Hoping that these short comedies are as good as Crushed 1924. Also In.

Thanks!

Thanks for the heads up. Just received email today from them saying that they are offering all of their public domain titles for 25% off. Sounds like a clearance sale.?

If you have a newspapers.com subscription, you can view quite a few from 1915 onwards.

Sure looks like Gertrude Astor who plays Gladys in the film. If it is her, she was 5'7" tall unlike Molly Malone at barely 5'.

You can also see Gertrude Astor opposite Mark Hamilton in the comedy short "Dizzy Daddies" 1926.

What is the name of the "obscure performer"? A Name search may be better than title search.

This film is going to be shown one more time in Tacoma on Thursday July 13th , 2017 at the Blue Mouse Theater at 7 pm.

I also acquired this dvd and agree. I recall discussing the story behind the original 9.5 mm European gauge prints when I contacted Grahame Newnham in UK via email when doing some research on Jimmie Adams comedies. It seems he provided his 9.5 mm prints at one time to create a DVD set a few years ba...

Thanks for the information on how to access the pdf.

I see that Looser Than Loose has a new temporary website and many of their holdings are available again on line.

Welcome back.

That is a great point. I read that when Cohen announced the acquisition of Douris UK holdings in 2011 they said their goal was to preserve and release many of the 700 titles. I would also like to see some of the Talmadge films released for either Norma or Connie to increase the public's awareness of...

woops . I see that now Ed..... Thanks! I also am getting an Error 404 when trying to access the link for the pdf catalog on a similar cohen-related site. There is an old post (25 total) on nitrateville that does mention several titles from this pdf catalog. Post is entitled " RE: The Cohen Collectio...

http://www.cohenfilmcollection.net" target="_blank has all of the films under Cohen Media Group. Maybe not in pdf form though

I was able to visit today the Moving Image Section Department at the Library of Congress (James Madison Building 101) 6th floor blue section. I arrived in the am and had two large reels of The Dove 1927 waiting for me in the viewing room. I was able to watch on Steenbeck Flat viewer all 4 reels that...

Congrats tg on your nitrate discoveries. AFI (1921-1930) has a lot of Drew actors/actresses with that last name. Unclear if any of them are duplicates and a few of these may be completely different performers. They have Anne Drew, C.P. Drew, Cora Drew, Dorothy Drew, Florence Drew, Jerry Drew, Lillia...

See my reply on Clips # 1 . All these scenes on flickr look like from Calendar Girl 1917.

The Calendar Girl (1917). Juliette Day (Mildred Manning aka "Middy") , Cora Drew ( Mrs. Manning). See AFI Catalog page 117 for 1911-1920 . AFI has the whole description of this 5 reel comedy-drama. Clarissa Selwynne plays Madame Lizette. I think the gentleman with his arm around the girl with the ha...

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) based on the 1851 (first edition) classic by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

I uploaded the lobby cards from the film to imdb for this film if anyone has not seen the film yet OR if you want a sneak peak of some of the scenes from the film if you haven't seen the trailer yet. (you tube or eyesofthetotem.com I have seen it at a small 200 seat theatre (Blue Mouse), larger thea...

THX

Hi Ed,

Did you say you needed just scans of stills or the actual still photo (whether reprint or original) on Davis?

Thanks.
Dana

Just returned from Rialto in Tacoma. Had to see this film again as it was better the second time around. Spoke with historical society president in lobby and he said that "Eyes of the Totem will be at the San Francisco Film Festival later this year" (confusing as I thought that festival was the firs...

Thanks for sharing the results. Good to hear that there is a theatre in the NW USA that supports silent films.

Regards,
Dana

HI Ned,

How did your event at Hollywood Theatre in Portland turn out? Did you have a good turn out? Heard about the event, but could not drive down from Seattle area.

Thanks,
Dana

I see the image now on wikipedia. Much different design than a counterbalanced lift.

HI Joe, If you are referring to an elevator that uses counterbalanced weight in the other compartment to go down while people in the opposing elevator go up from a lower level than yes I did see this type of elevator recently in a Jimmie Adams comedy. I think it was Holy Smoke 1921. Or perhaps this ...

Thanks for sharing the results post event. I am still trying to put on a similar event once I get the copyright issues researched.

Hi Kevin, Actually, he was born on December 9, 1889 which is the same day of the month as Douglas Fairbanks, so if you do a search for his name on Lantern after 1930, there is a section on birthday wishes and one publication (Film Daily) will keep wishing the list of actors a Happy Birthday every De...

HI Kevin, Grandfather was Mark Lafayette Hamilton (see imdb.com under Mark Hamilton (I) for his credits). Supposedly he was in vaudeville prior to when his 1921 or 1922. Hollywood credits began, but have not been able to find anything from vaudeville on him. I know census said he was married on his ...

Hi Kevin, I was following this character actor when doing some research on my grandfather recently. Do you know why he would visit Walla Walla WA yearly? Was he visiting friends of his or his wife's friends in Tacoma (Gig Harbor) when he suddenly fell ill (stroke of cerebral hemorrhage?) and passed ...

Hi Pip, Perhaps a PROFESSIONAL EVALUATION of the reels you have before you decide whether to donate them or not may be a possibility? I have used Debenham Group (mymovietransfer.com) twice for two separate nitrate projects. One was 5 short reels from my grandfather's film stock (@1924 to 1927, a tra...