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A rare late Fox/Sunshine comedy starring Jack Cooper.
https://youtu.be/D7pnifTtih0

From 1930, here is The Voice of Hollywood hosted by Ben Turpin. He has an unusual amount of dialog, suggesting that there was a paucity of stars available at the time of filming. Tho we do get to see Madge Bellamy, Myrna Loy, Alberta Vaughn, Al Cooke and a glimpse of Mickey Daniels. https://youtu.be...

Betty White's connection to Buster Keaton reminds me that we lost the last living (screen) link to W.C. Fields earlier this year. Jane Powell passed on Sept. 16 at 92. Baby LeRoy, Gloria Jean, and Butch and Buddy are all gone.

This essay is a great Christmas gift Richard. Along the lines of pointless reconstructions, the project to map all surviving prints of Shoulder Arms seems particularly meaningless since no one is proposing or funding a restoration of any kind. I grant anyone their right to go down a rabbit hole for ...

Just thought it was rather a dark take perhaps informed by Arbuckle's own view of Hollywood.

In all of Arbuckle's Hollywood Girls comedies, Hollywood is portrayed as a hellhole from which the denizens on the fringes are desperate to escape.

Wow. It’s amazing that Mabel would agree to appear in ANY Sennett film after that. Why make money for the louse, even if Mabel’s features were filmed away from Sennett’s hands-on involvement? Popular myth always put the blame on Mae Busch. Looks like she got the raw end of the deal.

Well, here's something unusual. An Educational two-reeler directed and starring James Gleason with support by Gleason's family, Eugene Pallette, Eddie Dunn, Peggy Montgomery (no longer a Baby) and Jim Thorpe. https://youtu.be/OQqU_aJf5W8

In this Paramount one-reeler, Jack Gilford does several impressions including Harry Langdon. A bold artistic choice to make in 1936. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFmXu6JM96A

This trailer didn't do Lloyd any favors. In every shot, he is completely inert except for his prissy half-smile. The trailer's not-so-subtle message is, "yes, its Harold Lloyd, but LOOK AT THE GREAT SUPPORTING CAST!!!"