Selected Short Subject: Brats (1930)
Directed by James Parrott. Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy. Released March 22, 1930. Two Reels. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy made a...
Selected Short Subject: Pies and Guys (1957)
Produced and Directed by Jules White. Screenplay by White and Zion Meyers. Story by Zion Meyers. Filmed May 6-7, 1957. Released June 12,...
The Silent Cinema: The Pawnshop (1916)
Written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, John Rand, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin,...
Selected Short Subject: Big Red Riding Hood (1925)
Directed by Leo McCarey. Starring Charley Chase, Martha Sleeper, Helen Gilmore, Richard Daniels, Leo Willis. Released April 26, 1925. ...
Selected Short Subjects: Tireman Spare My Tires (1942)
Directed by Jules White. Cast: Harry Langdon, Louise Currie, Emmett Lynn, Bud Jamison, Eddie Laughton. Released June 4, 1942. Two...
The Silent Cinema: Fatty Joins the Force (1913)
Directed by George Nichols. Roscoe Arbuckle, Charles Avery, Lou Breslow, Minta Durfee, Dot Farley, Edgar Kennedy, Harry DeRoy. Released...
The Silent Screen: Hard Boiled Yeggs (1926)
Directed by Scott (Perc) Pembroke. Starring Billy West, Ethelyn Gibson, William Dyer, Les Bates. Two Reels. Billy West is best known...
DVD Review: Charley Chase at Hal Roach - The Talkies - Volume 2 (1932-1933)
Kit Parker Films has released, again through Sprocket Vault, another volume of Charley Chase two-reel comedies, this time covering the 15...
DVD Review: The Alice Howell Collection
The concept of women in screen comedy has a rich and detailed history that is in danger of being unfairly overlooked or completely...
DVD Review: Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts: The Hal Roach Collection 1931-1933
For those interested in film history, especially fans of vintage comedy, this release of all seventeen Hal Roach-produced two-reel shorts...