The English comedian Paul Merton has posted a message on his website explaining why he will no longer be participating in the annual Bristol Silent Comedy Festival: http://paulmerton.com/press-release.html An Explanation to the People of Bristol Over the past five years, I've taken great pride and p...

Profrap The “government agencies” to which you refer are your best starting point, actually one government agency in particular: the National Film & Sound Archive ( http://www.nfsa.gov.au ). Its director is Paolo Cherchi Usai, one of the founders of the Pordenone festival and an alumnus of George Ea...

Rediscovered Bunny? There is a newsreel compliation on the British Pathe website that contains about half of the half-reel Leap Year Proposals (1912). I've not seen this particular film listed anywhere as extant. The two-and-a-half minutes worth of footage is 7'50" into the reel: http://www.britishp...

Are there any interesting podcasts relating to silent pictures - or silent comedy or more generally - that are worth listening to? I was an avid listener to Donna Hill's "Stolen Moments" ( http://www.rudyfan.libsyn.com/ ) but there don't seem to have been any new epsidoes for about a year. In order ...

Dave

Is there another Snub & Marie set on the way this year too?

A marvellous promotional film from 1925 plugging Universal Studios and featuring countless cameos from a galaxy of big names from both in front of and behind the screen.

Part 1:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijj5AW89LxI
Part 2:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SYbEgOl8bWI

Yes there is, at:

http://www.juliensauctions.com/auctions ... index.html