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Tag: Mutual Comedies

ep. 33: two takes on The Rink, organ as orchestra for a horse, melodies underscore Marion Davies

September 4, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

On this episode of the podcast — I use a song-title-pun during Mostly Lost, play for the same Chaplin shorts…

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Posted in: Podcast Filed under: Arthur Kleiner, Marion Davies, Mostly Lost, Mutual Comedies
Marcel Perez

Charlie Chaplin, Marcel Perez, and a Pair of Drowning Ladies

February 19, 2018 Ben Model Leave a comment

There was a lot of borrowing and sharing of material in the days of silent comedy shorts, a tradition that…

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Posted in: Library of Congress, Marcel Perez, MoMA, Undercrank Productions Filed under: Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Louise Carver, Marcel Perez, Mutual Comedies, Nilde Barrachi, Roscoe Arbuckle

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