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Perhaps not coincidentally, Union Film Distributors is also the company that released "Sound of Laughter" that same year. It's a compilation of Educational talkie clips hosted by Ed Wynn (who never made an Educational talkie).

This week Jonathan Winters was the guest on Marc Maron's WTF podcast, here: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_173_-_jonathan_winters Maron is a working comic who produces his twice-weekly podcast from the road. He gets a lot of mileage from his interviews with fellow comics because they...

...from John McElwee of Greenbriar Picture Shows. Go to his indespensible site for fascinating stories (usually about exhibition) incredible graphics and more: http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/ "Countdown begins toward Cinevent and Slapsticon, my two favorite Spring-Summer destination...

So... Do you believe the Indian is Buster?

I don't normally crosspost between forums, but Harold Aherne on Nitrateville made note of a cascade of short comedy filmographies being posted on The Classic Film Union Blog at the TCM site: "I don't recall whether I've mentioned this before, but a user named Jlewis at TCM's Classic Film Union ...

Not too many people outside of the archival world have seen Red Hot Tires, but our research indicates it's an entertaining little action comedy. And anything directed by Erle C. Kenton is worth seeing. He's best known for his sound horror films, but in his early days could always be depended upon to...

Yeah, I have the Max set in my hot little hands too. Chris, let's race to see who can be first to post a review. And...I'm off!

Was that marajuana that Ham and the thin guy were fighting over?

Our friend Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi has shared info that Routledge, UK publishers of academic arts journals, are allowing free access to all issues (vols. 308) through Feb. 28. Of particular interest to us... Dear all, our dear colleague Ross Lipman shared with us that his essay on the restoration of TI...

...to air Monday Feb. 21 and 28 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yyb3j Matthew Sweet travels to Switzerland to explore the vast archive of Chaplin's unfinished scripts, letters and press cuttings that document the extraordinary record of his genius. Episode 1 of 2: Matthew Sweet meets Michael Chap...