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by Richard M Roberts
Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:01 pm
Forum: CLASSIC TELEVISION
Topic: LIVING A RAGTIME LIFE (1992) Max Morath
Replies: 2
Views: 497

LIVING A RAGTIME LIFE (1992) Max Morath

One of the perhaps silver linings when a famous person passes is it tends to coax out some of their work from oblivion. Case in point with Max Morath, who passed away last year and his passing brought to light his early NET show THE RAGTIME ERA (1962). Now here's LIVING A RAGTIME LIFE, a filming of ...
by Richard M Roberts
Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:40 am
Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
Topic: Nitrateville: Two complimentary Threads
Replies: 3
Views: 1005

Nitrateville: Two complimentary Threads

Ya know, over at that sorry little site right now are two threads that are mutually complimentary, the former is "When Death Appears Wonderful" and the latter is the announcement of the new seven-hour restoration of NAPOLEON. Yep, at the end of viewing a seven-hour version of NAPOLEON, dea...
by Richard M Roberts
Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:08 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Her Friend The Bandit
Replies: 21
Views: 3897

Re: Her Friend The Bandit

It's so cute that Charlie spells her name as "Mable." Oddly enough, he was not the only one, I've seen Normand's first name spelled that way in a number of reviews and even some of the Mutual press material for the Keystones. Odd because I've never known or known of anyone named Mabel who...
by Richard M Roberts
Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Her Friend The Bandit
Replies: 21
Views: 3897

Re: Her Friend The Bandit

I’ve always thought one of the most interesting pieces of evidence that Chaplin may not be in HER FRIEND THE BANDIT is the fact that he does not include the title in his early handwritten 1914 filmography. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53537094479_4e11319142_b.jpg Now admittedly, he does miss ...
by Richard M Roberts
Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:13 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: HOP OFF (1928) (excerpt) Charley Bowers
Replies: 0
Views: 503

HOP OFF (1928) (excerpt) Charley Bowers

Here's three minutes of a Charlie Bowers Educational Comedy from 1928:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAPRRgpsdr0

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by Richard M Roberts
Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:13 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Her Friend The Bandit
Replies: 21
Views: 3897

Re: Her Friend The Bandit

Thank you Thierry - that's exactly the information I was seeking! Richard We’re glad you’re happy Richard, but I hate to tell you, with all due respect to Thierry, it’s still nothing but a guess, an educated guess perhaps, but still a guess nevertheless. Unless Thierry was physically present at the...
by Richard M Roberts
Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:37 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: SMART WORK (1931) Billy Dooley
Replies: 0
Views: 550

SMART WORK (1931) Billy Dooley

This Roscoe Arbuckle-Directed Educational Cameo Comedy may have been Billy Dooley's first talkie (he had gone back to Vaudeville when Christie let him and his other silent comedians go in 1929). Released December 27, 1931 and featuring Billy with Addie McPhail (Mrs. Arbuckle): https://www.youtube.co...
by Richard M Roberts
Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:33 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: A STUDIO STAMPEDE (1917) Ben Turpin
Replies: 0
Views: 438

A STUDIO STAMPEDE (1917) Ben Turpin

Here's most of Reel Two of this Vogue Comedy released by Mutual March 24, 1917, directed by Robin Williamson and featuring Ben Turpin with Gypsy Abbott, Edward J. Laurie, and Arthur Currier and perhaps a look at the lot where the Vogue Comedies were filmed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cajS65bWu_...
by Richard M Roberts
Fri Feb 09, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: POKER WIDOWS (1931) Arthur Stone, Patsy O'Leary
Replies: 4
Views: 766

Re: POKER WIDOWS (1931) Arthur Stone, Patsy O'Leary

It has always boggled my mind just how clueless Mack Sennett was about Talkies. Here was the man who had made dizzyingly fast paced silent comedies who didn't seem to have ever figured out sound comedies needed pacing as well, and he didn't even seem to figure it out after several years! Didn't he w...