What percentage of silent comedies survive?
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:28 pm
I've been wondering a lot about this lately.
With survival of Chaplin, Keaton, L&H, Chase, Kangdon, "Glasses" Lloyd, Our Gang and others being fairly high, the overall total would seem higher than the 17% that's mentioned for silent films in general. Even Arbuckle and Semon are doing a lot better than thought a couple of decades ago. With massive, wholesale losses with the second tier and rank-and-file comedians, the overall total still ought to be a bit better than 17%.
DBP
With survival of Chaplin, Keaton, L&H, Chase, Kangdon, "Glasses" Lloyd, Our Gang and others being fairly high, the overall total would seem higher than the 17% that's mentioned for silent films in general. Even Arbuckle and Semon are doing a lot better than thought a couple of decades ago. With massive, wholesale losses with the second tier and rank-and-file comedians, the overall total still ought to be a bit better than 17%.
DBP