Women in Silent Comedies: Fay Tincher
The survival rate of silent film is sometimes promising but mostly frustrating. This is especially maddening in the area of silent...
Women in Silent Comedies: Billie Rhodes
The silent screen is filled with fascinating visual ideas that extend beyond the celebrated genius of Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and...
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle: An Appreciation
It is unfortunate that so much attention has been paid to the scandal that ruined Roscoe Arbuckle’s career. His significance to screen...
Shemp as a solo comedian
Shemp Howard is certainly a notable name among comedy buffs, but not due to his work as a solo comic. Shemp, of course, is remembered as...
Vitaphone: When Sound Came to the Screen
The Warner Brothers -- Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack -- began in the film industry in 1907, but it was in 1912, when they moved to the...
Harold Lloyd - a personal tribute
I think it was 1969. I checked a book out of the library called “Harold Lloyd’s World of Comedy.” I did not know Harold Lloyd, but there...