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by Richard M Roberts
Mon May 05, 2014 4:37 pm
Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Cinevent Notes: THE SILENT MAN (1917) with William S. Hart
Replies: 2
Views: 7548

Re: Cinevent Notes: THE SILENT MAN (1917) with William S. Ha

Yeah, that Three Stooges credit always use to baffle me. "What is John Ford's cameraman doing helming this short?" But one must always remember The Cohn Factor. Most of Columbia's top cameramen spent time down in the shorts department, Lucien Ballard shot a number of them in the late 30's...
by Richard M Roberts
Mon May 05, 2014 8:35 am
Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Cinevent Notes: THE SILENT MAN (1917) with William S. Hart
Replies: 2
Views: 7548

Cinevent Notes: THE SILENT MAN (1917) with William S. Hart

THE SILENT MAN was William S. Hart’s second film under his new contract with Paramount Pictures following THE NARROW TRAIL. William S. Hart Productions was still contractually forced to have the words “supervised by Thomas H. Ince” in the opening titles, even though Ince had nothing to do with the p...
by Richard M Roberts
Fri May 02, 2014 1:48 am
Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Cinevent Notes: THE ROAD TO MANDALAY (1926)
Replies: 0
Views: 5520

Cinevent Notes: THE ROAD TO MANDALAY (1926)

THE ROAD TO MANDALAY was considered a lost Chaney film for years before a 9.5mm print of a French four-reel cutdown version surfaced in the 1980’s and was blown up to 16mm. Ironically, this 9.5mm version was a pirated copy made for the collector market in the 1930’s, along with several other Chaney ...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu May 01, 2014 5:05 am
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: FLICKERS
Replies: 1
Views: 6661

Re: FLICKERS

With the recent passing of Bob Hoskins, I'm going to have to re-watch FLICKERS. There's six episodes, but it's worth every minute. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyElBk-f2Q4 Exactly my thoughts today Mr. Migliore, a long-time favorite of mine, it's still the finest thing Roy Clarke ever wrote (alon...
by Richard M Roberts
Wed Apr 30, 2014 2:50 pm
Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Cinevent Notes: TRIUMPH (1917) with Lon Chaney
Replies: 0
Views: 5009

Cinevent Notes: TRIUMPH (1917) with Lon Chaney

TRIUMPH This is a tale of a Girl named Nell (Dorothy Phillips) who has ambitions to be an actress. While awaiting the train to New York, she meets the leading man of a repertory company (William Stowell) and when they get to the Big Apple, he introduces her to the company’s Stage manager (William J....
by Richard M Roberts
Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:07 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Cinevent Notes: CAMPUS KNIGHTS (1929)
Replies: 0
Views: 3945

Cinevent Notes: CAMPUS KNIGHTS (1929)

Party Animal Earl Hastings (Raymond McKee) is frequently mistaken for his identical twin brother Ezra, who, of course, is a meek professor at an all-girls college, and of course, some of Earl’s antics, especially his flirtations with various college females, get him mistaken for the innocent Ezra an...
by Richard M Roberts
Sun Apr 27, 2014 12:17 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Ben Turpin - Step Forward (1922)
Replies: 5
Views: 9297

Re: Ben Turpin - Step Forward (1922)

Gosh Mr Roberts, you have everything! Then why is there still so much to buy? This looks like a really great Sennett too, so hopefully we'll all get to see it one day. (maybe at the '8mm Slapsticon' event held next year in your garage...) It is a very good Sennett/First National, and it;s nice to s...
by Richard M Roberts
Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:21 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Ben Turpin - Step Forward (1922)
Replies: 5
Views: 9297

Re: Ben Turpin - Step Forward (1922)

No sorry, it's not the whole thing! Just some tantalisingly short clips. According to Brent's book, it survives at UCLA (in whole or in part?). Anyone here seen what they've got? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR2ypsw-GKM I have a complete 8mm print of this short. We did look at the UCLA print yea...
by Richard M Roberts
Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:40 am
Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Cinevent Notes: SECRETS OF SCOTLAND YARD (1944)
Replies: 0
Views: 8476

Cinevent Notes: SECRETS OF SCOTLAND YARD (1944)

Republic Pictures was in many ways the highest link in the B movie food chain, certainly after both Universal and Columbia found themselves tottering on the low ends of the A picture food chain. Formed in 1935 by Herbert W, Yates, the owner of Consolidated Film Industries, one of the largest film la...
by Richard M Roberts
Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:44 pm
Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Cinevent Notes: EIGHT BELLS (1935)
Replies: 1
Views: 7315

Cinevent Notes: EIGHT BELLS (1935)

Well, with this year’s Cinevent now basically a month away, we will start running some of the program notes I’ve written for this year’s show to whet your appetites to think about coming. If you are thinking about coming, here’s the link to Cinevent’s website: http://www.cinevent.com/ And here’s the...