Thursday, October 3, 2013

Silent Slapstick Comedy Parade: (Air Pockets / Don't Butt In! / Grab the Ghost / The Daredevil)



Bad sound, worse picture. Don't buy it!
The picture quality is awful, unwatchable. Hissing sound all the time. There is good options, like Robert Youngston's "The First Kings of Comedy", a two hours compilation of silents: Laurel & Hardy, Keystone Kops, Chaplin, Ben Turpin, Harry Langdon and many others.

Unrestored silent comedies.
Maybe not restored, but still classics.

Air Pockets (1924): A wacky inventor tries to recruit investors for his folding flivver - the world's first compact car. Starring Lige Conley, Earl Montgomery, Sunshine Hart and Olive Borden; Directed by Fred Hibbard.

Don't Butt In! (1926): A laborer must defeat a huge, dim-witted bully in order to win the hand of the boss's pretty daughter. Starring Paul Parrott, Ethel Broadhurst and Sunshine Sammy; Produced by Hal Roach; Directed by Raymond Grey.

Grab the Ghost (1920): Newlyweds are shocked to discover that their honeymoon home is haunted by ghosts. Starring Snub Pollard and Marie Mosquini; Produced by Hal Roach; Directed by Alf Goulding.

The Daredevil (1923): A movie director plucks reluctant Joe Magee from the rodeo, intent on turning him into his next cowboy star. Starring Ben Turpin, Kewpie Morgan and Madeline Hurlock; Directed by Del Lord.

Interesting
Interesting to see what innocent comedy delighted my great-grandparents and what still makes my kids giggle. Great to have this in the library.

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