larry semon

“Jimmy Aubrey Comedy” is Not Always an Oxymoron

by Ben Model
November 19, 2018

Worries and Wobbles (1917) has what might appear to be three strikes against it on the surface: “Jimmy Aubrey comedy”, “directed by Larry Semon” and that it’s a rather blatant knock-off of Chaplin’s One A.M.. The first of these is… Read More »“Jimmy Aubrey Comedy” is Not Always an Oxymoron

Mar 5: Underworld at MoMA

by Ben Model
March 7, 2009

Mar 5 – arrived at MoMA early to throw the Miditzer together for a show of Josef von Sternberg’s Underworld with George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent and Clive Brook. Oh, yeah, and Larry Semon in a character part. Brook comes off… Read More »Mar 5: Underworld at MoMA