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- Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:26 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: review of TOO MUCH JOHNSON at LACMA May 3, 2014
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18751
Re: review of TOO MUCH JOHNSON at LACMA May 3, 2014
Thanks Pal. I've already been catching up with these files. I can't add much more to Richard's resounding praise except to add that this is a fun and witty homage to the era of the Nickelodeon. And there is no contempt or mocking derision displayed over the style of those early films. It is clear t...
- Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:22 am
- Forum: SCM 101
- Topic: Silent "Our Gang" question (not the usual one)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 39347
Re: Silent "Our Gang" question (not the usual one)
Marvelous! And I just found, courtesy of Lantern, an article in the November 19, 1956 issue of BROADCASTING-TELECASTING that Onyx and Hal Roach Studios had filed suit against Tarbox, Film Classics, NBC and George Bagnall & Associates for pirating the Roach Pathés. "The suit claims Mssrs. T...
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:25 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: MACK SENNETT COLLECTION COMMENTARY TRACKS and ERRATA
- Replies: 14
- Views: 26484
Re: MACK SENNETT COLLECTION COMMENTARY TRACKS and ERRATA
Ha! There was no room left for anything more than what we did! Seriously, the material took up 99% of the available space on every disc. (We needed a shoehorn to wedge in the PDF for Joe Adamson's essay.) No room for another thing, even if it was only wafer thin... That's right, I forgot, this was ...
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:02 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: MACK SENNETT COLLECTION COMMENTARY TRACKS and ERRATA
- Replies: 14
- Views: 26484
Re: MACK SENNETT COLLECTION COMMENTARY TRACKS and ERRATA
Hey, how did I end up doing more the rest of the gang? Lazy Pikers!
RICHARD M ROBERTS (and if I'd have known GALLOPING BUNGALOWS was going wanting, I'd have done one for that too, it's one of the best Sennetts Del Lord ever did)
RICHARD M ROBERTS (and if I'd have known GALLOPING BUNGALOWS was going wanting, I'd have done one for that too, it's one of the best Sennetts Del Lord ever did)
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:21 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: review of TOO MUCH JOHNSON at LACMA May 3, 2014
- Replies: 11
- Views: 18751
Re: review of TOO MUCH JOHNSON at LACMA May 3, 2014
Now even Gary Johnson can have TOO MUCH JOHNSON:
http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserv ... ater-films
And they even got the speeds right!
RICHARD M ROBERTS
http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserv ... ater-films
And they even got the speeds right!
RICHARD M ROBERTS
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:40 pm
- Forum: THE PASSING PARADE
- Topic: Don Pardo RIP
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8119
Don Pardo RIP
I guess I'll start off the Passing Parade with this, although it would have fit in either Classic Radio ro Classic Television just as well. Don Pardo passed away Monday at his home in Tucson, Arizona: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/nyregion/don-pardo-the-voice-of-saturday-night-live-dies-at-96.ht...
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:11 pm
- Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: LADY GODIVA (1911) Vitagraph
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6152
LADY GODIVA (1911) Vitagraph
Here's an interesting early version of the historical legend, alas, utilizing the same hair-hiding-everything get-up Maureen O'Hara went for decades later, but an early Vitagraph Epic featuring Julia Swayne Gordon, Robert Gaillard, Kate Price (stop trembling, she doen't play Godiva), and Clara Kimba...
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 2:38 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: MACK SENNETT COLLECTION VOL 1 Blu-Ray
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24413
Re: MACK SENNETT COLLECTION VOL 1 Blu-Ray
Up to four five-star reviews today, and I particularly like a quote from Rift Corbett (who joined here some time ago, hello Rift, feel free to post something once in awhile): "Let's take "Fatty and Mabel Adrift" by far the best it has ever looked on home video and most importantly it ...
- Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:07 am
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: Laurel and Hardy on Stage book / CD set
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10415
Re: Laurel and Hardy on Stage book / CD set
Quietly released and now ready for online order, apparently: http://www.laurelandhardyonstage.com/ Uli I can highly recommend this book to one and all, it's chock full of rare photos from their Denmark Tour of 1947, it's delightful to hear not one, but TWO audio versions of the "Driver's Licen...
- Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:03 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: MACK SENNETT COLLECTION VOL 1 Blu-Ray
- Replies: 13
- Views: 24413
MACK SENNETT COLLECTION VOL 1 Blu-Ray
Well, it looks like SOMEONE has gotten their copy from Flicker Alley, the set already has one five-star review on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Mack-Sennett-Coll ... dp_p_img_4
RICHARD M ROBERTS
http://www.amazon.com/Mack-Sennett-Coll ... dp_p_img_4
RICHARD M ROBERTS