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by Richard M Roberts
Wed Feb 19, 2025 6:13 am
Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
Topic: A GAY CABALLERO (1928) Devry Cinetone Film
Replies: 1
Views: 72

A GAY CABALLERO (1928) Devry Cinetone Film

Another of those Devry Cinetone films for a home sound-on-disc system that used commercial record as the soundtrack and had actors mime them. Some unknowns do Frank Crumit's recording of the title tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjkdXcBXI6E

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by Richard M Roberts
Tue Feb 18, 2025 5:34 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: WHAT A CLUE WILL DO (1917) Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran
Replies: 1
Views: 134

WHAT A CLUE WILL DO (1917) Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran

A silly Universal short from 1917 with Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loHBOwVtUjQ

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by Richard M Roberts
Sun Feb 16, 2025 5:27 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: ARE WAITRESSES SAFE? (1917) Louise Fazenda, Ben Turpin
Replies: 1
Views: 440

ARE WAITRESSES SAFE? (1917) Louise Fazenda, Ben Turpin

Mack Sennett-Paramount released November 18, 1917, directed by Hampton Del Ruth and Victor heeman featuring Louise Fazenda, ben Turpin, Slim Summerville, Glen Cavender, Wayland Trask Erle C. Kenton, Gene Rogers, and Teddy and Pepper the Cat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYD6hxcARDs RICHARD M ROBE...
by Richard M Roberts
Sat Feb 15, 2025 11:25 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: WHO DONE IT (1917) Gale Henry, Billy Franey , MIlburn Morante
Replies: 2
Views: 416

WHO DONE IT (1917) Gale Henry, Billy Franey , MIlburn Morante

1917 Universal Joker Comedy directed by William Beaudine and featuring Gale Henry, Billy Franey, Milburn Morante, Charles Haefeli, Eddie Baker and Milton Sims:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OrjeFaeCSE

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by Richard M Roberts
Tue Feb 11, 2025 4:43 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: THE MEN HATERS CLUB(1910) Florence Turner, Edith Storey, Rose Tapley
Replies: 0
Views: 901

THE MEN HATERS CLUB(1910) Florence Turner, Edith Storey, Rose Tapley

Twas ever thus, this 1910 Vitagraph comedy directed by Laurence Trimble has three of Vitagraph's leading ladies, Florence Turner, Edith Storey, Rose Tapley getting mad at their men and starting the She-Woman Man Haters Club so the man, including Maurice Costello, start a club of their own. Good Vita...
by Richard M Roberts
Sun Feb 09, 2025 6:21 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: NItrateville Nerdumb Slapping Dept: Trailer: Charley Chase at Hal Roach The Late Silents 1927
Replies: 19
Views: 13203

Re: NItrateville Nerdumb Slapping Dept: Trailer: Charley Chase at Hal Roach The Late Silents 1927

William, this is exactly the way you should view this whole thread, and I think it is the way most of the normal or reasonably normal folk who read our site would and should look at it, and that probably includes the majority of the population of nitwitvile, however small that population is these da...
by Richard M Roberts
Fri Feb 07, 2025 12:48 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: NItrateville Nerdumb Slapping Dept: Trailer: Charley Chase at Hal Roach The Late Silents 1927
Replies: 19
Views: 13203

Re: NItrateville Nerdumb Slapping Dept: Trailer: Charley Chase at Hal Roach The Late Silents 1927

https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=36933 As usual, don't expect the correct answer on Nitwitvile, or anyone to actually listen to commentaries or even read the production credits or the titles. Mr. Pyle would have learned that it indeed was the British release version of THE WAY OF...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu Feb 06, 2025 6:37 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: NItrateville Nerdumb Slapping Dept: Trailer: Charley Chase at Hal Roach The Late Silents 1927
Replies: 19
Views: 13203

Re: NItrateville Nerdumb Slapping Dept: Trailer: Charley Chase at Hal Roach The Late Silents 1927

So the Gebbit decided to try the old foolish ploy of trying to make two wrongs into a right (never works) by actually closing his own thread. Gee, good old American thinking, when it becomes clear everyone can see that you’ve made a mistake, don’t make it right and move on, double down on it! In doi...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu Feb 06, 2025 6:34 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: NItrateville Nerdumb Slapping Dept: Trailer: Charley Chase at Hal Roach The Late Silents 1927
Replies: 19
Views: 13203

Re: NItrateville Nerdumb Slapping Dept: Trailer: Charley Chase at Hal Roach The Late Silents 1927

Richard, much like Fox-Movietone News, your work speaks for itself. As I'm fond of saying, thanks to people like you, we can continue to have nice things. Aside from Ben Model, Steve Massa, and a few others, there's not many on N'ville that can make that claim. You're welcome William. RICHARD M ROB...
by Richard M Roberts
Thu Feb 06, 2025 6:32 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: NItrateville Nerdumb Slapping Dept: Trailer: Charley Chase at Hal Roach The Late Silents 1927
Replies: 19
Views: 13203

Re: NItrateville Nerdumb Slapping Dept: Trailer: Charley Chase at Hal Roach The Late Silents 1927

Rift Corbitt wrote:Thanks and I get what your saying


You're welcome.

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