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| Picture Play, October, 1923 |
Jobyna Raulston's career progressed rapidly from supporting Paul Parrot (Charley Chase's brother) in Hal Roach one-reelers to supporting Harold Lloyd in features to starring in Wings. She was beautiful.
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Friday, October 6, 2023
Jobyna Ralston --- October 6, 2023
Jobyna Raulston's career progressed rapidly from supporting Paul Parrot (Charley Chase's brother) in Hal Roach one-reelers to supporting Harold Lloyd in features to starring in Wings. She was beautiful.
Saturday, July 22, 2023
Happy Snappy Peppy - July 22, 2023
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| Motion Picture Magazine, July, 1923 |
Jocko, a stuffed animal, receives instructions from Baby Peggy.
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| Motion Picture News, 14-July-1923 |
A New York doll manufacturer made a deal with the Stern Brothers of Century Comedies to make a Baby Peggy doll. This is not related to the Baby Peggy dolls made by disabled artist Peggy Wheeler:
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| Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923 |
Fox promoted Imperial Comedies, their new brand of two-reelers. "Because of the standard set for these productions the distribution schedule is limited to 12 releases for the season."
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| Cine-Mundial, July, 1923 |
Al St John had his own series of two-reel comedies for Fox.
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| Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923 |
The Covered Wagon was the first epic western and an enormous hit. Many parodies followed, such as Hal Roach's "The Uncovered Wagon." Paul Parrott, Charley Chase's brother, was the star. JA Howe directed.
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| Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923 |
The hero and heroine escape from jeopardy by catching a streetcar which is running across the open prairie.
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| Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923 |
"...full of whimsey and good for a round of laughs."
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| Motion Picture News, 21-July-1923 |
This ad for Hal Roach's one-reel comedies features Paul Parrott, Stan Laurel and the Dippy-Doo-Dads. I see a dog sitting in a police vehicle, a monkey dressed as a fireman and a duck who appears to be in distress.
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| Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923 |
"Pick and Shovel," was directed by George Jeske and starred Stan Laurel.
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| Motion Picture News, 14-July-1923 |
In "Kill or Cure," Stanley played a patent medicine salesman whose product could be used as "a varnish, stove polish, or bug exterminator -- delightful after shaving." Scott Pembroke directed.
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| Motion Picture News, 28-July-1923 |
With Harold Lloyd having flown the coop, Hal Roach's biggest success was the Our Gang Comedies.
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| Motion Picture News, 28-July-1923 |
"Lodge Night" was directed by Robert McGowan.
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| Motion Picture News, 28-July-1923 |
Billy West started as a Chaplin imitator but later developed his own character. He starred in an Arrow series called Broadway Comedies.
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| Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923 |
Eddie Lyons starred in another series for Arrow. "The Love of Tut" was one of many films inspired by the recent discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
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| Motion Picture News, 28-July-1923 |
A bevy of performers from Christie comedies.
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| Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923 |
Snub Pollard appeared in a series of two-reelers for Hal Roach. I have always liked the title of Snub's film "The Courtship of Miles Sandwich."
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| Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923 |
Sid Smith was a veteran comedian. He starred in a new series of two-reel films distributed by Grand-Asher, which was a fairly new company. "The Joke Smith and Gloom Chaser."
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| Motion Picture News, 28-July-1923 |
"The Boy That Packs Em In." "King of Komedies."
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| Motion Picture News, 14-July-1923 |
Grand-Asher distributed series with Sid Smith and Monty Banks. "Happy Snappy Peppy."
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| Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923 |
Scenes with Sid Smith and Monty Banks.
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| Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923 |
"The Monarch of Mirth." "The Covered Schooner" was another parody of The Covered Wagon.
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| Motion Picture News, 28-July-1923 |
"12 Two Reel Comedies/Every One a Knock-Out."
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| Motion Picture News, 07-July-1923 |
Comic T Roy Barnes ("Do you know a man by the name of LaFong? Carl LaFong? Capital L, small a, Capital F, small o, small n, small g. LaFong. Carl LaFong.") signed with Grace Page Productions to star in a series of "two-reel domestic comedies." Domestic comedies usually went light on the slapstick.
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Oh Boy! I've Just Signed With Century Comedies -- March 29, 2023
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| Motion Picture News, 03-March-1923 |
Buddy Messinger, native of San Francisco and brother of Gertrude Messinger, had already appeared in many short- and feature-length movies by the time he signed with Century Comedies. I suspect the studio was trying to replace Baby Peggy, who had moved on to feature films.
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| Motion Picture News, 03-March-1923 |
Bobby Dunn was an experienced comic actor. He was one of the original Keystone Kops. Note that the article spells his first name in two different ways. I think "Bobby" was the more common spelling.
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| Motion Picture News, 03-March-1923 |
"Cameo Clean Cut Comedies" were one-reel comedies released by Educational. "The cleverest and fastest rough and tumble comedies of the day." You can tell that Jack White was involved.
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| Motion Picture News, 03-March-1923 |
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. Life Magazine film critic Robert E Sherwood wrote "The Christies are about the only comedy producers since Sidney Drew died who have been able to strike a happy medium between light farce and slap-stick, and it is to be hoped that they will continue the good work -- for the field is limitless."
Christie sent a unit to Honolulu to make "A Hula Honeymoon." The movie must have had a high budget for a two-reel comedy.
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| Motion Picture News, 10-March-1923 |
Christie sent another unit to Truckee to shoot snow scenes for "Winter Has Came." Good title
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| Motion Picture News, 03-March-1923 |
Roach veteran Snub Pollard had moved up from one-reeelers to two-reelers.
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| Motion Picture News, 03-March-1923 |
Hal Roach's new series, Our Gang, was a hit.
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| Motion Picture News, 03-March-1923 |
American Humorist Will Rogers did a series for Roach. I have seen one. It had a lot of verbal humor.
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| Motion Picture News, 03-March-1923 |
This may seem confusing, but one of Hal Roach's comedy series was called the "Hal Roach Comedies." They were one-reel comedies that alternated between Stan Laurel and Paul Parrott, Charley Chase's brother.
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| Motion Picture News, 03-March-1923 |
CC Burr produced All Star Comedies. CC Burr produced and Greg La Cava directed. Charlie Murray was a Keystone veteran.
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| Motion Picture News, 03-March-1923 |
Jo-Rok Productions made a series of two-reelers starring and and directed by movie pioneer Joe Rock.
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| Motion Picture News, 03-March-1923 |
Mack Sennett produced "The Shriek of Araby," starring Ben Turpin in a spoof on Rudolph Valentino. F Richard Jones directed.
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| Motion Picture News, 03-March-1923 |
Sennett and Jones also produced and directed the feature Suzanna, starring the wonderful Mabel Normand.
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Our Gang Comedies -- August 23, 2022
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| Moving Picture World, 26-August-1922 |
"Here is the most distinct, novel and genuinely humorous comedy innovation of a decade." In 1922, Hal Roach introduced the two-reel Our Gang comedies, starring a group of kids. Robert McGowan directed most of them.
"Harold Lloyd has never appeared in a poor or just fair comedy." Roach also reissued Harold Lloyd's older one-reel movies.
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| Moving Picture World, 26-August-1922 |
"They Feature Kids and Animals." Paul Parrot was Charley Chase's brother.
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| Moving Picture World, 19-August-1922 |
Harold Lloyd's former supporting player Snub Pollard was "Now Starred by Hal Roach in Two-Reel Comedies for Pathé." When I first grew a mustache, I tried to make it look like Snub's.
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| Motion Picture News, 05-August-1922 |
Snub's supporting cast included leading lady Marie Mosqini and Ernest "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison.
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| Moving Picture World, 26-August-1922 |
I love seeing the way language changes over the years. Snub Pollard's "success has demanded a more pretentious product."
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| Moving Picture World, 05-August-1922 |
Monday, June 27, 2022
Meet Jobyna Rulston -- June 27, 2022
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| Moving Picture World, 10-June-1922 |
Jobyna Raulston's career progressed rapidly from support Paul Parrot (Charley Chase's brother) in Hal Roach one-reelers to supporting Harold Lloyd in features to starring in Wings. In almost no time, the press learned how to spell her last name.
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| Moving Picture World, 03-June-1922 |
Mack Sennett produced many short comedies starring Billy Bevan.
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| Moving Picture World, 10-June-1922 |
Mack Sennett also produced features starring Mabel Normand.
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| Film Daily, 11-June-1922 |
Mal St Claire directed many short comedies for Sennett and with Buster Keaton.
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| Film Daily, 11-June-1922 |
Al Christie produced popular short comedies. William Beaudine was one of his directors.
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| Moving Picture World, 10-June-1922 |
In the Teens, Joe Rock and Earle Montgomery made a lot of short comedies for Vitagraph, but few survive. Joe Rock went on to produce comedies with Stan Laurel, and later the Ton of Fun movies.
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| Film Daily, 07-June-1922 |
Sidney and Charles Franklin went on to produce or direct many feature films.
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| Film Daily, 25-June-1922 |
Bull Montana was a big ugly Italian-American guy who had once been a professional wrestler.
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| Film Daily, 09-June-1922 |
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