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  • The Charley Chase Talkies
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    Charley Chase began his film career in early 1913 working as a comedian, writer, and director at the Al Christie studios under his real name, Charles Parrott. Chase then joined Mack Sennett’s Keystone studio in 1914, costarring in early films of Charlie Chaplin and Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, as well as directing the frenetic Keystone Cops. By 1924 he was starring in a series of o...
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    120,02 €

  • Buster Keaton’s Silent Shorts
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur / Terri Niemi
    By the mid-1920s, Buster Keaton had established himself as one of the geniuses of cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr., The Navigator, and his 1927 work The General, which was the highest ranked silent on the American Film Institute’s survey of the 100 greatest films. Before Keaton ventured into longer works, however, he had honed his skills as an actor, writer, and director...
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    106,86 €

  • Stan Without Ollie
    James L. Neibaur / Ted Okuda
    Long before his momentous teaming with Oliver Hardy, comedian Stan Laurel (1890-1965) was a motion picture star in his own right. From his film debut in Nuts in May (1917) through his final solo starring effort Should Tall Men Marry? (1928), Laurel headlined dozens of short comedies for a variety of producers and production companies, often playing characters far removed from t...
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    42,76 €

  • The Silent Films of Harry Langdon (1923-1928)
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    Harry Langdon was a silent screen comedian unlike any other. Slower in pace, more studied in movement, and quirkier in nature, Langdon challenged the comic norm by offering comedies that were frequently edgy and often surreal. After a successful run of short comedies with Mack Sennett, Langdon became his own producer at First National Pictures, making such features as Tramp Tra...
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    106,98 €

  • The Fall of Buster Keaton
    James L. Neibaur / James LNeibaur
    Born into a family of vaudevillians, Buster Keaton made his first film appearance in 1917 at the age of 21. By the early 1920s, he had established himself as one of the geniuses of silent cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr. and The Navigator and his 1925 work, The General, placed at number 18 in the American Film Institute’s poll of the 100 greatest features, the highest ra...
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    79,13 €

  • Chaplin at Essanay
    James L. Neibaur
    When Charlie Chaplin left Keystone Studios for more money and greater creative control at Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, he added more depth to his character, more thought to his direction, and more substance to his humor: at Essanay, he grew from a comedian to a true cinematic artist. This work carefully examines all sixteen Chaplin comedies produced at Essanay--from Hi...
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    57,48 €

  • Arbuckle and Keaton
    James L. Neibaur
    From 1917 to 1919, Joseph Schenck produced a series of Comique comedies starring master movie comedian Roscoe ''Fatty'' Arbuckle and featuring an apprentice, Joseph Frank ''Buster'' Keaton. These films were initially deemed significant by modern archivists for representing the first movie appearances of Keaton, widely considered one of the most important figures in motion pictu...
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    42,89 €

  • The RKO Features
    James L. Neibaur
    Noted for its 'B' westerns, RKO also produced several movie classics; two were Citizen Kane and Gunga Din. Comprehensive filmographic data are included here for all of the studio’s features: title, year of release, production credits, cast, genre, running time, alternate titles, availability on videocassette, and plot synopsis. Many entries give background information on the fi...
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    56,97 €

  • The Bob Hope Films
    James L. Neibaur
    Bob Hope got his start in show business when he was in his twenties, remained active past the age of 90, and lived to be 100. His longevity was remarkable, especially when one considers that he was active in vaudeville, radio, motion pictures and television. He excelled in each of these popular forms of entertainment, but his films are the most genuine testaments to his timeles...
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    42,93 €


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