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- Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:15 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: The Reviews Are In
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7663
The Reviews Are In
The reception that Chaplin's The Gold Rush received from small-town audiences wasn't necessarily what you'd expect. For anyone who might be interested, dozens of exhibitor reviews for the film--- terse, but to the point--- are at my blog this week, at: http://thesilentmovieblog.wordpress.com/2011/01...
- Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:34 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Is CITY LIGHTS a great comedy?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22190
Re: Is CITY LIGHTS a great comedy?
Chaplin succeeds in showing he has triumphed in his sacrifice because the Girl can now see, but we have no idea at all whether he triumphs in LOVE because he won't take the chance and go beyond that ending scene. As Orson Welles once said, sometimes you get a happy ending because you're really just...
- Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:24 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Is CITY LIGHTS a great comedy?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 22190
Re: Is CITY LIGHTS a great comedy?
Oh don’t be silly, of course CITY LIGHTS is a comedy. That said, I will have to admit that it has never been as high on my Chaplin favorite list as it seems to be with others. I think it is technically the sloppiest of Chaplin’s prime works, looking like something pieced together in dribs and drabs...
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:09 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Searching for Info on Silent Film Company
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9023
Re: Searching for Info on Silent Film Company
I received an e-mail from someone asking about a silent film company called "Pyramid Pictures, Inc." I haven't heard of it and wondered if anyone here knew anything about its history. The person has a Syndicate Profit Sharing Agreement dated August 1921 and wants to learn more about the c...
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:50 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Katherine Grant
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14046
Re: Katherine Grant
I always liked Katherine Grant in the Chase and Laurel shorts. Chris, that's not her in the photo - was it supposed to be? LOL SteveR Well, that's the ID on the back of the photo, but I think you're right. Let's try this one -- http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii286/Unknown_Video/GrantKatherine-1...
- Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:33 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Katherine Grant
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14046
Re: Katherine Grant
Can anyone find and post some stills or portraits of her that are more representative of her than that one accompanying the article? Here's one--- http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii286/Unknown_Video/GrantKatherine.jpg As struggling young actresses in the early 1920s, Grant and Esther Ralston wer...
- Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:34 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: George Jessel?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 41513
Re: George Jessel?
In New York, vaudeville took forever to die out. Besides personal appearances, Jessel was the dean of after-dinner speakers in the NYC showbiz community. For years, I heard about the legendary "owl story" that he used to tell, that people would beg him to tell. It was the untoppable story ...
- Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:13 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Raymond Griffith
- Replies: 27
- Views: 44387
Re: Raymond Griffith
Other folks have made some of the points I was going to suggest. In small roles, Griffith does liven up some otherwise bland films; often, those films only come to life when he's onscreen, and the one with Clara Bow is a perfect example. I think that Sherlock Holmes is a greater creation than any of...
- Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:25 pm
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Presenting NICKELODIA #3
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9112
Re: Presenting NICKELODIA #3
Paul F Etcheverry wrote:Chris - any chance you'll bring a few copies to Niles?
Sorry, Paul... I don't get out to Niles much anymore!
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:06 pm
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Presenting NICKELODIA #3
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9112
Presenting NICKELODIA #3
There's a new Unknown Video DVD release now, the third edition in the Nickelodia series. This one's a special all-comedy edition, spotlighting some of the leading comedy series of the American nickelodeon era. There are a pair of Biographs here, both directed (however reluctantly) by D. W. Griffith:...