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Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comedy. Show all posts

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow in Double Whoopee a 1929 Hal Roach Studios silent short comedy starring Laurel and Hardy.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Speedy



Animated gifs created from he nighttime Coney Island sequence featured the 1928 Harold Lloyd vehicle Speedy. 
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Friday, October 5, 2012

Monday, October 1, 2012

Design for Living



Gary Cooper,  Fredric March, Design for Living 1932, written by Noël Coward 
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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Vintage Film

Her Wild Oat, (1927), is a silent comedy film made by First National Pictures, directed by Marshall Neilan, and starring Colleen Moore. The screenplay was written by Gerald C. Duffy, based on a story by Howard Irving Young.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Vintage Film

Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, and Fredric March in Nothing Sacred (1937)
Source: nitrateville | moviepowder

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Vintage Film

The General is a 1926 American silent comedy film released by United Artists inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, which happened in 1862. Buster Keaton starred in the film and co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman.
Source: georgiainfo | filmsite | lostsplendor

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Vintage Film

Charles J. Correll and Freeman F. Gosden in "Check and Double Check" (1930) - Typical Amos 'n Andy storyline has the boys trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle...
Source: app | imdb

Friday, August 17, 2012

Vintage Film

Grandma's Boy is a 1922 family comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. The film was highly influential, helping to pioneer feature-length comedies which combined gags with character development.
Source: goldensilents | google

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Vintage Film, Dr. Jack

Harold Lloyd, Dr. Jack (1922) - Dr. Jack is the title of a 1922 comedy movie starring Harold Lloyd.

Vintage Cartoon, Giantland

Giantland is a one-reel cartoon produced by Walt Disney. It shows Mickey Mouse re-telling the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, where he plays the main character and takes on Rumplewatt, the "King of the Giants - Prince of the Tyrants". It was released on November 25, 1933
Source: michaelspornanimation | wikipedia

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

One Sunday Afternoon

One Sunday Afternoon (1933) Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him. Stars: Gary Cooper, Fay Wray and Frances Fuller - vintage
Source: imdb

Count Srewloose and J.R.

Jitterbug Follies,  Count Screwloose and J.R. The Wonder Dog by Milt Gross
 Count Screwloose is running some sort of amateur night scheme but is prevented from running off with the money by some toughs; he instead tries to get his dog to take the prize by dressing up as an ostrich.
1939 - vintage

Source: cartoonsof1939

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Our Gang

Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short film  about a group of poor neighborhood children  and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively natural way, as Roach and original director Robert F. McGowan worked to film the unaffected, raw nuances apparent in regular children rather than have them imitate adult acting styles. 1936
Source: ourgangappreciation | wikipedia

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Vintage Film

Mary Pickford in Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Directed by William Beaudine.

Source: silent pickford | tumblr