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- January 19th, 2008, 2:04 pm
- Forum: Comedies
- Topic: Silent Laughs: Chaplin, Keaton or Lloyd?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 18194
Thankyou Gagman :D :D Harold Lloyd's films have only just been released in the UK and thankfully I acquired them for Christmas along with a book by Jeffrey Vance. So far I have watched in order of preference Safety Last, Girl Shy and The Kid Brother I thought these very good. Ranking just below is F...
- January 18th, 2008, 5:14 pm
- Forum: Musicals
- Topic: Ruby Keeler
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11258
I can see both sides. Her dancing in 42nd Street does look awkward and she is so not 'Shanghai Lil' in Footlight Parade yet she was more than Jolson's wife. She did have the cutsy little girl next door to her. She wasn't streetwise like Ginger Rogers and Una Merkel. Somehow though her character work...
- January 18th, 2008, 3:52 pm
- Forum: The Essentials
- Topic: The Great Dictator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 31866
mrsl I agree The Great Dictator is not the best Chaplin film and it is not the crowning achievement of a glittering career. It was a film idea that then became a necessity as the Second World War began. In his biography talks about how he had to rush the film as it was needed in Great Britain and al...
- January 18th, 2008, 3:38 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: David Shepard
- Replies: 39
- Views: 25175
- January 17th, 2008, 3:59 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: David Shepard
- Replies: 39
- Views: 25175
It's so nice to hear what you have to say. I have seen your name on many of the discs I own and have you to thank for the wonderful quality that makes them so enjoyable. Being a Brit many of my discs come from the BFI but you made a comment about them, are they in danger of pulling out of the market...
- January 17th, 2008, 3:22 pm
- Forum: Classic Film Literature
- Topic: Christmas Books
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16285
- January 17th, 2008, 3:13 pm
- Forum: The Essentials
- Topic: The Great Dictator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 31866
- January 17th, 2008, 1:49 pm
- Forum: The Essentials
- Topic: Born Yesterday
- Replies: 15
- Views: 28716
- January 17th, 2008, 1:46 pm
- Forum: The Essentials
- Topic: The Great Dictator
- Replies: 19
- Views: 31866
Although the Great Dictator is not Chaplin's best film by a long way, it is still a good film and very brave. I can imagine it would be difficult to hit the right note at the time and as stated it was more a work of propaganda rather than a riotously funny comedy, as such it's one of the best propag...
- January 17th, 2008, 12:19 pm
- Forum: Comedies
- Topic: Silent Laughs: Chaplin, Keaton or Lloyd?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 18194
- January 17th, 2008, 6:59 am
- Forum: Comedies
- Topic: Silent Laughs: Chaplin, Keaton or Lloyd?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 18194
Chaplin knew that once his Little Fellow talked it would narrow his range and alienate some of his audience. He was right, he couldn't continue producing comedies with the Little Fellow and I think this had more to do with his voice than his age. He did make three wonderful films away from the Tramp...
- January 16th, 2008, 2:58 pm
- Forum: Comedies
- Topic: Silent Laughs: Chaplin, Keaton or Lloyd?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 18194
I would place Harold Lloyd below Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Sorry if I have offended anybody :) I think Harold Lloyd a very fine comedian but he didn't have the urge for perfection that Chaplin and Keaton did. As for Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, my preference is for Charlie but Buster ...
- January 16th, 2008, 2:43 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Buster Keaton
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10884
I'm in the UK. I rented what I could from a DVD rental service and ended up so in love with his films I got the Art of Buster Keaton as a present. At the moment I have still to watch Steamboat Bill Jnr, The Navigator and Go West form his features and half of his shorts. Last night I watched the shor...
- January 16th, 2008, 2:37 pm
- Forum: Welcome New Members!
- Topic: Hello Everybody!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20532
- January 15th, 2008, 4:30 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Buster Keaton in The Cameraman (1928)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11932