here’s some to mark your calendar for or feel sorry you already missed: March 5th will be the 100th Anniversary fo the r...

Can anyone identify who "Stanley Sharpe" is in this clip (starts at the 1 minute mark) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek94ixbbpS0 That's not *actually* Ziegfeld's henchman Stanley Sharpe, is it? An interesting question. The fellow playing Sharpe is very actorly, so my first hunch is to s...

Here's some early Ed Wood Work, apparently he was shooting generic commercials for an LA Production House back in 1949, here are four surviving ones. That's Phyllis Coates playing "Captain Kitty" and with Wood himself in the final "Magic Man" spot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...