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| Moving Picture Weekly, 28-January-1922 |
"The Century Limited" promoted Century Comedies' four series, starring Lee Moran, Harry Sweet, Baby Peggy and Brownie the Century Wonder-Dog.
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| Motion Picture News, 14-January-1922 |
Baby Peggy and Brownie the Century Wonder-Dog were two of Century's biggest stars.
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| Moving Picture Weekly, 14-January-1922 |
Lee Moran was the latest comedian to join Century. Before, he had been a member of Lyons and Moran, with Eddy Lyons.
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| Moving Picture Weekly, 14-January-1922 |
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| Motion Picture News, 28-January-1922 |
"This ad was personally written by Carl Laemmle. Laemmle was the founder and president of Universal. I'll bet he didn't write the ad. Universal distributed several brands of comedies, including Century.
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| Moving Picture Weekly, 21-January-1922 |
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| Motion Picture News, 07-January-1922 |
Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran's former partner, was appearing in Arrow Comedies.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 14-January-1922 |
Eternal juvenile Bobby Vernon played in Christie Comedies.
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| Motion Picture News, 28-January-1922 |
Harry Cohn, his brother Jack and Joe Brandt provided the initials for C.B.C. Film Sales Corp. They had been producing the Hallroom Boys Comedies for some time. They added a new series of Carnival Comedies, starring Polly Moran and Smiling Bill Jones.
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| Moving Picture World, 07-January-1922 |
The Hallroom Boys Comedies were a long running series of short comedies, based on a comic strip by Harold MacGill. At this point, Sid Smith played Percy and Jimmie Adams had just started to play Ferdy.
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| Moving Picture World, 07-January-1922 |
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| Exhibitors Herald, 14-January-1922 |
Hal Roach produced a series of comedies starring Ernest Truex, who I thought was a minor league comic.
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| Motion Picture News, 07-January-1922 |
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| Motion Picture News, 07-January-1922 |
Jimmy Audrey appeared in comedies for the Vitagraph.
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| Motion Picture News, 28-January-1922 |
Please excuse the racism in this scene with Jimmy Aubrey and cannibals.
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| Moving Picture Weekly, 14-January-1922 |
Joe Martin was an every-day average orangutan who was frequently billed as a chimp. With his wife, Mrs Joe Martin, he starred in a series of short comedies.
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| Moving Picture Weekly, 21-January-1922 |
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| Topeka State Journal, 28-January-1922 |
Johnny Hines was a funny-looking guy who starred in many light comedies during the 1920s. He co-directed Burn 'Em Up Barnes, a feature-length racing comedy.
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