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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

Mar 5: Underworld at MoMA

March 7, 2009 Ben Model Leave a comment

Mar 5 – arrived at MoMA early to throw the Miditzer together for a show of Josef von Sternberg’s Underworld…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cinema arts center, evelyn brent, george bancroft, larry semon, underworld

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