Back when my interest in film collecting had whittled itself down to trying to pick up silent comedy shorts in…
My current Kickstarter funded in 9 hours. This is not an anomaly for me. My last one funded in 8,…
I have released two DVDs of films identified at the Mostly Lost film identification workshop. Whether they realize it or…
There were two main types of feature-length comedies made during the silent era. There were the slapstick ones, which sputtered…
FaceBook reminded me this morning that I sent out a press release for Accidentally Preserved: Volume 1 six years ago.…
There is a warning that appears at the beginning of many Scott Joplin piano rags. I remember seeing this in…
Recording a New Piano Soundtrack for The Bride’s Play starring Marion Davies, Aided by a Live Show Experience The hardest…
I’ve seen Mabel Normand referred to as being a female Chaplin, in articles from the silent era and in contemporary…
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…