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Is this Constance Howard (image grabbed from the internet)? If it is, she looks pretty good to my aging eyes. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?strucID=527690&imageID=th-21800&k=0&print=small There's a resemblance, don't you think? Tom Reeder That pic is C...

That girl is definitely NOT Constance Howard, she's way much cuter than Constance Howard.


RICHARD M ROBERTS

And hey, while we're on the subject of Mafiosi's books, did you know that Brent Walker's great Mack Sennett book is now out in paperback at a more affordable price? http://www.amazon.com/Mack-Sennetts-Fun-Factory-Filmography/dp/0786477113/ref=sr_1_3_title_2_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368435599...

This is obviously great news, and I look forward to reading your book Steve, many Mafiosi are finally getting their books out! This Summer looks like there will be much fine reading for Lovers of Classic Comedy.


RICHARD M ROBERTS

We announced it in the midst of the Nitrateville wars thread, but to save you all having to plow through that again, we decided to announce here that we have reopened our membership registration. So if you would like to come join the group for more free-wheeling and free-speeching film talk, be welc...

Okay, couldn't resist this one, the Guy with the pretentious French moniker just opened his mouth a bit wider than his brain on the Showboat thread again: "didi-5 wrote: I think the failure - understandable at the time - not to cast a black or mixed race actress as Julie did make that part of t...

Bud Abbott must have had the same lousy agent as Bela Lugosi. He was a natural to play fast-talking wise guys, detectives, Damon Runyon-type characters... you name it. He should have gotten all the work he wanted, and he was sure in need of some career security, once his relationship with Lou Coste...

Okay Gang, here’s the latest scoop on the book. I will indeed be selling and signing copies of SMILEAGE GUARANTEED, PAST HUMOR, PRESENT LAUGHTER, THE COMEDY FILM INDUSTRY 1910-1945, VOLUME ONE: HAL ROACH at Cinevent in Columbus, Ohio, Memorial Day Weekend, May 24th-27th, as well as bringing books to...

Well now, since the powers that be at Nitrateville have now swept my whole banning under the rug and will pretend like it didn’t happen (though, who knows, we’ve archived the whole thread , and maybe we’ll put it up on line over here), we can get on to other more interesting things. Yet the neat thi...

Checking in today, lets see how the silliness has continued: To begin with, bravo Richard Warner, you called them on the trash job: “Those who wanted Richard Roberts banned from Nitrateville have had their wish granted, rightly or wrongly. Now we have various Nitrateville members crawling out of the...