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William Ferry wrote:Pop Goes the Weasel!

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As much as I am looking forward to these beautiful restorations, I'm hoping that the obnoxious, ten-ton orchestration to THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY (found on the L&H Definitive Restorations set) is not repeated here. Talk about trying to be funnier than Laurel & Hardy! One bit of information...

The oddest thing - as of today - is that among all the responses since folks received their copy, not one discusses the films themselves! How's the quality? Any "new" footage found? Are the new scores dirge-like or high-kickin'? Come on, somebody at least should describe one short, they're...

I'm not sure you will ever find a definitive first use of a bowler hat for comedic purposes since they were doubtless handy props in vaudeville. In Laurel & Hardy's 1927 Do Detectives Think?, their hats are meant to connote that they were tough gumshoes. But I think when you go back to the firs...

He created some of the most beautiful scores for the silents. Here in Germany his theme for Kevin Brownlow's HOLLYWOOD is being heard over the radio every day since his passing.

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I haven't seen Armilly in quite some time. Is there a scene with a slingshot or a gun being fired in Tom's direction? Not that I recall, Rob - but if memory serves Tom Wilson wears an eyepatch over his right eye in AMARILLY - something I had previously attributed to his "tough guy" role i...

Hello Film Friends! Hope all of you are well. Joseph Blough has been posting some great and RARE stuff over the last couple years! Ed! I tried to post an article from January 5, 1918 titled: TOM WILSON LOSES EYE IN ACCIDENT But will have to give you some of the text instead. In part: (Wilson) "...

Rob Farr wrote: He may just have been wall-eyed. But Ed, I'm interested in what you thought of it? Even considering that Masquers' shorts had to cram in as many out-of-work comics as possible, to my eyes its prime pre-Code W&W. I'm with you Rob, this is top-notch Wheeler & Woolsey all the w...

Here I am, big Wheeler & Woolsey advocate and all that, just having watched OH! OH! CLEOPATRA, and my question is: does anyone know whether Tom Wilson had a glass eye? His eyes often appear slightly crooked in his major silent roles but the bit he performs with them here (if this is indeed Tom W...

My 5-star review just appeared on Amazon (12 reviews are posted, all of them give 5 stars to this superb book): https://www.amazon.com/Compleat-Beau-Geste-Frank-Thompson/dp/0998769959/ref=sr_1_1?crid=52N2QWMZ6784&keywords=compleat+beau+geste&qid=1691652728&sprefix=compleat+beau+geste%2Ca...