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by Richard M Roberts
Sat Mar 15, 2025 2:58 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: HIGH SPOTS (1927) Al St. John reel two
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HIGH SPOTS (1927) Al St. John reel two

Here's reel two only of a pretty clever Al St. John Educational Mermaid directed by Stephen Roberts and featuring Al with Glen Cavender, Clem Beauchamp, Estelle Bradley, jack Lloyd and Elfie Fay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRe_31JICRs&t=5s

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by Richard M Roberts
Fri Mar 07, 2025 2:10 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: THE SCRUB LADY (1917) Marie Dressler
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Views: 687

THE SCRUB LADY (1917) Marie Dressler

Here's one of Marie Dressler's self-produced two-reelers for Goldwyn in 1917, when she was still playing various incarnations of Tillie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E9pdoDBNOk

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by Richard M Roberts
Tue Mar 04, 2025 2:30 am
Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
Topic: NItrateville Correction Dept: Old Movies in HD/on Blu-Ray
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Views: 1055

NItrateville Correction Dept: Old Movies in HD/on Blu-Ray

Hmm, in his review of THE WALKING DEAD, the old Gabbit refers to Director Michael Curtiz having started much of his reputation as Warner's resident horror stylist in the 30's with SVENGALI (1931) with John Barrymore: https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3022&p=299984#p299984 Real...
by Richard M Roberts
Sun Mar 02, 2025 8:11 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: A PEACH AND A PAIR (1915) Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran, Victoria Forde
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Views: 1020

A PEACH AND A PAIR (1915) Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran, Victoria Forde

It does seem an odd thing for an old film historian to say "Here's another Lyons and Moran comedy on Youtube", considering how hard and few there were to see for so many, many years. But here's another Lyons and Moran comedy on Youtube, an early Nestor-Universal when they were working with...
by Richard M Roberts
Wed Feb 26, 2025 5:42 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: LADY, PLEASE (1932) Arthur Stone, Dorothy Granger
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LADY, PLEASE (1932) Arthur Stone, Dorothy Granger

Well, we go from a nice late Sennett silent with Bathing Beauties to perhaps not the worse Mack Sennett talkie ever made, but such a drop in quality. Released by Educational Pictures February 28, 1932, directed by Babe Stafford, it has a nice cast: Arthur Stone, Dorothy Granger, Helen Mann, Walter L...
by Richard M Roberts
Wed Feb 26, 2025 5:28 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: THE CAMPUS VAMP (1928) Daphne Pollard, Sally Eilers, Carole Lombard
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THE CAMPUS VAMP (1928) Daphne Pollard, Sally Eilers, Carole Lombard

Fun late Sennett Bathing Beauty comedy with Sennettcolor sequence, directed by Harry Edwards and featuring Daphne Pollard, Johnny Burke, Sally Eilers, Carole Lombard, Matty Kemp, and the "Sennett Girls" (who look much nicer than the ones in WHY GIRLS WALK HOME): https://www.youtube.com/wat...
by Richard M Roberts
Wed Feb 19, 2025 6:13 am
Forum: SOUND MOVIE MAIN
Topic: A GAY CABALLERO (1928) Devry Cinetone Film
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Views: 2797

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: 1477

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
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Views: 1357

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
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Views: 1548

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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