Anne of Green Gables -- January 31, 2020

Moving Picture World, 31-January-1920

Mary Miles Minter played Anne Shirley in an adaption of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables.  The director was William Desmond Taylor.

Daredevil Jack -- January 29, 2020

Moving Picture World, 31-January-1920

Recently crowned heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey appeared in Daredevil Jack, a Pathé serial. The supporting cast included Lon Chaney.

Here's How They Advertise the Wurlitzer Organ -- January 27. 2020

Motion Picture World, 16-October-1926

This shows how a York County Traction Company advertised the new Wurlitzer organ at the Hippodrome Theater

The Year of the Rat -- January 25, 2020

Film Daily Yearbook, 1929

In honor of the beginning of Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rat, here is the most famous rodent in cinema, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse.  Mickey made his debut in 1928.

Terry Jones and Jim Lehrer, RIP -- January 24, 2020

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I was sad to learn of the death of medieval historian, organist, director, writer, pepper pot, Arthur Pewtey and Cardinal Biggles, Terry Jones.  Monty Python's Flying Circus was a big deal when we first saw it on PBS.  Polymath Terry Jones wrote many sketches with Michael Palin.

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Newsman and debate moderator Jim Lehrer has died.  He was a major bus enthusiast, with a big collection of memorabilia and buses.

Raymond Griffith 125 -- January 23, 2020

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Raymond Griffith was a prominent silent comedian, but he is widely forgotten today because only one and 6/7s of his silent features are readily available.  Hands Up! is a Civil War comedy and Paths to Paradise is a caper film that is missing its last reel.  His career ended with the coming of talkies because he could only speak in a whisper.  He made one last appearance, a tiny role in All Quiet on the Western Front, and then moved to the production end of the business. Raymond Griffith was born 125 years ago today, on 23-January-1895.

Exhibitors Trade Review, 04-July-1925

Griffith's trademark was a top hat and evening clothes.  His characters were always cool, calm and collected.

Special Two-Reel Feature Comedy -- January 21, 2019

Seattle Star, 15-January-1920

"From Hand to Mouth" was Harold Lloyd's first film starring his new leading lady and future wife, Mildred Davis.  The "Prizma Scenic" was shot using an early color process.