Jun 08, 2015 the 100 best silent films of all time. City of sydney, bound for manila during the spanishamerican war. Anyway, id say its a good start and lets hope theyll continue releasing more volumes in a near future. His silent film scores have been broadcast on the turner classic movies channel, and many of his silent film piano and chamber scores are available on dvd through kinolorber, flicker alley, olive. Today, when most people hear the words silent comedy they probably think of things like charlie chaplins silhouette framed in the sunset or twinkly piano music playing over barely decipherable grainy images and, perhaps, people getting kicked up the arse. Hosted by silent film accompanist ben model and film historian steve massa, the onehour program will present three rare slapstick comedy shorts. Silent films 6 essential silent short films time out film. Join us for a program featuring some of the funniest figures of the silent era, including.
It may seem odd to list only chaplin, keaton, and lloyd features, when there are. Pioneers in the early days of silent cinema and filmmaking, the lumiere brothers, included a short comedy film in their very first public screening in 1895 titled watering the gardener or the sprinkler sprinkled larroseur arrose. After travelling most of this month for work, im happy to be back home, and i celebrated my return by attending a special event. In the words of the kinks, god save donald duck, vaudeville and variety. The shows streams live on sunday afternoons at 3pm edt on youtube, free of charge. Hal roach later sold the series to mgm, which continued filming new titles with the cast through 1943. Transferred from a scarce homemarket 16mm print from 1946, an edition comprised mainly of the original films 2nd reel. Picture a fastpaced silent film scene where one character chases another with a gun blazing. To add an article to this category, use shortsilentcomedyfilmstub instead of subcategories. All 3 formats of this assorted silent comedy shorts vol. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. The 10 best short films for silent cinema novices silent london.
Last appearance of scooter lowry and bobby bonedust young. Troop ships for the philippines troopships for the philippines shows the departure from san francisco of two troop ships, the s. In the years before the sound revolution, silent film directors delivered hundreds of brilliantly funny comedy shorts that laid the groundwork for everything that. After some disagreements with his directors, chaplin was allowed to try his hand directing his own shorts. On sunday march 22, i launched a weekly livestreamed, liveaccompanied silent film show called the silent comedy watch party. In the years before the sound revolution, silent film directors delivered hundreds of brilliantly funny comedy shorts that laid the groundwork for everything that followed in the era of sound. Billy bevan minus his paint brush mustache, which is very rare. The silent comedy watch party is a weekly livestreamed silent film show with live piano accompaniment. Each episode presents three slapstick comedy shorts from the silent film era, accompanied live on piano by. Our gang 19221938 168 comedy shorts and one feature film produced. Assorted silent comedy shorts from the old film classic exchange operated by the late, great charles h.
Fortunately, pardon me is a more sophisticated film and emphasizes plot more than cheap laughs. B in addition to these, laurel and hardy appeared in at least 20 foreignlanguage versions of their films and a promotional film, galaxy of stars 1936, made for. Watching these as well as other vitagraph shorts from 191115 in momas sharp 35mm prints at a decent speed. All films are two reels 20 minutes long, except spook spoofing, which is three reels 30 minutes long. The silent comedy watch party ep 05 41920 ben model. A compilation of scenes featuring some of the bestknown comics from the silent era in their best films. I have added a sound track to an earlier archive film with the caption form wikopedianever weaken is a 1921 silent comedy film starring harold lloyd and directed by fred newmeyer. The story goes that after a mediocre first film, chaplin went into the costume room and came out with baggy pants, a small hat, big shoes, a cane, and a mustache. Mar 20, 2020 the premiere episode of the silent comedy watch party streamed live on sunday march 22 at 3. The roachmgm silents 19271929 these silent our gang shorts were produced by hal roach studios and distributed to theaters by metrogoldwynmayer. A night cleaner accidentally kills an office worker, he must hide the body without being seen. A lost silent comedy that turned up on ebay in 2011 without its opening titles, and one of the last films made by henry murdock he choked to death unexpectedly at the end of 1928.
Join us for a flicker alley program of hilarious live action and animated. Experience great films of the silent era as they meant to be, accompanied live on the sheldon theatre organ. I will host the show from my apartment and will livestream two comedy shorts and accompany them live on my piano. The silent shorts stan and ollie is due to have its world premiere tonight at the bfi film festival. Shorts marked with an asterisk were originally released with a synchronized music and sound effects track. These tworeel silent our gang shorts were produced by hal roach studios and distributed to theaters by pathe.
Each episode presents three slapstick comedy shorts from the silent film era, accompanied live on piano by ben model during the stream. For a silent comedy aficionado, these were great collections. However, behind the music and handcranked camera shots lie something else entirely, for those willing to take a look. The 10 best short films for silent cinema novices silent. Masters of silent comedy a comical combination of classics. Ringlings rivals 1925 a mcknightwomack production j. Comedy davis distributing division comedy released thru vital exchanges the hey fellas kids. May 30, 2012 a lost silent comedy that turned up on ebay in 2011 without its opening titles, and one of the last films made by henry murdock he choked to death unexpectedly at the end of 1928. Harry philmore langdon june 15, 1884 december 22, 1944 was an american comedian who appeared in vaudeville, silent films where he had his greatest fame, and talkies. Youll find a selection of articles, rare photos and film clips from these great stars of silent comedy, sound shorts, music hall, radio, and so on. In this hugely popular protowestern, a group of bandits stop and rob a train, are pursued by a posse, which ends in a shootout.
It was lloyds last short film, running to three reels, before he moved permanently into featurelength production. The town i live in, rio vista, has been a draw for hollywood filmmakers, particularly those of the silent era. In 100 essential silent film comedies james roots identifies the major comedic motion pictures produced in the first few decades of the twentieth century. Between showers free a short keystone film from 1914 starring charlie chaplin, ford sterling, and emma bell clifton. Silent comedy main interact with your favorite scm authors, producers, directors, historians, archivists and silent comedy savants. In the 1910s and 20s, hollywood made a bazillion comedy shorts where the humor tended to be extremely broadwith folks getting shot in the butt, kicked and with lots of pratfalls. Watch films by luis bunuel and salvador dali, charlie chaplin, dziga vertov, d. After working for two years with comedian jimmy aubrey at vitagraph, and with comedy star larry. Just desserts slapstick silent comedy short film youtube. The san francisco silent film festival is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about silent film as an art form and as a culturally valuable historical record. May 18, 20 silent comedy main interact with your favorite scm authors, producers, directors, historians, archivists and silent comedy savants.
Welcome to the lost laugh, a website and blog dedicated to the classic clowns of roughly the 1910s 1950s. Organist tom erickson brings sheldons organ alive, with sound. Saturday afternoon a program of seasonal silent comedy shorts brought the. On sunday, march 15 2020 at 3pm edt, i will livestream something i am calling the silent comedy watch party. Click here for more information on the restoration. His film debut was in the silent onereel comedy short pool sharks 1915, in which he showed off his poolplaying ability, and his first sound feature film was warners and first nationals precode musical comedy her majesty, love 1931. Made in the us by solax, film pioneer alice guyblaches production company, this is such a brilliant darkly anarchic comedy. Griffith, alfred hitchcock, sergei eisenstein, fritz lang, f. Legendary stars like chaplin, keaton, hardy, chase and lloyd still captivate viewers with their comedic genius. The classic robert youngson followup to the golden age of comedy has been newly restored from the original negative by kit parker films. Film, video, available online, short films, silent films. The show is cohosted by film historian steve massa and silent film accompanist ben model.
The 10 best short films for silent cinema novices january, 2014 ph 10 comments this is a guest post for silent london by kelly robinson, and the first in a new series of posts bringing you very personal top 10s from silent cinema experts and enthusiasts. Doing a silent film show while working from home ben model. This material was in limbo for many years until it surfaced a few years ago from a company known as televista. The premiere episode of the silent comedy watch party streamed live on sunday march 22 at 3. As happened with volume 1, all 3 formats for volume 4 are missing the end of the film her torpedoed love, and the last film in the collection won by a fowl william beaudine, 1917 is missing altogether. Ill be joined by my friend silent comedy film historian steve massa to help with the film intros. This one was made a little later than his other, better known short films. Steve massa and i rediscovered the films in the 2000s when we were screening rare comedy shorts in the collection of the museum of modern art, for the cruel and unusual comedy series we were putting together with ron magliozzi. There are two tents in the bay area, the call of the cuckoos in san francisco and the midnight patrol, which meets once a month at the niles essanay silent film museums edison theater to see them once again on the big screen, and laugh. Silent film accompanist ben model and comedy film historian steve massa present three rare slapstick comedy shorts, streamed live and accompanied. Physical comedy 8 silent film 8 top hat 8 20s 7 actor shares first name with character 7 dada 7 daughter 7 disaster 7 escape 7. See more ideas about short film, film and silent comedy. From the 1920s through the mid1950s, feature films were accompanied by several short subjects, from comedies and travelogues to newsreels and educational.
Including some of the most important films ever made. Laurel left and hardy in bonnie scotland 1935 laurel and hardy were a motion picture comedy team whose official filmography consists of 106 films released from 1921 and 1951. It celebrates how storytellers, inventors, and technology work together to create cinema magic. Silent is an animated short film created by academy award winning moonbot studios. With a lucid and lively style, roots takes a look at more than 400 silent comedies and narrows the list to 100 that viewers should consider. On the sunday of red wing arts festival, buster keaton shorts will screen hourly, on the hour. The fact that there are two volumes devoted to ladies in silent comedy released by the alpha company is certainly something to commend and congratulate, even if this one, the second, includes only five unrestored shorts. The films are around 1014 minutes apiece, and each is given a brief introduction with points of interest related to the performers and the copy of the film itself. With stan laurel, ward wilson, oliver hardy, will rogers. Its predictable subject matter included a man with a garden watering hose who was tricked into being soaked by. Lug nut films presents on the job a silent comedy short film written, produced, and directed by shane good. As film director fred newmeyer told historian sam gill. Silent film shows peacherine ragtime society orchestra. Written by sarah wynne kordas directed by liam banks original score by.
Time out film rounds up the 6 best silent short films including. It may seem odd to list only chaplin, keaton, and lloyd features, when there are so many comic talents to choose from. A short comedy film by greg glienna, the creator of meet the parents, a guy thing and relative strangers. Films in osterville, mass, after the death of charles h. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against. The following is a complete list of the 220 our gang short films produced by hal roach studios andor metrogoldwynmayer between 1922 and 1944, in order of release.
Dec 17, 2018 after travelling most of this month for work, im happy to be back home, and i celebrated my return by attending a special event. The shorts are funnier per foot of film, while the features have stronger characters and more satisfying plots. The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the boxer rebellion. To mark the occasion, we contribute this post on the first leg of their career as a comedy team the silent period. May 21, 2015 lug nut films presents on the job a silent comedy short film written, produced, and directed by shane good. Lloyd made nearly 200 comedy films, both silent and talkies, between 1914 and 1947. Cook, papa, cook lost 1928 silent comedy film youtube.
They parted company in 1923, with lloyd making features and roach building an empire to rival that of mack sennett, the king of comedy, but with a less frantic, friendlier approach to filmmaking than sennetts. Loves young scream rarelost late silent comedy short youtube. It would be unfair to mix the silent comedy features and shorts together in any kind of ranking. The film classic exchange negatives were sold to j.