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| Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924 |
Baby Peggy Montgomery had been Century's biggest comedy star. She moved on to starring in features for Universal and Sol Lesser's Principal Pictures. Captain January was based on a book by Laura E Richards. Shirley Temple starred in a later adaption. Eddie Cline directed.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 26-July-1924 |
"It is the big picture of the year!"
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
I don't know anything about Wanda Wiley, except she appeared in a large number of short comedies during the 1920s.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
Juvenile comedian James Berry or Barry was billed as "Bubbles." Arthur Trimble later played Buster Brown.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 19-July-1924 |
Buddy Messinger and James Berry appeared together in "Budding Youth." Arvid Gillstrom directed.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
Arvid Gillstrom directed a heck of a lot of short comedies.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 19-July-1924 |
Hilliard Karr was a heavy-set comedian. He later appeared in the "Ton of Fun" series. Al Herman directed or acted in almost 100 shorts and features. Betty Welsh had a short career in films. Al Alt was a busy actor. I don't know anything about director Edward I Luddy.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924 |
Another photo of Betty Welsh.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924 |
The Christie Brothers, Al and Charles, produced comedies in Hollywood. Charles took care of the business and Al produced their films and directed many of them. Educational released their short comedies.
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Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924
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| Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924 |
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| Exhibitors Herald, 19-July-1924 |
The Christie Studio at Sunset and Gower.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
The brothers pose with their mom and a Scottie.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 19-July-1924 |
Harold Beaudine directed Jimmie Adams in "Nerve Tonic."
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
Jack Duffy played old guys. Harold Beaudine directed hundreds of short films and features. Jimmie Harrison appeared in short and feature comedies.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
Bobby Vernon was a popular comedian.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
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| Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924 |
Dorothy Devore appeared in shorts and features for Christie.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 26-July-1924 |
Another ad for Hold Your Breath, a feature, refers to Dorothy Devore as a "female Harold Lloyd." This feature was distributed by Hodkinson.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 26-July-1924 |
T Roy Barnes is best remembered for his small and obnoxious part in WC Fields' It's a Gift. Producers Distributing Corporation released this Christie feature.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
Besides the Christie films, Educational distributed many short comedies made by other producers.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924 |
At this time, Lloyd Hamilton was Christie's biggest star. The title "A Self-Made Failure" was used again by a wonderful modern silent film created by Dizzy Daniels. It is available on multiple streaming services.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924 |
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| Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924 |
Lloyd Bacon directed Lige Conley and Peggy O'Neil in "Wedding Showers," a Mermaid comedy.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 26-July-1924 |
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
Jack White directed and produced his own series of comedies for Educational. Here he poses with Al Christie and a nice dog.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
Arthur Stone was a vaudeville comic whom Hal Roach had just signed for movies. Katherine Grant was a native of Los Angeles who competed in the Miss America pageant. Martha Sleeper "Baby Star" was only 13 in 1924.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
Arthur Stone and Martha Sleeper perform an Apache dance.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924 |
Charley Chase was one of Roach's most popular comedians. He starred in "Jefferies Jr" with Ena Gregory and former heavyweight champ James J Jeffries. Leo McCarey directed.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924 |
Stan Laurel was another popular Roach comic. Goerge Jeske directed "Wide Open Spaces."
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| Exhibitors Herald, 12-July-1924 |
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| Photoplay, July, 1924 |
The members of Our Gang keep up with their schoolwork.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 19-July-1924 |
This item says that a fire destroyed half of Hal Roach's studio and that "It is not likely that the fire will interfere with the delivery of pictures." That seems contradictory.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
"Mack Sennett Comedies Make the World Rock With Laughter." F Richard Jones directed many Sennett comedies. Ben Turpin and Harry Langdon were popular comics. Ralph Graves wrote, directed and acted in many films. Alice Day, Madeline Hurlock and Natalie Kingston were regular leading ladies for Sennett.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
Madeline Hurlock and Ben Turpin interpret Romeo and Juliet.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
Del Lord directed Ben Turpin's short comedies.
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| Middlesboro Daily News, 02-July-1924 |
Conductor 1492 with Johnny Hines was not a short comedy, but I like the image.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924 |
Universal's Hysterical History Comedies sound like something I might enjoy.
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| Exhibitors Herald, 19-July-1924 |
