Category: Comedy

1215. THE SHAMROCK AND THE ROSE (1927-USA). With MACK SWAIN. A comedy about the battling Cohens and Kellys. 69 minutes. “Silent” Film

1216. A NOUS LA LIBERTE (1931-France). With RAYMOND CORDY, HENRI MARC HAND, ROLLA FRANCE, PAUL OLLIVIER. Directed by RENE CLAIR. This joyous, poetic, comedy-satire remains, to this day, one Of […]

1217. THE NEW SCHOOL TEACHER (1923-USA). With CHARLES’”CHIC” SALE Directed by GREGORY LA CAVA. This motion picture is “dedicated to the school teacherÑthe doormat upon which the passing generation wipes […]

1224. OUR GANG (1926-USA). BY 1926, THE OUR GANG COMEDIES, PRODUCED BY HAL ROACH, WERE FIRMLY ENTRENCHED AS AUDIENCE FAVORITES. THEIR JUVENILE CASTS THEN INCLUDED A FAT, FRIENDLY LAD NAMED […]

123. THE SAWMILL and THE DOME DOCTOR (1922-USA). With LARRY SEMON. Two comedies of perpetual motion, slapstick and non-stop gags, all featuring the comic with the strangest face in the […]

1230. TWO REELERS-COMEDY CLASSICS #9 (1932-1934-USA). PRESENTED HERE ARE A TRIO Of TWO-REEL COMEDIES FROM THE EARLY 1930S. THEY FEATURE, RESPECTIVELY, ONE LONG-FORGOTTEN COMEDIAN WHO, IN HIS HEYÂDAY, FOUND HIMSELF […]

124. SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK (1920-USA). Written, directed by and starring MAX LINDER. Charlie Chaplin properly acknowledged his obvious debt to Max Linder by calling him “my teacher.” The elegant […]

1240. GHOST5 ON THE LOOSE (1943-usa). WITH bela lucosi, ava cardner, leo corcev, KUNTZ HALL, BOBBY JORDON, SAMMY MORRISON. Lugosi may be top-billed in Ghosts on (he Loose, but till […]

1160. THE MYSTERY Of THE LEAPING FISH AND CHESS FEVER (1916-1925-USA-USSR) 1. THE MYSTERY Of THE LEAPING FISH (1916-USA). WITH DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, ALMA REUBENS, BESSIE LOVE. DIRECTED BY JOHN EMERSON. […]

1163. WHERE DO YOU WORK-A JOHN? (1921-1925-USA). Three great “silent” comedies: “Prince Pistachio” with EDDIE BOLAND, “Sure-Mike” with MARTHA SLEEPER, and “Take Next Car” with PAUL PARROTT. 54 minutes total. […]