Lloyd Hamilton Silent Comedian DVD
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:46 am
I received my Lloyd Hamilton DVD produced by Mssrs. Glass and Wyatt last night. What a joy. Being able to see a Ham short I have not seen before is always good business. That short was A HOME MADE MAN (1928), the second to last Hamilton Educational short. I didn't have my hopes up being a late Educational but there were some good gags in this. It is apparent in this short that Hamilton digressed from character based stories to simple gag parades. Hamilton is gaunt in this film.
Watching HIS MUSICAL SNEEZE is bittersweet when you realize how many of the Fox shorts are gone for good. I read back in the day that Fox short comedies had huge budgets, but it is now becoming evident to me that the Fox shorts had normal budgets, its just that the Fox shorts department had use of the Fox feature sets which made them look far more expensive. I'm sure the old Sennett crew at Fox without Sennett's control, made shorts with a unique dynamic.
The other titles are from Hamilton's first season at Educational: DYNAMITE, THE SIMP, APRIL FOOL, and MOONSHINE. I had seen these shorts previously, but all of these aforementioned titles had scenes I had not seen before. Seeing MOONSHINE without superimposed titles was neat.
A hearty "good show" to Daves Glass and Wyatt. This is s wonderful disc. Meg Morley is superb.
May we have another please, Ton O' Fun or Snub perchance?
Watching HIS MUSICAL SNEEZE is bittersweet when you realize how many of the Fox shorts are gone for good. I read back in the day that Fox short comedies had huge budgets, but it is now becoming evident to me that the Fox shorts had normal budgets, its just that the Fox shorts department had use of the Fox feature sets which made them look far more expensive. I'm sure the old Sennett crew at Fox without Sennett's control, made shorts with a unique dynamic.
The other titles are from Hamilton's first season at Educational: DYNAMITE, THE SIMP, APRIL FOOL, and MOONSHINE. I had seen these shorts previously, but all of these aforementioned titles had scenes I had not seen before. Seeing MOONSHINE without superimposed titles was neat.
A hearty "good show" to Daves Glass and Wyatt. This is s wonderful disc. Meg Morley is superb.
May we have another please, Ton O' Fun or Snub perchance?