That's good news, Rob. It sounds like the pdf download is also faster than copying. How much is the cost per page for the scanning? And whaddya mean "geek?"
Frank
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- Sat May 01, 2010 11:08 pm
- Forum: Research Archive
- Topic: May '29 Release Chart for the Research Geeks
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15002
- Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:33 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Scott Eyman revews Brent Walkers Sennett Book
- Replies: 17
- Views: 28313
Re: Scott Eyman revews Brent Walkers Sennett Book
Maybe this is a contrarian view, but I think that in an indepth study of a studio or a performer, a look at the money involved (or not) is important. I can't think of any comedians or comedy studios that did their best work when their budgets tightened. As Brent notes, by the early 30's Sennett's bu...
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:30 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: What did E. W. Hammons mean?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15205
Re: What did E. W. Hammons mean?
The reason that the Chase-sponsored moving of Educational's US distribution to Fox made sense was that there was not much product overlap between them. In 1932-33, Fox's only short series were the Magic Carpet travelogues and the Movietone News. While Educational did release some non-fiction series ...
- Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:02 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: What did E. W. Hammons mean?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15205
Re: What did E. W. Hammons mean?
Sorry for this longish note, but Educational took a lot of twists and turns in its history, and I thought it made sense to put some of these down. As its name suggests, Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. started out as a distributor of educational and other non-fiction films, and some miscellaneous th...
- Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:10 pm
- Forum: Research Archive
- Topic: CAMERA Comedy Clippings, September 22, 1923
- Replies: 41
- Views: 75788
Re: CAMERA Comedy Clippings, September 22, 1923
As to why I picked CAMERA to transcribe. Its mainly because it is such as rare publication which few researchers have seen much of. MPN and MPW are great resources but are much more commonly available on microfilm. There is no microfilm source for CAMERA that I know of and of the libraries that hav...
- Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:39 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Billy West
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12557
Re: Billy West
Billy West actually pops up in a number of uncredited bit parts, and he seems to have spent quite a bit of time at Columbia, but I think he was busily dodging creditors, including the Weiss Brothers and Consolidated Labs, to whom he and his brother George had defaulted on a number of loans. ... He ...
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:13 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Billy West
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12557
Re: Billy West
As busy as he was during many years of the silent era, he almost drops off the face of the earth come the talkies. In the shorts field, first he directs at least one Snub Pollard title for the Weiss Brothers, which might be one of those obscure early talkies that the Weiss' released in 1929 and 1930...
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:52 pm
- Forum: Research Archive
- Topic: Joan Castle
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10738
Re: Joan Castle
I have Joan Castle credited in the casts of: HERE, PRINCE (Vitaphone, 10/1/32) with Joe Penner I KNOW EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY'S RACKET (Universal, 1/33) with Walter Winchell WRONGORILLA (Vitaphone, 3/4/33) with Jack Haley LAUGHS IN THE LAW (Vitaphone one-reeler, 10/21/33) with Don Coleman and Hugh C...
- Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:21 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Billy West
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12557
Billy West
Does anyone out there have a good filmography for Billy West, particularly his 1920's starring comedies? Any assistance would be appreciated.
Frank
Frank
- Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:59 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Question regarding THE STAGE HAND
- Replies: 30
- Views: 57632
Re: Question regarding THE STAGE HAND
The Film Daily news item in question may have been one that appeared on February 3, 1932, noting that Harry Langdon was to make 12 two reel comedies in the East at Royal Studios, Grantwood, NJ starting the following Monday. Joseph Boyle, formerly of Paramount, was the production manager and George W...