Nitrateville Answer Dept: Billie Reeves

[Richard M Roberts]

A nameless one on Nutrateville postulates that perhaps none of Music Hall and Karno Comedian Billie Reeves films survive. I have three of them, all released by Blackhawk, A DAY ON THE FORCE, HIS WIFE'S NEW LID(both 1915), and A READY-MADE MAID (1916)




and here's that 1930 short Reeves made:







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[Bruce Calvert]

I've got A Day on the Force, but my 16mm print is not from Blackhawk as it has a music score (which Blackhawk didn't offer). It's quite funny. I screened it at one of our Dallas-area movie group showings a few months ago and it went over pretty big.

[David Denton]

Here's Billie Reeves in A DAY ON THE FORCE (Lubin 1915)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNW53mk-xbI

[Thomas Reeder]

I think he's in Pathe's 1930 Monty Banks-directed NEAT AND TIDY as well.

[Richard M Roberts]

I think he's in Pathe's 1930 Monty Banks-directed NEAT AND TIDY as well.

That is what was once embedded at the top of this thread.


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