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by Louie Despres
Tue Jan 07, 2025 1:44 pm
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Where are the 4 "lost" RKO Clark & McCullough's hiding?
Replies: 0
Views: 2955

Where are the 4 "lost" RKO Clark & McCullough's hiding?

Been on a Clark & McCullough kick lately and I know the survival rate of their Fox shorts is abysmal, but it appears, through 16mm, "gray market" DVD's/VHS & YouTube uploads, only 4 of the shorts they made at RKO have not surfaced: A Peep On The Deep (1930) A Melon-Drama (1931) The...
by Louie Despres
Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:54 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: SCM DDOS ATTACK and MAINTENANCE
Replies: 9
Views: 10537

Re: SCM DDOS ATTACK and MAINTENANCE

I'm here!
by Louie Despres
Tue Oct 15, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: BUSTER KEATON vs R.E.M.
Replies: 3
Views: 5474

Re: BUSTER KEATON vs R.E.M.

I love Buster Keaton. I love R.E.M. This is an abomination.
by Louie Despres
Sun Sep 22, 2024 9:45 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Need info on "Help Yourself" (1927) NOW WITH PICTURES
Replies: 16
Views: 37102

Re: Need info on "Help Yourself" (1927) NOW WITH PICTURES

Richard,
That's where they came from.
by Louie Despres
Sat Sep 21, 2024 8:50 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Need info on "Help Yourself" (1927) NOW WITH PICTURES
Replies: 16
Views: 37102

Re: Need info on "Help Yourself" (1927) NOW WITH PICTURES

Louie, If the short of LIFE OF REILLY is the Hodginson short, not the later feature, there is a chance Clara Bow is in it. If that is the case you will be beloved by the silent film intelligentsia. Congratulations Louie. To seek for years an obscure, lost comedy short, and to finally find it is not...
by Louie Despres
Sat Sep 21, 2024 8:40 am
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Need info on "Help Yourself" (1927) NOW WITH PICTURES
Replies: 16
Views: 37102

Re: Need info on "Help Yourself" (1927) NOW WITH PICTURES

El Brendel's lost 1928 short, "Help Yourself" had surfaced. I am EXTREMELY happy to announce I have been able to acquire a one reel cutdown which has a voiceover instead of title cards. Along with the film, the collector who sold it to me, said he had another 800' reel which had some other...
by Louie Despres
Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Nitrateville Answer Dept: Question for Sennett/Keystone Authority
Replies: 2
Views: 7560

Re: Nitrateville Answer Dept: Question for Sennett/Keystone Authority

Wow! Ray didn't know this? I'm a ding-a-ling and I knew this!
by Louie Despres
Tue Jun 25, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: SOUND COMEDY MAIN
Topic: Three Stooges shorts on bluray in July
Replies: 5
Views: 17414

Re: Three Stooges shorts on bluray in July

I thought the DVD sets looked perfectly fine. No need to upgrade here!
by Louie Despres
Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: SILENT COMEDY MAIN
Topic: CHINATOWN CHARLIE (1928) Johnny HInes, Harry Gribbon
Replies: 2
Views: 28171

Re: CHINATOWN CHARLIE (1928) Johnny HInes, Harry Gribbon

Nice!

Gribbon going for the boob grab at 6:33:
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