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How did you do that so effortlessly when you already admitted you weren't that familiar with CRACKING UP? I'm stunned. Late 70's cars, early 80's suit, couldn't have been anything but either HARDLY WORKING or CRACKING UP, and I vaguely recall that Lewis is a bit more upscale in dress in CRACKING UP...

Hmmm, a good question, as those appear to be late-70's cars. I've slept through both HARDLY WORKING and CRACKING UP, but I couldn't tell you which film it may come from, though my money is on CRACKING UP.

BTW, the article is a load of bollocks.


RICHARD M ROBERTS

Here is what sets The Silent Comedy Mafia apart from other sites: Facts are not a matter of consensus. Preferences are, of course, but nobody gets away with changing the truth because it makes a better story. Frederica clearly has a historian's eye, while the original poster has made it abundantly ...

I see the NNN (Nameless Nitrateville Nincompoop) who started the whole silly thread on early deaths in Hollywood gets snarky when anyone tries to give him the facts. Sorry Frederica, but I understand that one too well from my days on Nitratevile. See folks, whether you're doing a scholarly tome or j...

Yes, there are too many to list. I posted one, director Lynn Reynolds-suicide, but there are still so many obvious ones left, like Billie Ritchie. And how would you characterize "Smiling Bill" Parsons-actor, producer, director? Did he work himself to death? Was it stunt-related as implied...

I see the NNN’s are compiling a list of “silent film tragedies”, i.e people who died young or mysteriously during or soon after the Silent Era. As usual, the first one they list os Thomas H. Ince, of “probable murder”, even though that group of all people should know better than that. And of course ...

Gary Johnson wrote:Alcohol and Alzheimers..........the double whammy.

Or a really weird Larry Semon short from 1918.


RICHARD M ROBERTS

In articles and interviews I always found McCarey rather self-effacing when talking about L&H. It was never "I told them to do this....I invented derby hats..." He mostly just seem to enjoy re-telling his stories of everyone laughing on the sets and having fun. And he always came acro...

Hey Bruce Calvert, Congratulations, you've added more of the general misinformation that is a hallmark of Nitratevile these days: You got the wrong Tuska! John Tuska was an artist that indeed passed away in 1998, but Jon Tuska, as far as I know, is still alive and living in Portland, Oregon, but cer...

Dear Mafia Members--- Thank you for re-opening the registration to this site. My name is David Hennessy and I have been enjoying your site for a while. My question for you all is this: I was wondering how much credit should be given to Leo McCarey in the creation and development of Laurel and Hardy...