Wiiliam S Hart -- Highest Class in Every Way -- May 13, 2021

 

Richmond, Kentucky Daily Register, 23-May-1921

"This is the first of my own productions." Before The Toll Gate, Thomas Ince had produced William S Hart's films. 

Albuquerque Morning Journal, 17-May-1921

The B Theater. Interesting name. "A Wm. S. Hart Production."

Morning Tulsa Daily World, 29-May-1921

Truthful Tulliver was a reissue of a 1917 Ince production. Notice that nothing in the ad says that this was a reissue.  

Norman Lloyd, RIP -- May 12, 2021

Norman Lloyd has died at the age of 106. I remember when Saint Elsewhere began its run on television and I realized that the kindly old doctor had also been in Saboteur and Limelight.  I imagine there is only a limited set of people who worked with both Alfred Hitchcock and Charlie Chaplin.

Lloyd was put on the Hollywood blacklist, but Hitchcock had enough influence to get him off of it. Lloyd was associate producer of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and he directed many episodes.

His character in Saboteur was named Frank Fry. What a great name for an arsonist. And what a wonderful exit.

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Harold Lloyd -- Look at His Teeth -- May 11, 2021

 

Motion Picture News, 21-May-1921

Here we have a two-page trade ad for "Among Those Present."

 Cinea was a French industry magazine. If I am reading it correctly, it says "Harold LLoyd, known as 'Him', in Him at the Cow-boys." I thought it might be "An Eastern Westerner," but the IMDB says that had a different French title.

The Joy Luck Club -- May 9, 2021

 

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Happy Mother's Day, everyone. I enjoyed Amy Tan's novel and Wayne Wang's film. The Joy Luck Club. I am a sucker for books/movies set in San Francisco. 

Candice Bergen, 75 -- May 9, 2021

 

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Candice Bergen, actress, writer, photographer, daughter of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and younger sister of Charlie McCarthy, was born 75 years ago today, on 09-May-1946. We used to watch her play Murphy Brown. She was in some good movies and a number of poor ones. 

Roscoe Arbuckle in The Traveling Salesman -- May 7, 2021

 

Motion Picture News, 14-May-1921

100 years ago, Roscoe Arbuckle appeared in a lot of movies in a short time. He appeared in five features released during 1921.

In The Traveling Salesman, Roscoe played Bob Blake, a travelling salesman who left a train in the wrong town, and sought shelter from a rainstorm. His leading lady was Betty Ross Clarke. I keep trying to type her name as Betsy Ross Clarke.

The Traveling Salesman was based on a 1908 play by James Grant Forbes. 

Motion Picture News, 07-May-1921

Arizona Republican, 15-May-1921

Roscoe's short films made by Comique were still in release and popular.

Tacoma Times, 15-February-1917

Frank McIntyre, who had played Bob Blake on the stage, starred in a 1916 film version of The Traveling Salesman.

El rey del barrio -- May 5, 2021

 

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Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone. Germán Valdés, who used the stage name Tin-Tan, was a popular character. He often dressed as a pachuco and used their slang.