SCREEN SNAPSHOTS: MEMORIES OF FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD COMEDIANS

[Richard M Roberts]

In case some of you have never seen this, it's actually two episodes of SCREEN SNAPSHOTS spliced together, but there is some incredibly rare footage of a lot of our favorite comics, silent and sound:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tinu98XIY2Q


RICHARD M ROBERTS

[Gary Johnson]

Any ideas concerning that opening clip of Arbuckle and Murray -- some kind of behind the scenes newsreel clip?

[Richard M Roberts]

Any ideas concerning that opening clip of Arbuckle and Murray -- some kind of behind the scenes newsreel clip?

Most likely taken right out of an earlier edition of SCREEN SNAPSHOTS, which one can say for all of the footage.


RICHARD M ROBERTS

[Pasquale Ventura]

Arbuckle performs a funny pantomime gag on the spot pulling out Murray's mustache hairs, his mouth clearly moving to "She loves me, she loves me not..."

Pasquale Ventura

[Paul E. Gierucki]

Indeed, this is a short clip from Screen Snapshots (1921) with Sessue Hayakawa, Arbuckle, and Murray. The complete segment exists in 35mm and will be on the Arbuckle Anthology.