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The Texas Theatre (231 Jefferson Blvd, Dallas), in association with nonprofit Dallas VideoFest, will present four of Laurel and Hardy's newly restored, early short silent films for the third ...
A Wash Line Romance is a 1928 silent short film directed by Jacques Rollens and released as "A Laemmle Novelty" under Universal Pictures. The film features innovative special effects, such as ...
The Maple Street Church will hold a Family Movie Night on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 7:15 p.m, when the social hall of church will be transformed into a movie theater, complete with popcorn ...
2024’s funniest comedy runs silent movies through a video game filter. Hundreds of Beavers brings silent slapstick back with a whole new modern flavor. by Pete Volk. Apr 15, 2024, 5:00 PM UTC ...
Kevin Smith's The 4:30 Movie is a loving ode to cinema and youth, and is very similar to Adam Carter Rehmeier's excellent Snack Shack.Both coming-of-age movies are profanely funny but also sweetly ...
Because many silent film stars found it difficult to “find their voice” in the new Hollywood medium, the talkies ended a lot of careers. But here are seven actors who succeeded—and prospered ...
When Comedy Was King was produced in 1959, and looks back at the silent films of the teens and twenties, focusing on big names like Charlie Chaplin, Harry Langdon, Buster Keaton, and Laurel and Hardy.
On Friday, November 4, Main Street in Webster circa 1916 will come alive at Samuel Slater Experience with Night at the Museum: Silent Movies with Richard Hughes. Pianist and historian Hughes will ...
Long-missing comedy shorts such as 1927’s “Mickey’s Circus,” featuring a 6-year-old Mickey Rooney in his first starring role, 1917's "Neptune's Naughty Daughter"; 1925’s “Fifty Million ...
His very last silent film was actually made in 1964 and released in 1965 ... "This short film from director Gerald Potterton ... The proportions are a comedy themselves. DAVIDPD on Aug 18, ...