This one is about as obscure as it gets, Bobbie Bolder was mostly a supporting comic at Essanay and elsewhere, but he did star in a series of Everett True comedies for the very short-lived Chicago-based American Bioscope Company in early 1917. This short even gives you a look at the ABC offices and studio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boH5h1sUBkg
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EVERETT TRUE BREAKS INTO THE MOVIES (1917) Bobbie Bolder
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Re: EVERETT TRUE BREAKS INTO THE MOVIES (1917) Bobbie Bolder
Very interesting. The character is based on a comic strip that I never heard of and ran from about 1905 thru 1927. I looked up some examples and it seemed to use exactly one joke repeated daily for 20+ years: Everett is offended by someone lacking in some area and beats them up.
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Re: EVERETT TRUE BREAKS INTO THE MOVIES (1917) Bobbie Bolder
http://explore.chicagocollections.org/i ... 8/1834h17/
Here's the studio they filmed in and around. You can see the skylight. To the right is the storefront where they line up: 6242 North Broadway, Chicago. They should have hired the funny little fellow who was first in line.
Here's the studio they filmed in and around. You can see the skylight. To the right is the storefront where they line up: 6242 North Broadway, Chicago. They should have hired the funny little fellow who was first in line.
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