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Stars of Slapstick #96: Mal St. Clair
Today is the birthday of silent comedy actor and director Malcolm St. Clair (1898-1952). St. Clair was raised in a Laguna Beach artist colony founded by his father, a successful architect and watercol… more →
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How Harold Lloyd Filmed Safety Last (the parts on the ground)
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wrote 3 days ago: Click to enlarge – Hollywood Boulevard and Cahuenga – circa 1922 The alleys at the SE co … more →
"Silent Scream": A comic book story inspired by Buster Keaton
wrote 3 days ago: A few months ago I collaborated with Brice Hall on a two-page story for Heady Mental magazine, a gre … more →
What I know to be true...
wrote 5 days ago: Raspberries can only be eaten from the tips of your fingers. I would like to live in an apartment w … more →
AFI Top 100: No. 18 The General
wrote 5 days ago: And we’re back! After a two month hiatus (spent moving and watching the entire Game of Thrones … more →
Around The World In 80 Days
wrote 6 days ago: BBBB Directed by Michael Anderson USA, 1956 Thoroughly enjoyable adaptation of Jules Verne’s p … more →
Stars of Slapstick #96: Mal St. Clair
wrote 1 week ago: Today is the birthday of silent comedy actor and director Malcolm St. Clair (1898-1952). St. Clair w … more →
Buster Keaton
wrote 1 week ago: One of the greatest physical comedians in cinema’s history. And that face! Don’t ask me … more →
#59 (tie) - Sherlock, Jr. (1924), dir. Buster Keaton
wrote 1 week ago: Excitebike. No stranger to close calls, Buster Keaton hurtles forward on a driver-less motorcycle to … more →
Richard Suchenski - Saturday May 18, 5:30pm
wrote 1 week ago: Sherlock Jr. Buster Keaton Rear Window Hitchcock Dante Quartet Brakhage Vertigo Hitchcock 2001 Corri … more →
Win tickets for a silent movie night at Hackney Attic
wrote 1 week ago: The Lucky Dog (1919) Competition time again, Silent Londoners, and this time I am giving away ticket … more →
Sherlock, Jr.
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wrote 1 week ago: The second part of my Buster Keaton double feature from the other day– and the intentional par … more →
THE CAMERAMAN (1928) AND FILM (1965)
wrote 1 week ago: Both Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd warned Buster Keaton against signing with MGM studios. Keaton … more →
Salvador Dali and Vaudeville
wrote 2 weeks ago: Today is the birthday of the great Salvador Dali (1904-1989). Those of us whose lives were lucky eno … more →
Our Hospitality
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I didn’t actually watch Our Hospitality intentionally, at least not at first. I hadn’t e … more →
Daily Diversion #126: Sometimes I Get to Do Awesome Things!
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wrote 2 weeks ago: One of my writing specialties is silent cinema. It’s actually one of the great loves of my lif … more →
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Surprise attack....
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Cinema with: The General (1927)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Buster Keaton plays Johnny Gray, a Southern railroad engineer who loves his train engine, The Genera … more →
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