Showing posts with label Mr and Mrs Carter De Haven. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mr and Mrs Carter De Haven. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Baby Peggy -- The Child Wonder of the Screen -- September 28, 2022

Film Daily, 03-September-1922

Baby Peggy Montgomery grew to become Century's biggest comedy star, even surpassing her old comrade Brownie the Century Wonder Dog. Universal released Century Comedies. "Little Red Riding Hood" was a short film, but it was treated as "A Century Special Production." 

Motion Picture News, 02-September-1922

The Big Bad Wolf was played by a dog named Peter the Great.

Motion Picture News, 02-September-1922

Carter and Flora Parker DeHaven were vaudeville performers. They were usually billed as Mr and Mrs Carter De Haven.

Moving Picture World, 16-September-1922

The Christie Film Company was a major producer of short comedies from 1911 to 1933. Al Christie was the director and Charles Christie ran the business. "That Son of a Sheik" starred Neal Burns. 

Moving Picture World, 09-September-1922

Educational distributed many different series of short comedies. "The Spice of the Program."

Moving Picture World, 16-September-1922

The Christie Film Company was a major producer of short comedies from 1911 to 1933. Educational distributed their films. Al Christie was the director and Charles Christie ran the business. "That Son of a Sheik" starred Neal Burns. 

Moving Picture World, 23-September-1922

Earl Hurd was a pioneering animator, who had worked with JR Bray to develop cell animation. Hurd produced a series of short films that combined animation and live action. Educational released his movies.

Moving Picture World, 09-September-1922

Educational also released Mermaid Comedies, which starred Lloyd Hamilton.

Moving Picture World, 02-September-1922

"Book at Educational Exchanges." Johnny Hines starred in a series of short comedies as Torchy. I like the images in these ads.

Moving Picture World, 16-September-1922

Moving Picture World, 30-September-1922

Moving Picture World, 09-September-1922

Hal Roach's new series, Our Gang, was released by Pathé. "Big Laughs From Little Kids." 

Moving Picture World, 16-September-1922

"Kids! Animals! Laughs!"

Moving Picture World, 02-September-1922

Himself.

Moving Picture World, 30-September-1922

Roach veteran Snub Pollard had moved up from one-reeelers to two-reelers. 

Moving Picture World, 16-September-1922
 
Moving Picture World, 09-September-1922

Moving Picture World, 16-September-1922

"More Laughs, Longer Laughs, Longer Comedies."

Moving Picture World, 30-September-1922

Metro was going to release short comedies starring Stan Laurel.

Fox produced and released several series of short comedies. 

Moving Picture World, 23-September-1922

Clyde Cook's "The Eskimo" was directed by fellow comedian Slim Summerville. 

Moving Picture World, 09-September-1922

Bud Fisher's Mutt and Jeff was the most popular comic strip in America for many years. Augustus Mutt and Jeff had many timely adventures. Fox released a series of animated cartoons. 

Moving Picture World, 23-September-1922

Uncle Dan Mason, who had played the Skipper in a series of short comedies based on Fontaine Fox's comic panel The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains, moved to FBO to star in a series of Plum Center Comedies.

Moving Picture World, 16-September-1922

Harry Cohn, his brother Jack and Joe Brandt provided the initials for C.B.C. Film Sales Corp. The Hallroom Boys Comedies were a long running series of short comedies, based on a comic strip by Harold MacGill.

Moving Picture World, 09-September-1922

I don't know anything about Frankie Lee. 

Moving Picture World, 09-September-1922

I also know nothing about Federated Radio Comedies, although the item below may refer to them. 

Indianapolis Journal, 17-September-1922

"...two-reel radio comedies based on the science of radio."

Saturday, June 11, 2022

Harry Carey -- A Hewer of Homely Rhymes -- June 11, 2022

Moving Picture World, 03-June-1922

Cowboy star Harry Carey had recently signed with Robertson-Cole, along with a slew of other stars, including Ethel Clayton, Jane Novak, Mr and Mrs Carter De Haven and Helen Jerome Eddy.
Maui News, 03-June-1922

Harry Carey played a "hobo-poet" in Sundown Slim, which played in two theaters on Maui.

Carson City Appeal, 06-June-1922

John Ford directed Harry Carey in The Freeze Out.