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...and I've been too swamped at work to write down any thoughts!! :) (Also, in all honesty, I was sidetracked by the Max Davidson set...) I will say this... HOSPITALITY is a really fascinating piece of film, and the David Pearson documentary is, like those that preceded it on earlier discs, stellar...

And?....

Total Crap. RICHARD M ROBERTS I'm not so certain. Harold's granddaughter Suzanne would have access to footage from both the foreign and domestic cameras shooting "Safety Last!" so a 3-D model based of that could be VERY cool. (Not that I would know, as my being partially blind in the left...

Gary Johnson wrote:I fear Matt is taking his life in his hands quoting Marion Meade to David.

Gary J.

Nah... I think everybody knows the score on Marion Meade by now.

DBP

The reception that Chaplin's The Gold Rush received from small-town audiences wasn't necessarily what you'd expect. For anyone who might be interested, dozens of exhibitor reviews for the film--- terse, but to the point--- are at my blog this week, at: http://thesilentmovieblog.wordpress.com/2011/0...

Blystone gets screen credit for Our Hospitality, but not for Seven Chances. Anyone seen Keaton Studio records to confirm who directed what? Unfortunately, John Blystone (like too many prolific silent comedy veterans) died young, in 1938; he helmed many Alice Howell comedies and no doubt had some gr...

Sure,

Glenn Mitchell says Blystone directed Seven Chances in The Laurel & Hardy Encyclopedia.

I was wondering if I missed something.

DBP

What's the deal about this, if any?

I got tired of waiting -- has anybody (besides me) seen the darned thing?

DBP

Jobyna Ralston smokes any of Chaplin's ladies.

DBP