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Tag: National Film Preservation Fund

Finding a Chestnut in a Haystack

September 21, 2019 Ben Model Leave a comment

The Mack Sennett films released through Paramount in the late ‘teens give you the impression that an effort was underway…

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Posted in: Silent Comedy Film History Filed under: cruel and unusual comedy, MoMA, National Film Preservation Fund
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

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