Book Review: Time is Money: The Century, Rainbow, and Stern Brothers comedies
This massive, over 500-page, study of Julius and Abe Stern delves very deeply into an area of screen comedy that is very little known....
DVD Review: Charley Chase: The Hal Roach Talkies Volume 3 (1934-36)
This latest Sprocket Vault release from Kit Parker films is the third volume of comedian Charley Chase’s wonderful sound film output from...
DVD Review: Harold Lloyd – One Reel Comedy Classics
As most film historians realize, there are many brilliant men and women responsible for hundreds of clever, funny comedies during the...
DVD Review: Kidnapped in New York (1915) and other short films
This collection of silent shorts is another from the personal library of archivist John Carpenter, who provides his own 16mm prints to...
Selected Short Subject: Public Ghost #1 (1935)
Directed by Charley Chase. Cast: Charley Chase, Joyce Compton, Edwin Maxwell, Ray Turner, Clarence Wilson, Polly Chase, Ben Taggart. ...
The Silent Cinema: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)
Directed by Lucius Henderson. Cast: James Cruze, Florence La Badie, Marie Eline. Released January 16, 1912. One Reel The original...
Selected Short Subject: The Spook Speaks (1940)
Directed by Jules White. Cast: Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Lynton Brent, Bruce Bennett, Dorothy Appleby, Don Beddoe, Orson the Penguin. ...
Selected Short Subject: Who Done It (1949)
Directed by Edward Bernds. Cast: The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard), Christine McIntyre, Emil Sitka, Duke York,...
DVD Review: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
It is always gratifying when contemporary filmmakers and actors celebrate film history, especially when they exhibit an appreciation of...
Selected Short Subject: The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case (1930)
Directed by James Parrott. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Fred Kelsey, Dorothy Granger, Dell Henderson, Frank Austin. Released September 6,...