Latest on Peter Pan -- April 1, 2025

Exhibitors Herald, 09-August-1924

Fun in the Healy Manner -- March 20, 2025

Brooklyn Citizen, 08-March-1925

Comic Ted Healy (not "Healey") and his wife Betty appeared at the EF Albee vaudeville theater in Brooklyn. Their act included stooges. Ted went on to lead the Three Stooges during their early existence.

Brooklyn Citizen, 08-March-1925

The act was called "Fun in the Healy Manner." It included "song, dance and nut comedy and clowning."

Hartford Courant, 29-March-1925

"...a philosopher and a flapper..."

Buster Keaton -- An Ocean of Laughs! -- March 19, 2025

Iola Register, 09-March-1925

The Navigator is one of Buster Keaton's funniest feature films. His face in the drawing does not look quite right.

Modesto Herald, 21-March-1925

Note that the text of the items above and below is the same.

Modesto Herald, 22-March-1925

Modesto Herald, 22-March-1925

This is Undoubtedly the Greatest Charlie Chaplin Comedy Ever Produced -- March 18, 2025

Film Daily, 27-March-1925

100 years ago this month, in March, 1925, Charlie Chaplin was preparing to release his first starring film for United Artists, a company he had helped to found in 1919 with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and DW Griffith. It took Chaplin a while to finish his previous contract with First National.

 

Film Daily, 08-March-1925

Happy Saint Patrick's Day, 2025 -- March 17, 2025

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Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everyone.

Beautiful Irish-born actress Maureen O'Sullivan says "Erin go bragh."

Harry Langdon is Scratching His Head -- March 16, 2025

Photoplay, March, 1925

Harry Langdon stepped into big shoes when he was assigned to what was labelled as Charlie Chaplin's old dressing room at the Mack Sennett studio. Others named on the sign are Betty Compson, Ford Sterling, Syd Chaplin, Charlie Murray, I can't read it and Harold Lloyd.

Film Daily, 15-March-1925

100 years ago this month, Mack Sennett didn't have any really big stars, so he used the dreaded "All-Star" label.

Lon Chaney -- A Thriller de Luxe -- March 15, 2025

Los Angeles Times, 11-March-1925

My fiancée, who is now my wife, and I used to go to San Francisco's Avenue Theater, on San Bruno Avenue, where Bob Vaughn accompanied silent movies on the Mighty Wurlitzer every Friday night.

Every year around Halloween, the Avenue showed The Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney. 

San Francisco Examiner, 26-October-1980

We went just about every year, so we probably attended this showing.

Indianapolis Times, 27-March-1925

Carl Laemmle, President of Universal, decided that the film should have its premiere at San Francisco's Curran Theater on Geary near Mason. The Curran now hosts mostly musical theater. I saw Pacific Overtures, Wicked and many others there.