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Category: Silent Comedy International

Grock Son Premier Film

Red Noses in Black & White: Clowns in Silent Movies

November 27, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

For a clown, a real honest-to-goodness Clown, the core of what they are doing is rooted in the honest, raw,…

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Posted in: MoMA, Silent Comedy International Filed under: Circus, clowns, Grock, Hal Roach, Musty Suffer, vaudeville

Arbuckle-Spotting, or: What Emma Clifton and I Saw Last Night

November 26, 2018 Ben Model 1 Comment

The things you see during a silent film show when you’re the one who’s closest to the screen! As a…

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Posted in: Silent Comedy International, silent film accompaniment Filed under: Charlie Chaplin, keystone, Roscoe Arbuckle
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
Larry Semon Charlie Chaplin Jimmy Aubrey

“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
Charles Puffy in Not Guilty

Charles Puffy’s Film Career Sandwich

November 15, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

You may know that face. No, it’s not Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle. Nor is it Oliver Hardy, sans mustache, nor is…

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Posted in: Library of Congress, Silent Comedy International
Les Deux Timides

Leo McCarey, Charley Chase and René Clair Walk Into a Bar…

November 14, 2018 Ben Model 3 Comments

Rene Clair’s Last Silent Completes the Boomerang Arc of French Comedies To America and Back (image above sourced from SFSFF…

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Posted in: Silent Comedy International Filed under: charley chase, Erik Satie, Hal Roach, Leo McCarey, René Clair, San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Betty Balfour

Looking for Squibs

November 13, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

Two main elements in film programming, I’ve found, are knowing the films and knowing where prints of them are. The…

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Posted in: MoMA, Silent Comedy International, silent film accompaniment Filed under: Betty Balfour, Dave kehr, funny ladies, George Eastman Museum, MoMA, NYU Cinema Studies, silent comedy international, steve massa, william K. everson

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  • ep. 02 (re-posted): Unidentified films, DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments”, YouTube ethics, The Crowd, and more

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