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- Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:49 am
- Forum: Research Archive
- Topic: Harold Lloyd by Robert E. Sherwood
- Replies: 2
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Re: Harold Lloyd by Robert E. Sherwood
It's interesting that Sherwood actually mentions the effects of the bomb: the loss to his right hand. Yes indeed. It's not the first mention in the press of Harold's hand injury (those reports came soon after the occurrence in 1919) but Sherwood's account appeared when Lloyd was at the height of hi...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: Research Archive
- Topic: Harold Lloyd by Robert E. Sherwood
- Replies: 2
- Views: 21999
Harold Lloyd by Robert E. Sherwood
"Harold Lloyd himself is not a great comedian - not to be compared, individually, with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harry Langdon, W.C. Fields... He has no genius for pantomimic clowning; his humor, at all times, is reliant upon the surrounding situations. But he has something that all these...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 6:26 am
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: New York: Harpo Marx Returns from Russia (1934) Paramount Newsreel
- Replies: 0
- Views: 24946
New York: Harpo Marx Returns from Russia (1934) Paramount Newsreel
"HARPO COMES HOME Harpo, Marx Brothers silent member, returns from stay in Russia. Asked his opinions, he keeps them all under his hat."
https://youtu.be/K3dgH5YP01I?si=8ud1-2OPw9NYiT4v
https://youtu.be/K3dgH5YP01I?si=8ud1-2OPw9NYiT4v
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:25 am
- Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
- Topic: THE DEFENDERS (1962) Bert Wheeler, William Shatner guest stars
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14190
THE DEFENDERS (1962) Bert Wheeler, William Shatner guest stars
SiCom Mafia might be the only site where the poster makes a bigger fuss about Bert Wheeler's late tv appearance over a pre-Star Trek Bill Shatner. Thanks to my brother for sending this episode my way, that Wheeler & Woolsey book I sent him 30 years ago came in handy when he saw this online. Bert...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: MAX COMES ACROSS (1917) Max Linder
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11304
Re: MAX COMES ACROSS (1917) Max Linder
Here's yet another brief excerpt from the elusive MAX COMES ACROSS, sent to me by a friend who found it from she-doesn't-remember-where, and possibly had it in her possession for several years now. It appears to be a tattered print filmed off television but at this point I'm grateful to see anything...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:55 am
- Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
- Topic: CROSSROADS USA (1952) Regis Toomey, Daryl Hickman
- Replies: 2
- Views: 21932
Re: CROSSROADS USA (1952) Regis Toomey, Daryl Hickman
Not a bad little industrial at that, either. Assistant director Eddie Santa served the same function on a number of late Columbia two-reelers, often with The Three Stooges (he was the A.D. on the 3-D SPOOKS shortly after this).
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 10:07 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: GALLOPING GHOSTS (1926) Gale Henry & The Ton of Fun
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12853
GALLOPING GHOSTS (1926) Gale Henry & The Ton of Fun
Courtesy the Eye Institute:
Standard Photoplay two-reeler directed by Ralph Cedar, with Frank Alexander, Fatty Karr, Kewpie Ross, Lois Boyd, and the always fabulous Gale Henry.
https://youtu.be/NGxGkKw4FKM?si=cPIt3wC3LRQmf_mT
Standard Photoplay two-reeler directed by Ralph Cedar, with Frank Alexander, Fatty Karr, Kewpie Ross, Lois Boyd, and the always fabulous Gale Henry.
https://youtu.be/NGxGkKw4FKM?si=cPIt3wC3LRQmf_mT
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 6:17 am
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Retro - Harold Lloyd
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19688
Re: Retro - Harold Lloyd
Thank you Uli, it's always fun watching these latter-day interviews. My German isn't up to par yet (I doubt it will ever be!), but when the interviewer asked Harold whether he directed his films, did Lloyd reply in the affirmative or did he qualify his answer? Of course Harold's involvement in his p...
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:05 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: David Wyatt Tribute at Kennington Bioscope
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5077
Re: David Wyatt Tribute at Kennington Bioscope
A Memorial Tribute to David Wyatt, who passed away last year, was done at the recent SILENT LAUGHTER weekend a the Kennington Bioscope in London, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drEk0pqWUpE RICHARD M ROBERTS A beautiful tribute from each participant to one of our most beloved silent com...
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 7:14 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: TROUBLE BREWING (1924) Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8395
Re: TROUBLE BREWING (1924) Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy
Thank you Richard, good to finally see the last of Larry's Vitagraphs, Smith was right, it resembles numerous Semon shorts of the last few seasons. I was almost disappointed when a satchel bag containing money didn't show up in the first ten minutes- a common plot point in so many post-1920 Semon co...