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Pat and Patachon

The Lighthouse and the Sidecar Get it Right

November 21, 2018 Ben Model 1 Comment

“The Lighthouse and the Sidecar” is a nickname that is probably more catchy in its original language, Danish. Evoking two…

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Posted in: Silent Comedy International Filed under: Fy & By, Laurel and Hardy, Pat & Patachon, silent film days, stumfilmdager, verdensteatret
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“Jimmy Aubrey Comedy” is Not Always an Oxymoron

November 19, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

Worries and Wobbles (1917) has what might appear to be three strikes against it on the surface: “Jimmy Aubrey comedy”,…

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Posted in: Library of Congress, MoMA, Silent Comedy International Filed under: Charlie Chaplin, Fred Karno, larry semon, Laurel and Hardy, National Film Preservation Fund, Stan Laurel

Arbuckle, L&H and Stooges…at MoMA

February 4, 2007 Ben Model Leave a comment

Presented a program of comedy shorts at MoMA Sat Feb 3 that featured slapstick teams. We showed Fatty and Mabel…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ben model, kurzweil, Laurel and Hardy, Mabel Normand, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, Roscoe Arbuckle, Three Stooges

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