"Campus Vamp" Silent Comedy in COLOR! (1928)

[pdorn777]

Reminds me of the Wizard of Oz...first half in b&w, second in colour....

[stlgtrace]

Great shot of Exposition Park subbing for "Beverly College" at the beginning!

[crankymisfit]

Robert Young is in the dance scene, I read somewhere he appeared as an extra in Keystone Kops films. I wonder how many he was in? Thanks for uploading!

[TheSilentComedyEra]

@crankymisfit I'm glad yu said that, because I thought I saw Robert Young

[guggle86]

Beautiful film, thanks. Mack Sennett had his own colour process called Sennett-Color which he used in a number of films, including Radio Kisses made in 1930. Probably to avoid the fee to Technicolor!

[SuPrecioUnosDolares]

More of Mack please! Other Sennett trivia:played Sherlock Holmes in 11 films;song, Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams introduced in M.S. film; Both, Abbott & Costello's Here Come the Co-Eds(1945) & It's a Mad, Mad World(1963) duplicated scenes from Sennett films; and Hollywood Cavalcade(1939) was loosely based on his life.

[KKD1247]

I've got another Sennett color film I'll put up soon. Thanks!

[GoldenSilents]

I liked Sally Eilers better.

[bradmann85]

this is so cool!

[skot66]

Ah ..good old Carole

[ManilaSyndicate]

Nice old film. Marvelous for the history. Truly a window into a bygone age.

[prchristman]

Carole in this picture is Carole Lombard, who was only 20 in 1928 but had already appeared in about 25 pictures. One of the screen's great stars.

[danielchance]

very funny movie. Short though, even compared to the length standards back then...

[thephotoplayer]

Not actually Technicolor, but Sennettcolor, a competing process.

[silentclowns]

That's Lee Erwin accompanying the film on his battery of synths rigged to function like a theatre organ. Lee recorded a number of scores on this rig, which utilized multiple keyboards and an organ pedal board custom-rigged to an old Moog. Thanks for posting this.

[lunatim]

Thanks much for this rare treat! I had no clue that Sennett would try to make a color comedy--just goes to show there's a lot more weird stuff out there than the movie history books let on...

[KKD1247]

Yes...this is true! I have 2 more - another silent and an early talkie he made. I'll post them soon.

[TheProfaneAngel]

Thanks so much for posting.

[xoxmagoo55]

And THE JAZZ SINGER came out just a year before.

Thanks for sharing this with us.