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Please excuse the temporary outages and changing site appearance, we have been laboring in spare moments to improve security and functionality. We expect to be finished within the next week or two.
Thanks for your kind patience.
PG
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- Mon Oct 06, 2025 7:56 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: SCM OUTAGES and OVERHAUL
- Replies: 3
- Views: 414
- Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:01 pm
- Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: VENTRILOQUIST - William & Edna Frawley (1927)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5398
VENTRILOQUIST - William & Edna Frawley (1927)
Here is an extraordinarily rare De Forest Phonofilm short featuring William Frawley and his (former) wife, Edna. While the film suffers from nitrate decomposition, it is a fun example of the duo's vaudeville work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc98ZvcbJQM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc98ZvcbJQM
- Thu May 08, 2025 1:41 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: AND... WE ARE BACK!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5679
AND... WE ARE BACK!
Sorry, Folks! A server glitch rendered the site unavailable for several days, but the issue has been resolved. Please let us know if you experience any further problems logging in or posting here.
Thanks,
-- PG
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-- PG
- Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:31 pm
- Forum: THE PASSING PARADE
- Topic: Donna L. Hill
- Replies: 3
- Views: 43630
Re: Donna L. Hill
She was a regular at Cinecon (usually spotted with Joan Myers, and the rest of the Daughters of Naldi, holding court at the Pig and Whistle) but I cannot immediately recall her making the trek down for Slapsticon either. More's the pity. I did, however, preserve a few of her STOLEN MOMENTS podcasts ...
- Mon Dec 30, 2024 11:47 pm
- Forum: THE PASSING PARADE
- Topic: Donna L. Hill
- Replies: 3
- Views: 43630
Donna L. Hill
Am deeply saddened to report the unexpected passing of our longtime friend -- author, silent film historian, and collector, Donna Hill. Donna was the authority on all things Valentino (see her book: Rudolph Valentino - The Silent Idol, His Life in Photographs) and, in addition to collaborating on so...
- Tue Nov 12, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE LATE SILENTS 1927 Coming in November.........
- Replies: 39
- Views: 120827
Re: CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE LATE SILENTS 1927 Coming in November.........
Sprocket Vault's CHARLEY CHASE 1927 screeners are in the house! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54135131692_cb74907b18.jpg No hyperbole here, these are among the finest comedies produced by the Hal Roach Studios, every bit as fun, funny, and charming as the Laurel & Hardy or Our Gang shorts ...
- Mon Oct 28, 2024 5:37 pm
- Forum: SILENT MOVIE MAIN
- Topic: L&H, Our Gang, Max Davidson billboards at Hal Roach Studios
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14296
Re: L&H, Our Gang, Max Davidson billboards at Hal Roach Studios
My kingdom for a time machine...
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 9:26 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: SCM DDOS ATTACK and MAINTENANCE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18097
Re: SCM DDOS ATTACK and MAINTENANCE
Fab! Thanks, Louie! I have some additional upgrades to make, there will be occasional late night outages, but we are officially back on line and good to go. Post at will!
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: SCM DDOS ATTACK and MAINTENANCE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18097
- Mon Oct 21, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
- Topic: SCM DDOS ATTACK and MAINTENANCE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18097
Re: SCM DDOS ATTACK and MAINTENANCE
Good evening! We have been making adjustments to the site security and firewall, everything appears to be sorted for the administrators, now we are turning attention to resolving the blocked IP address warning members are receiving. If the first few readers who see this message could please try to p...