Ernie Kovacs made a point of bringing make-up artist George Fiala out on camera in what may his only TV…
I’ve seen Mabel Normand referred to as being a female Chaplin, in articles from the silent era and in contemporary…
Jack Newlon may have been hoping lightning might strike twice in 1952 when he composed and recorded Oriental Rag. His…
Usually, the baking mis-hap in a silent comedy film involves glue or cement or an explosive or carpet tacks etc.…
One of the things that struck me about the “Slapstick Divas” program of silent comedies that I’ve presented with Steve…
There are a number of opinions about the new Stan & Ollie movie flying about on social media. It’s a…
Thanks to a number of comments here and on FB in response to yesterday’s post, I now am a little…
Throughout the various iterations of Ernie Kovacs’ television shows over different networks, time slots and formats from 1951-1962 there was…
About eleven years ago I was hired to compile a book of vintage silent film mood music. To make my…
I don’t know how it got started that 12th Street Rag became the custard pie stereotype of silent comedy music,…