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by David B Pearson
Mon May 27, 2013 11:53 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: JOUR DE FETE - new restoration
Replies: 9
Views: 18388

Re: JOUR DE FETE - new restoration

Thanks, David! It will be interesting to see whether those editing difference were made when Tati revisited the film in '64 -- since the color version explicitly aimed to follow the editing of the '49. When WDR television showed the '49 in the 80s, most of the material was lifted from a print of th...
by David B Pearson
Mon May 27, 2013 1:36 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: JOUR DE FETE - new restoration
Replies: 9
Views: 18388

Re: JOUR DE FETE - new restoration

Yes, that was the default version until the originally intendeed and photographed color could finally be restored, requiring re-editing though. The Thomsoncolor restoration is fascinating in its own right, a major, marvelous restoration success, and now finally on Blu-Ray (where you can even see th...
by David B Pearson
Tue May 21, 2013 10:07 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: MICKEY MCGUIRE COMEDIES on Youtube
Replies: 2
Views: 6670

Re: MICKEY MCGUIRE COMEDIES on Youtube

Thanks for this Richard! I wanted to see these for many years, but lacked access.

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by David B Pearson
Thu May 09, 2013 9:20 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: SMILEAGE GUARANTEED, Hal Roach Book Coming Soon
Replies: 16
Views: 28763

Re: Some Interesting News

The scary thing is, I wasn't actually kidding in the part about finding more naked pictures of Max Davidson, and yeah, there's a still of O'Donnell in step-ins---------The Horror! The Horror! RICHARD M ROBERTS (This isn't really the way I planned on selling copies of the Book) For pity's sake, plea...
by David B Pearson
Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:26 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: SAVE BUSTER'S BASEBALL FIELD IN MUSKEGON!
Replies: 0
Views: 4030

SAVE BUSTER'S BASEBALL FIELD IN MUSKEGON!

From Patricia Eliot Tobias and the Damfinos --- It's time to mobilize our forces for a good cause! I'm sorry to report that Buster's childhood baseball field in Bluffton is slated for demolition and development. If we act now and make our voices heard, we hope to persuade the owner and developer to ...
by David B Pearson
Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:21 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: The Next Generation
Replies: 6
Views: 10700

Re: The Next Generation

Well, that kid's not to be laughed at.
by David B Pearson
Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:37 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Putting it all in the proper context...
Replies: 0
Views: 4275

Putting it all in the proper context...

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... by Kerr-ving the playing field.
by David B Pearson
Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:30 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: What percentage of silent comedies survive?
Replies: 3
Views: 7038

Re: What percentage of silent comedies survive?

I've been wondering a lot about this lately. With survival of Chaplin, Keaton, L&H, Chase, Langdon, "Glasses" Lloyd, Our Gang and others being fairly high, the overall total would seem higher than the 17% that's mentioned for silent films in general. Even Arbuckle and Semon are doing ...
by David B Pearson
Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:28 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: What percentage of silent comedies survive?
Replies: 3
Views: 7038

What percentage of silent comedies survive?

I've been wondering a lot about this lately. With survival of Chaplin, Keaton, L&H, Chase, Kangdon, "Glasses" Lloyd, Our Gang and others being fairly high, the overall total would seem higher than the 17% that's mentioned for silent films in general. Even Arbuckle and Semon are doing a...
by David B Pearson
Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:48 pm
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Babes in Toyland
Replies: 0
Views: 7477

Babes in Toyland

There are few pleasures greater for a Laurel & Hardy fan than seeing BABES IN TOYLAND with the original titles restored.

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