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- Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:51 am
- Forum: Books, DVDs, Broadcasts & Screenings
- Topic: New early cinema book with loads of pre Hollywood comedy.
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New early cinema book with loads of pre Hollywood comedy.
I just published a book that a few here may be interested in. It is a deluxe reprinting of a 1907 cinema catalog. 438 pages and full of illustrations. Lots of early comedy is in it. See them from the perspective of a potential exhibitor. It is self published and sold through ebay. You will not be di...
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:37 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: "Amazing Years of Cinema" w/ Douglas Fairbanks Jr on YouTube
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"Amazing Years of Cinema" w/ Douglas Fairbanks Jr on YouTube
Here is an early Thanksgiving treat from my vast 1980s broadcast recorded VHS archive that I am just starting to tap into Back around the late 1980s - early 1990s the History Channel or A&E ran various programs on silent cinema. Here is one of them. "The Amazing Years of Cinema" was a ...
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:27 am
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Can someone put a date on this photo? 191? Keystone 61?
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Re: Can someone put a date on this photo? 191? Keystone 61?
Thanks!
The Bijou was an important venue in the area's vaudeville and motion picture history.
Thanks again for putting a date to this!! :)
The Bijou was an important venue in the area's vaudeville and motion picture history.
Thanks again for putting a date to this!! :)
- Sat Aug 08, 2015 11:45 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Can someone put a date on this photo? 191? Keystone 61?
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Re: Can someone put a date on this photo? 191?
I kept the two autos in the above photo. Perhaps they can point to a correct year. The same picture uncropped. Everything but two of the buildings in the distance are gone. https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/11811573_10154068170922388_8256100921282501109_n.jpg?oh=377693f67958...
- Sat Aug 08, 2015 11:43 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: Can someone put a date on this photo? 191? Keystone 61?
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Can someone put a date on this photo? 191? Keystone 61?
Hello, I have March 11 as the day but no year for this photo. About 100 years ago someone put together a stereopticon slide presentation about the blight in Saginaw, MI. This is one of about 10-12 and shows the Bijou Theatre with a street advertizement out front. To my eyes the street ad says "...