Showing posts with label Jimmy Aubrey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jimmy Aubrey. Show all posts

Sunday, November 28, 2021

The Cutest Kiddie on the Screen -- November 28, 2021

Motion Picture News, 12-November-1921

After supporting Brownie, "The Most Wonderful Dog in the World," Baby Peggy began to be the star. "Grab this youngster if you want a hundred laughs -- that's a Century."

Motion Picture News, 12-November-1921

"Get Rich Quick Peggy" was her first release. Among her co-stars was "Teddy, the former Mack Sennett dog."

Motion Picture News, 26-November-1921

I am not sure I have ever seen a comedy with Harry Sweet. I think I have seen some of the movies that he directed. He died in a plane crash in 1933. 

Motion Picture News, 19-November-1921

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. The Christies featured situation comedy more than the slapstick favored by Mack Sennett and Hal Roach. Bobby Vernon started as a juvenile comedian at Keystone, where he starred in several popular comedies with Gloria Swanson.

Motion Picture News, 26-November-1921

Moving Picture World, 12-November-1921

The Christie Company was getting ambitious, sending a crew to Hawaii to make a movie.

Moving Picture World, 19-November-1921

"A Barnyard Cavalier" was a Bobby Vernon movie which was to be released in 1922. The article emphasizes that Christie was putting greater effort into their productions.

Moving Picture World, 12-November-1921

Fox had six companies producing short comedies.

Motion Picture News, 05-November-1921

One company produced "The Happy Pest," a two-reel comedy starring Al St John, which may have been inspired by Harold Lloyd's thrill comedies.

Motion Picture News, 05-November-1921

Hal Roach produced a series of comedies starring Ernest Truex, who I thought was a minor league comic.

Motion Picture News, 12-November-1921

Hal Roach continued to be the nominal producer of Harold Lloyd's films, but Lloyd had become quite independent. This mentions that Lloyd's next film would be The White Feather. This was eventually released as Grandma's Boy. Jimmy Parrott appeared in comedies written by his brother, Charles Parrott (Charley Chase).

Moving Picture World, 05-November-1921

Snub Pollard continued to appear in one-reelers produced by Roach. 

Cine-Mundial, November, 1921

Roach produced movies with Harold Lloyd's brother Gaylord. Harold was funnier. 

Motion Picture News, 19-November-1921

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. At this point, Sid Smith played Percy and Jimmie Adams signed to play Ferdy.

Exhibitors Herald, 05-November-1921

Jimmie Adams signed to replace Harry McCoy as Ferdie.

Motion Picture News, 05-November-1921


Moving Picture World, 12-November-1921

Seattle Star, 05-November-1921

Jimmy Aubrey appeared in comedies for the Vitagraph. Which is scarier, his eyes or his moustache? 

Motion Picture News, 05-November-1921

At this point, Lloyd Hamilton, who had been the Ham of Ham and Bud, was starring in a series of Mermaid Comedies distributed by Educational Comedies.

Friday, March 1, 2019

Semon Comedies Proving Popular -- March 1, 2019

Moving Picture World, 01-March-1919
100 years ago this month, in March, 1919, the Vitagraph announced that Larry Semon would have his own comedy series, separate from the Big V comedies.

Moving Picture World, 01-March-1919
The Big V comedies would feature Montgomery and Rock and Jimmy Aubrey.

Moving Picture World, 22-March-1919
Exhibitors liked getting a Larry Semon movie every month.

Moving Picture World, 29-March-1919
Larry wrote, directed and starred in "Well, I'll Be," I don't know how it wound up with a title that was not alliterative.  The separately listed Big V Comedies had proper titles.

Exhibitors' Herald, 29-March-1919
"The comedies will be published once a month..."  This is an unusual use of "published."

Monday, January 7, 2019

The New Vitagraph Big "V" Special Comedies -- January 7, 2019

Motion Picture News, 25-January-1919
100 years ago this month, in January, 1919, Big V comedies with Larry Semon and Montgomery and Rock showed up in a small section of a two page Vitagraph ad.

Motion Picture News, 25-January-1919
In addition to the companies making Larry Semon and Montgomery and Rock, Vitagraph added a company to produce comedies with Jimmy Aubrey.

Moving Picture World, 11-January-1919
Jimmy Aubrey's comedies would be directed by JA Howe, who had directed both Semon and Montgomery and Rock.

Moving Picture World, 25-January-1919
"Footballs and Frauds," another alliterative title, starred former Keystone comedian Slim Summerville.