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by Michael J Hayde
Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:56 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: SMILEAGE GUARANTEED, Hal Roach Book Coming Soon
Replies: 16
Views: 28589

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 Michael J Hayde
Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:17 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: SMILEAGE GUARANTEED, Hal Roach Book Coming Soon
Replies: 16
Views: 28589

Re: Some Interesting News

Strange. Usually, when running Richard's responses through an online sarcasm filter (http://www.translatebombasticcurmudgeons.com), I get the actual answer to the question. This time, it's just returning "Wouldn't YOU like to know?" Looking forward to buying a copy, hopefully at (or near) ...
by Michael J Hayde
Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:56 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Seeking collector/archivist help with a Chaplin project
Replies: 1
Views: 5624

Re: Seeking collector/archivist help with a Chaplin project

Just heard from Kate Guyonvarch of Association Chaplin: "I'm sorry to say that we have absolutely none of the booklets you describe, let alone the two missing ones." I should also mention that NYC's Museum of Modern Art Film Studies Center also doesn't have them. (They have a photocopy of ...
by Michael J Hayde
Sun Apr 07, 2013 10:04 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Seeking collector/archivist help with a Chaplin project
Replies: 1
Views: 5624

Seeking collector/archivist help with a Chaplin project

My next book, which is in the editing stage, will be CHAPLIN'S VINTAGE YEAR: THE HISTORY OF THE MUTUAL-CHAPLIN SPECIALS. It's the complete story of the Lone Star films, framed by the rise and fall of the Mutual Film Corporation, the height of "Chaplinitis" and the details surrounding the v...
by Michael J Hayde
Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:46 am
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Angry Telegrams to Mack Sennett
Replies: 7
Views: 20269

Re: Angry Telegrams to Mack Sennett

This past Thursday I leafed through the Library of Congress' actual issues of REEL LIFE from 1913-14. Mutual definitely distributed ZUZU THE BAND LEADER from the get-go. In fact, they advertised it in consecutive issues for at least four months. However, unlike the Keystone two-reelers that followed...
by Michael J Hayde
Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:57 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Billie Ritchie's Salary at L-Ko
Replies: 5
Views: 11628

Re: Billie Ritchie's Salary at L-Ko

It's baloney. Billie would have doing nearly as well as Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin at the time if he made that. Somehow, the Titusville Herald doesn't strike me as a major Hollywood News Source either. RICHARD M ROBERTS Forget Ritchie... I'd be astonished if Lehrman was getting that much! To...
by Michael J Hayde
Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:28 am
Forum: Research Archive
Topic: Angry Telegrams to Mack Sennett
Replies: 7
Views: 20269

Re: Angry Telegrams to Mack Sennett

Based on the following article from the NEW YORK CLIPPER of December 6, 1913, it doesn't look like Sennett "took it upon himself" to make two-reelers. He might have pushed for it, but he did get support - at least at first - from Kessel and Baumann: MORE KEYSTONES COMING There has been suc...
by Michael J Hayde
Mon Nov 05, 2012 12:01 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Langdon book review by Brad Linaweaver
Replies: 22
Views: 37549

Re: Langdon book review by Brad Linaweaver

Actually, no, Capra’s women were always pushovers to be redeemed, and fell way too quickly. Barbara Stanwyck in LADIES OF LEISURE, THE MIRACLE WOMAN, FORBIDDEN, THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN and MEET JOHN DOE, can’t hold a candle to Barbara Stanwyck in most of her Warner vehicles like BABYFACE. And...
by Michael J Hayde
Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:01 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Langdon book review by Brad Linaweaver
Replies: 22
Views: 37549

Re: Langdon book review by Brad Linaweaver

It appears the ironic sarcasm eluded you Michael, my apparently too subtle point was that that was not the Capra touch at all, and another reason I consider his self-proclaimed "equal" status within Langdon's unit questionable. I knew you were being sarcastic, but thought it was much more...
by Michael J Hayde
Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:32 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Langdon book review by Brad Linaweaver
Replies: 22
Views: 37549

Re: Langdon book review by Brad Linaweaver

Theres some great Langdon bits in it, and it has a nice mysoginistic tone to it, more of that "Capra" touch eh? RICHARD M ROBERTS Well, THE CHASER ain't exactly a valentine to women, either, and Capra had nothing to do with that one! Seriously, you have to wonder if misogyny was the commo...