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Slapsticon features known, unknown early film comedians By Liz Leslie Special to the H-T June 23, 2013 . Silent comedy is no oxymoron. For anyone familiar with the antics of legendary Charlie Chaplin or Fatty Arbuckle, expressive comedic actors paired with jaunty musical accompaniments can be engros...

Chance of thunderstorms all week with temps near 90 degrees....?? I smell potential for a good old-fashioned Midwest F5 tornado. (That seems to be the only level that Mother Nature produces anymore) Forget the rain-gear and galoshes. I'm bringing alone my Grandpa's storm cellar. Well, there aren't ...

Well, the prints are prepped, the bags are packed, and this week a lot of films by funny dead people and live people who like them will be wending their way Mid-Westward towards Bloomington, Indiana to converge at Slapsticon 2013. We wish you all safe travels back and forth, and look forward to seei...

Turn the sound off, because the music is horrible, but here is the first reel, all that apparently exists, on THE GIFT SUPREME (1920) starring Bernard J. Durning and Seena Owen and featuring Lon Chaney. Quality is not great, but at least you get to see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rFGDBySZYg ...

This one's a jaw-dropper. Broadcast Nov 6, 1958, the strangest adaptation of Joseph Conrad's book ever perpetrated. Worth it to see Boris Karloff as Kurtz:








RICHARD M ROBERTS

Todays note is for the 1941 Columbia programmer MYSTERY SHIP, directed by Lew Landers and starring Paul Kelly and Lola Lane: MYSTERY SHIP Yeah, on the surface MYSTERY SHIP don’t look like much, Paul Kelly and Lola Lane in the leads, and a young, pre-JOLSON STORY Larry Parks as the best friend. Lane’...

Jim Reid wrote:It's got everything I've wanted to know and couldn't find anywhere. This is a definate must-have!
Thanks for this book, Richard!

Thanks Again Jim, for both the nice words and moving it to the right thread.


RICHARD M ROBERTS

It's got everything I've wanted to know and couldn't find anywhere. This is a definate must-have! Thanks for this book, Richard! You're welcome Jim, and thanks for the nice words. Oh, I give up, if you're gonna praise my book in the wrong thread, what else can I do? We don't do all that moving thre...

Here's the thread to comment on the book, rather than the Banned Thread.


RICHARD M ROBERTS

I received my copy yesterday, and it's a wow! A truly astonishing book Richard; thank you for putting this out! Lots of great pictures and fascinating info, I'm having a ball reading it. But no picture of Finlayson au natural? Dennis Thanks for the nice words Dennis, glad you like tha book. But hey...