Monday, March 25, 2019

Three Hearty Laughs, Two Snickers and One Chuckle to Each Minute -- March 25, 2019

Moving Picture World, 15-March-1919
100 years ago this month, this trade ad showed Harold Lloyd and his leading lady Bebe Daniels.

Moving Picture World, 01-March-1919
"One a week beginning March 9th."

Moving Picture World, 15-March-1919
I don't say this very often, but I have no idea what this caption means.

Moving Picture World, 22-March-1919
"Look Out Below" was Harold Lloyd's first thrill picture.

Moving Picture World, 15-March-1919
This is the first time I have seen the phrase "breath-retarding."

Moving Picture World, 22-March-1919
Harold and Bebe pose in the snow.

Moving Picture World, 22-March-1919
President Wilson returned from the peace conference aboard the USS George Washington.  He watched several movies, including five with Harold Lloyd and company.

Moving Picture World, 29-March-1919
"One reel comedy every week."

Moving Picture World, 29-March-1919
We don't see the term "dry goods store" much nowadays.  Think department store.

Moving Picture World, 29-March-1919
"A Sammy in Siberia" was set during the Allied intervention in Siberia during the Russian Civil War.

Moving Picture World, 22-March-1919
The Rolin Studio was in the Bradbury Mansion, on Bunker Hill.  The best way to get there was by riding the funicular Court Flight.


A circa-1930 view of Court Flight, showing the sandwich shop which provided additional revenue to the line. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Archive (c) 2004, Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960, CHS-M8486. All rights reserved.


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