I like this version better than the 1910 version, even if I might not get to see the whole thing. I never watched the most popular version of the Wizard of Oz (1939), but this is still interesting.
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Hate to be picky, but Oliver Hardy had been movies for over a decade by the time he did this movie. Also, he was featured in earlier films with Larry Semon.
The man there is Hardy. Read the description: "...Hardy would go on to pair with Stan Laurel and become half of the world's most beloved comic team..."
@kristina179 nopesters. That's Larry Harmon, one of the major influences to Charlie Chaplin who sadly is barely remembered these days due to his long lost form of comedy bewildering modern audiences.
Probably more than half! YouTube only gives us 10 mins. I just wanted to give exposure to this classic..you can find it often in the $1 section of stores for the whole thing. I've found viewers don't tough it out if I split it all into 9 parts of 10 mins each.
Yeah, I realized I didn't see the part where He gets chased by the Swarm of Bees...plus I coulda sworn I saw some small Boxed set with this in it, apparently there was a short series, and I saw them show this one on TCM earlier in November.
The story of this film is chilling. Larry Semon, the scarecrow and love interest of Dorothy owned Vitagraph Studios outright after Stan Laurel, his partner, left for Hal Roach. It was virtually bankrupt and Semon's last hope was an ambitious two reel project which we see here. He spent like Charlie Chaplin, was popular but unfortunately this film bombed with audiences. It wiped Semon out financially. He contracted tuberculosis and died in a sanitarium in 1928. Very sad. Ollie is great here.
we see martin shorts career and wonder why he hasn't taken fellow canuck keana's offer to wear the fat suit and redo this classic scene for scene. bal
Hey i have been looking all over the internet for a Really wierd version of the wizard of oz. It had a chicken instead of the dog and a robot.. And wierd people that skate on their hands and feet... Please if anyone has seen it or knows the name of it PLEASE tell me.
Return to Oz is EXTREMELY close to the books. It uses about three of them. If you really want to get a feel for the books, Return To Oz, is pretty accurate. Very disturbing.
Yes it is return to oz. The robot is Tik-Tok, The chicken is billina, the skating people are wheelers, and the Gnome king and Mombi mad me crap myself. be forewarned. great movie though! : )
First, having seen the full movie and this version, editing the original down to a two reeler would have done wonders for it. On Larry Semon, he was NOT an egomanic, and Oliver Hardy actually liked and respected him. Finally, what we see here is the sad decline of a career that peaked in 1919-22. Lemon's problem wasn't egotism, it was lack of ideas and overreliance on special affects to carry a movie, like say the recent George Lucas or director/writers Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski
I saw this on TCM and enjoyed it, somewhat confusing. but literally made me laugh out loud quite a few times. I loved the Stunts and Prop comedy all the way through. but yeah.
i saw it the other day too. i was laughing threw most of it. sad how the black character and actor is treated. named snowball...geeze. and listed as G. Howe Black. that's messed up
This version was edited down from the original 90 minute version. The full length version opens with a toymaker reading his daughter a book of "The Wizard Of Oz".
Larry Semon was the actual star of the movie and wrote it so that his character, the scarecrow, would be the central character. It borrows plots from all the Wizard of Oz books and its technically a composite of the entire series of books. The 1939 MGM version was based only on book #1.
When I saw this film on TV, I could not believe how awful it was. The story was completely different from what you would expect with the Wizard of Oz, the black man plays the "cowardly lion," the ending made no sense, etc.
Trust me, I've seen tons of silent films, and this is right on the very bottom of my list. Too bad for Larry Semon though. I haven't seen his shorts but they were probably better than this clumsy attempt at a feature.
I hate this movie. I got my version for a buck at a small town grocery store, and I threw it away after the first time I watched it. Don't get me wrong, I love silent films, but this is just a huge disappointment. It really is a shame that great works like Metropolis nearly deteriorated away into history, while crap like this is in full entirety, hindering peoples outlook on the great silents out there.
Are you expecting all films to be completely profound works of art?
This was mere entertainment of it's time...what's wrong with that? I don't think anyone would watch this and judge an entire generation of films. Not anyone with a brain that is.
umm, listen.This film was not able to be shown at many theaters for various reasons. And the people who did see this did not praise it too much. FTR, I happen to be a huge fan of silent films, and I have seen several Chaplin, Keaton, Arbuckle, and better Hardy films than this. I have also seen more noteworthy silent films that still do not match up with Metropolis, and all were much better than this mess, so do not preach to me, I have done my research.
I never said this was a work of art, nor a great movie. I just said not to take it so seriously.
This film now is simply just a relic of it's time. (which is why it has any interest at all) It also gives us an insight into the evolution of the WOZ history. That is all.
No one then or now would even bother comparing it to other films of it's time...that would make no sense.
All I was saying on my first comment was that it was a shame that more deserving films nearly left us, while this in in full. No one would really care (I hope not) if this had been lost. So, I am not going to get into an argument over this disappointment in film history, you can like it or hate it.
You mean the black guy? That would be Spencer Bell, credited here as "G. Howe Black", on Semons demand. He was this movies token black man, or, as they called it back then, "the negro rascal whose laziness, stupidity, cowardice and love of watermelon is source of endless jokes". By the way, and I say this because people online tends to misunderstand these sorts of things, that was a comment of the mentality of the twenties, not on black people.
It is from "The William Tell Overture".The "Ranz des Vaches" or "Call to the Dairy Cows" often features the English horn and is often used to signify daybreak.
Just to clarify this: His son did not seek to keep the series alive, he sought fortune. Lyman Frank had already hired a woman to continue writing the story in the event of his death. *Deep sigh* Such desecration... Furthermore, he made his own movies BEFORE he died. This movie wasn't needed even then.
This movie is public domain, and has been released onto DVD several times. I reccomend the 3-disc Collector's set of the Judy Garland/MGM "Wizard of Oz," which has this one, three other silents, and a cartoon on the third disc.
In response to the scoring question... don't know about the first theme, but Tchaikovsky's Arabian Dance from the Nutcracker Suite starts around the middle of the film.
Oh, I've looked at life from BoTh SiDeS NoW from luck and smart and still somehow, it's life's illusions that I recall, I really don't know life at all.
Very good point. The last time I looked it was Amazon and Ebay. I could probably find a bootlegged version, though. I don't know much about restoring videos myself, though. Even if I could get a hold of it by downloading I could throw it onto a DVD very easily...maybe I could upload it from VCR....
I went to the IMDb website & they say a company named chadwick pictures owns the rights. a user on the IMDb site claimes there is a 3-disc set available with this 1925 version of wizard of oz on it with 6 other silents but when I went to ask where they got it from the site asked way too much personal info about me so I bailed, hope this helps a little more.
There's a 3-disc edition of the classic "Wizard of Oz" that we all know that has this and THREE other silent films, and a cartoon. This movie made Chadwick go bankrupt, and the film is now public domain.
They need more Harry Langdon on youtube. There should be a few of the best clips from The Strong Man at least. I just ordered it from Amazon, so I won't see it for 3 weeks... :(
And Max Linder is another great who died at the height of the silent era, 1925 I think it was. Never saw sound. Lucky b+stard. There's another group who've posted a Larry Semon short, pretty cool, but they give no info about it or where it came from, which is not as cool.
I doubt I'll ever like him as much as Buster... There's just something instantly likeable about Buster's character. Easily the most loveable of all the silent clowns. Wow, Betamax eh? Its amazing to think all the great stuff that's available on dead technologies. My uncle's got an extensive VHS collection, but I think of it as useless because its not DVD. Was just thinking last night this is going to happen to my DVD collection. Just hope its not soon in a blu-ray moon...
Thanks for your comment too, very informative. I just heard about Larry Semon for the first time. I like. I like the score too, but it doesn't really get the levity of this version, but what DVD is this from?
My version is from a 20-yr old Betamax public domain tape, not a disc. This was the music that was on the tape. Larry Semon (July 16, 1889 - October 8, 1928) was a film comedian during the silent era, at the time considered a "Comedy King". The somewhat mysterious circumstances surrounding his death have lead some to believe that he faked his own demise. Personally, I was never much of a fan of his.
I may put up more someday. I like most YouTubers. I'm not sure how many would put up with a 9-part silent film. Seems to me that multiple part videos attract fewer & fewer viewers as the parts progress. Thats why I've kept my videos to 2-parts thus far.
I can't hear anything. There goes my sound card...
u2bdetox 3 months ago
I like this version better than the 1910 version, even if I might not get to see the whole thing. I never watched the most popular version of the Wizard of Oz (1939), but this is still interesting.
cubanita365 7 months ago
@cubanita365 check the 1939 version out trust me its awesome
AaronWallace011 1 month ago
Cracked.com sent me.
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LaurelHardyLady1 1 year ago
wow this is interesting cuz i am a big fan of this movie
Gothi30 1 year ago
wow this is interesting
Gothi30 1 year ago
Hate to be picky, but Oliver Hardy had been movies for over a decade by the time he did this movie. Also, he was featured in earlier films with Larry Semon.
WSenator1 1 year ago
the plumed hat guy is an allusion to the then recent Prisoner of Zenda, the grump in the Napoleon hat is a nod to Able Glance's Napoleon
diddymuck 2 years ago
Awfully dark version of what we're accustomed to. I'd like to see the rest of it.
ziggycat999 2 years ago
O: who knew?!
not me, obv.
JaqueChance 2 years ago
That man at 3:02 looks like Snitz Edwards
Treyskywalker77 2 years ago
Theres not too many people who know who that is!
KKD1247 2 years ago
the witch was floating in the air at 4:20
Treyskywalker77 2 years ago
LOL the lightning scene with the scarecrow!
Treyskywalker77 2 years ago
I also found a wicked witch!
Treyskywalker77 2 years ago
I have this version at home! crystal clear!
Treyskywalker77 2 years ago
I gotta love the missing reels. They're missing from the beginning, too.
SinetheGuy 2 years ago
I haven't read the previous posts. It seems that he is still ... :-) Otherwise, the film is fantastic, the effects are great for that time!
Sorry for bad english. :-)
kristina179 2 years ago
That nice guy at 2:50 looks like Stan Laurel from 'Laurel and Hardy'. Is it possible that it was he? :o
kristina179 2 years ago
No, thats Larry Semon, the star of the film...his wife Dorothy Dwan played Dorothy; on the other hand, that is Oliver Hardy as the Tin man!
Shoknifeman 2 years ago
The man there is Hardy. Read the description: "...Hardy would go on to pair with Stan Laurel and become half of the world's most beloved comic team..."
0101cmh 2 years ago
@kristina179 nopesters. That's Larry Harmon, one of the major influences to Charlie Chaplin who sadly is barely remembered these days due to his long lost form of comedy bewildering modern audiences.
diddymuck 2 years ago
Not a Ad. misspelled.
Robzinsser 2 years ago
Nit a Ad.
Netflix has the entire 1:30 hrs of movie under Vol 2 Laurel and Hardy. Just watched it.
Robzinsser 2 years ago
Half the movie is missing, including Oliver Hardy as the tin man
Shoknifeman 2 years ago 4
Probably more than half! YouTube only gives us 10 mins. I just wanted to give exposure to this classic..you can find it often in the $1 section of stores for the whole thing. I've found viewers don't tough it out if I split it all into 9 parts of 10 mins each.
KKD1247 2 years ago
Yeah, I realized I didn't see the part where He gets chased by the Swarm of Bees...plus I coulda sworn I saw some small Boxed set with this in it, apparently there was a short series, and I saw them show this one on TCM earlier in November.
Demoncurse123 2 years ago
What's the version where it's like black and yellow instead of black and white and it has a duck spitting milk and people being chased by bees?
nycprodigy7 3 years ago
Perhaps you are thinking of "His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz."
Mangina9000 2 years ago
It's the same version, happens earlier in the film.
WhatsAYak 2 years ago
how did you find this video?
bddyjoel92 3 years ago
The story of this film is chilling. Larry Semon, the scarecrow and love interest of Dorothy owned Vitagraph Studios outright after Stan Laurel, his partner, left for Hal Roach. It was virtually bankrupt and Semon's last hope was an ambitious two reel project which we see here. He spent like Charlie Chaplin, was popular but unfortunately this film bombed with audiences. It wiped Semon out financially. He contracted tuberculosis and died in a sanitarium in 1928. Very sad. Ollie is great here.
NYVoice 3 years ago
we see martin shorts career and wonder why he hasn't taken fellow canuck keana's offer to wear the fat suit and redo this classic scene for scene. bal
labyronie 3 years ago
very old movie
GolfWMe 3 years ago
this is very old movie
GolfWMe 3 years ago
some one tell me how they did that lightnig effect back then?
maskedmosher 3 years ago
Many times, it was simply done by scratching the emulsion off with a pin frame by frame - I think like they did in this version.
KKD1247 3 years ago
hiliarous version, the minatures are well crafted for a silent film!
only257 3 years ago
Hey i have been looking all over the internet for a Really wierd version of the wizard of oz. It had a chicken instead of the dog and a robot.. And wierd people that skate on their hands and feet... Please if anyone has seen it or knows the name of it PLEASE tell me.
MOTUL76 3 years ago
I think you're talking about Return to Oz for the 80's. Type it in and you're probably find it.
GS336 3 years ago
Thank You Soooooo Much!
MOTUL76 3 years ago
No problem. ^^
GS336 3 years ago
Return to Oz is EXTREMELY close to the books. It uses about three of them. If you really want to get a feel for the books, Return To Oz, is pretty accurate. Very disturbing.
fflybz 3 years ago
Yes it is return to oz. The robot is Tik-Tok, The chicken is billina, the skating people are wheelers, and the Gnome king and Mombi mad me crap myself. be forewarned. great movie though! : )
puppetmaster983 3 years ago
Return to Oz, and it is not the same as the 39 version, it is a Disney sequel to it. It is an ok movie, but it is not one of the best Oz films
danielchance 3 years ago
First, having seen the full movie and this version, editing the original down to a two reeler would have done wonders for it. On Larry Semon, he was NOT an egomanic, and Oliver Hardy actually liked and respected him. Finally, what we see here is the sad decline of a career that peaked in 1919-22. Lemon's problem wasn't egotism, it was lack of ideas and overreliance on special affects to carry a movie, like say the recent George Lucas or director/writers Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski
ryoushii 3 years ago
I saw this on TCM and enjoyed it, somewhat confusing. but literally made me laugh out loud quite a few times. I loved the Stunts and Prop comedy all the way through. but yeah.
snkjack 3 years ago
i saw it the other day too. i was laughing threw most of it. sad how the black character and actor is treated. named snowball...geeze. and listed as G. Howe Black. that's messed up
MrTrent 3 years ago
i didnt even notice that. that is messed up.
snkjack 3 years ago
This version was edited down from the original 90 minute version. The full length version opens with a toymaker reading his daughter a book of "The Wizard Of Oz".
Larry Semon was the actual star of the movie and wrote it so that his character, the scarecrow, would be the central character. It borrows plots from all the Wizard of Oz books and its technically a composite of the entire series of books. The 1939 MGM version was based only on book #1.
classicslapstick 3 years ago
Yes...that is totally correct.
KKD1247 3 years ago
thanks for this post
have a good day Earl
JEMCO2008 3 years ago
When I saw this film on TV, I could not believe how awful it was. The story was completely different from what you would expect with the Wizard of Oz, the black man plays the "cowardly lion," the ending made no sense, etc.
Trust me, I've seen tons of silent films, and this is right on the very bottom of my list. Too bad for Larry Semon though. I haven't seen his shorts but they were probably better than this clumsy attempt at a feature.
f1buttonfan 3 years ago
amen
danielchance 3 years ago
I watched this in my 20th Century Novel & Film class.
Mycatjewel 3 years ago
does anyone know the score towards the end where they are at the castle.
austinchrisb 3 years ago
WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!
Kevremember 3 years ago
confusing.
AdobeProductions 3 years ago
very true. this was,like,before 1939 when the real The Wizard Of Oz(1939) came out. EXTREAMLY RARE!!!
moviedudeinc 3 years ago
oh my god,this is the rarest film I have ever found. Ilove it!!!!!
moviedudeinc 3 years ago
I hate this movie. I got my version for a buck at a small town grocery store, and I threw it away after the first time I watched it. Don't get me wrong, I love silent films, but this is just a huge disappointment. It really is a shame that great works like Metropolis nearly deteriorated away into history, while crap like this is in full entirety, hindering peoples outlook on the great silents out there.
danielchance 3 years ago
Are you expecting all films to be completely profound works of art?
This was mere entertainment of it's time...what's wrong with that? I don't think anyone would watch this and judge an entire generation of films. Not anyone with a brain that is.
snowwhiterosered 3 years ago
umm, listen.This film was not able to be shown at many theaters for various reasons. And the people who did see this did not praise it too much. FTR, I happen to be a huge fan of silent films, and I have seen several Chaplin, Keaton, Arbuckle, and better Hardy films than this. I have also seen more noteworthy silent films that still do not match up with Metropolis, and all were much better than this mess, so do not preach to me, I have done my research.
danielchance 3 years ago
ha, research indeed.
I never said this was a work of art, nor a great movie. I just said not to take it so seriously.
This film now is simply just a relic of it's time. (which is why it has any interest at all) It also gives us an insight into the evolution of the WOZ history. That is all.
No one then or now would even bother comparing it to other films of it's time...that would make no sense.
snowwhiterosered 3 years ago
All I was saying on my first comment was that it was a shame that more deserving films nearly left us, while this in in full. No one would really care (I hope not) if this had been lost. So, I am not going to get into an argument over this disappointment in film history, you can like it or hate it.
danielchance 3 years ago
No, by saying confusing, I meant what the crap is with the crusaders being struck by lightning?
AdobeProductions 3 years ago
Not like Tin Man or anything.
marshallwillenholly 3 years ago
who is the actor that is running from the lightning?
nobodysperfect06 3 years ago
You mean the black guy? That would be Spencer Bell, credited here as "G. Howe Black", on Semons demand. He was this movies token black man, or, as they called it back then, "the negro rascal whose laziness, stupidity, cowardice and love of watermelon is source of endless jokes". By the way, and I say this because people online tends to misunderstand these sorts of things, that was a comment of the mentality of the twenties, not on black people.
Mrlzman 3 years ago
At that time people thought blacks and Chinese were all drug addicts.
marshallwillenholly 3 years ago
pure comedy
brkitdwn 3 years ago
hahaha afro hair repel lightnings.
Racist joke from the 20ths.
Daisaku72 3 years ago
Oliver Hardy played"The Tin Man"in this movie
..Larry Semon was impossible to work with and
I'm suprised that Babe Hardy or anyone could
work with Larry.
143AC 3 years ago
Thanx that was great! Love the old movies keep em coming
giojoeg 3 years ago
Baum JR wrote a book or two too didnt he?
I loved it,not for the quality or anything,but just that its out there
it was probably a big hit and a very highquality film in 1925!
Thanks for posting
But is it just me or do they always cast Dorothy a little too old?
Sate12 3 years ago
What is the name of the opening song?
yitzchak13 3 years ago
It is from "The William Tell Overture".The "Ranz des Vaches" or "Call to the Dairy Cows" often features the English horn and is often used to signify daybreak.
KKD1247 3 years ago
Very funny!!!
BluedragonZ009 4 years ago
This is a total waste of time
Evanescencechik08 4 years ago
It is, if you didn't learn anything.
catchersmitt0 4 years ago
Uncle Henry was fat.....
hot4jwg 4 years ago
that dorothy is fucking hot
Colton5 4 years ago
yup
fouldowell 3 years ago
That's one hell of a storm.
DecapitatedKittens 4 years ago
not much like the baum book at all. notice how they played the black farm hand's death?
Beadbud5000 4 years ago
Based upon some ol' Lon Chaney and Chaplin film, this was par for the course. Consider yourself fortunate that the gendre matured!!
karaokejb 4 years ago
eh?It doesnt get much better than chaplin though i wonder what film you are referencing...i dont recall chaplin making an oz film...
fouldowell 3 years ago
Ugh, Larry Semon. Ed Wood of the silent era, no doubt.
holytangerine 4 years ago
what the hell was that?
anoesfan 4 years ago
Just to clarify this: His son did not seek to keep the series alive, he sought fortune. Lyman Frank had already hired a woman to continue writing the story in the event of his death. *Deep sigh* Such desecration... Furthermore, he made his own movies BEFORE he died. This movie wasn't needed even then.
phookamaster 4 years ago
wow. that was just all kinds of bad!
julymoon22 4 years ago 2
And I thought the Judy Garland version wasn't true to the origional...
benfrenzy 4 years ago
I thought it was better than the Technicolor movie! NOT.
benfrenzy 4 years ago
Wow, how much more racism can there be in a movie?
discountbacon 4 years ago
lol, haven you ever watched Birth of a Nation by Griffith?
AntonBatey 4 years ago
@discountbacon - Oh, you'd be surprised! You can start with "Birth of a Nation" (1915), and keep going into the 40s.
WSenator1 1 year ago
This movie is public domain, and has been released onto DVD several times. I reccomend the 3-disc Collector's set of the Judy Garland/MGM "Wizard of Oz," which has this one, three other silents, and a cartoon on the third disc.
RoyalKidofOz 4 years ago
first pieces of music are from grieg"s peer gynt suite.
gmlch 4 years ago
It segues into a section of Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite".
seppojustnow 4 years ago
In response to the scoring question... don't know about the first theme, but Tchaikovsky's Arabian Dance from the Nutcracker Suite starts around the middle of the film.
jpeanrkode 4 years ago
BTW, I'm parroting, i have no actual understanding of what i'm speeking about.
recoveringcarnivore 4 years ago
I didn't graduate high school.
recoveringcarnivore 4 years ago
In a closed system all is inhibition. There is no creation. In an open system all grows whether cancerous or healthy.
recoveringcarnivore 4 years ago
Oh, I've looked at life from BoTh SiDeS NoW from luck and smart and still somehow, it's life's illusions that I recall, I really don't know life at all.
recoveringcarnivore 4 years ago
The lightning is really cute!
recoveringcarnivore 4 years ago
Yup! Lo-tech sfx by scratching the lightning right into the film!
KKD1247 4 years ago
KKD1247
Do you know who musically scored this show?
Beadbud5000 4 years ago
Sorry, I do not. The old Beta box makes no mention.
KKD1247 4 years ago
Thanks for leting me know
Beadbud5000 4 years ago
I have this movie! I have it on VCR from about five years ago. Last time I looked, it wasn't on DVD. Is it now? It would be much easier to watch.
Beansie09 4 years ago
not that I know of but with a little hard work finding who owns the right you could use a PC to restore it.
KURGEN131 4 years ago
Very good point. The last time I looked it was Amazon and Ebay. I could probably find a bootlegged version, though. I don't know much about restoring videos myself, though. Even if I could get a hold of it by downloading I could throw it onto a DVD very easily...maybe I could upload it from VCR....
Beansie09 4 years ago
I went to the IMDb website & they say a company named chadwick pictures owns the rights. a user on the IMDb site claimes there is a 3-disc set available with this 1925 version of wizard of oz on it with 6 other silents but when I went to ask where they got it from the site asked way too much personal info about me so I bailed, hope this helps a little more.
KURGEN131 4 years ago
There's a 3-disc edition of the classic "Wizard of Oz" that we all know that has this and THREE other silent films, and a cartoon. This movie made Chadwick go bankrupt, and the film is now public domain.
RoyalKidofOz 4 years ago
yes, it is. I got mine for only a dollar, so go look for it, I know it is on amazon
danielchance 3 years ago
wat is this bout?
Jerseysfinestchris 4 years ago
Oliver Hardy Is The Greatest Comedian Ever
electro20 4 years ago
They need more Harry Langdon on youtube. There should be a few of the best clips from The Strong Man at least. I just ordered it from Amazon, so I won't see it for 3 weeks... :(
bencheshire 4 years ago
And Max Linder is another great who died at the height of the silent era, 1925 I think it was. Never saw sound. Lucky b+stard. There's another group who've posted a Larry Semon short, pretty cool, but they give no info about it or where it came from, which is not as cool.
bencheshire 4 years ago
I doubt I'll ever like him as much as Buster... There's just something instantly likeable about Buster's character. Easily the most loveable of all the silent clowns. Wow, Betamax eh? Its amazing to think all the great stuff that's available on dead technologies. My uncle's got an extensive VHS collection, but I think of it as useless because its not DVD. Was just thinking last night this is going to happen to my DVD collection. Just hope its not soon in a blu-ray moon...
bencheshire 4 years ago
Thanks for your comment too, very informative. I just heard about Larry Semon for the first time. I like. I like the score too, but it doesn't really get the levity of this version, but what DVD is this from?
bencheshire 4 years ago
My version is from a 20-yr old Betamax public domain tape, not a disc. This was the music that was on the tape. Larry Semon (July 16, 1889 - October 8, 1928) was a film comedian during the silent era, at the time considered a "Comedy King". The somewhat mysterious circumstances surrounding his death have lead some to believe that he faked his own demise. Personally, I was never much of a fan of his.
KKD1247 4 years ago
Oh, that makes a lot more sense, thanks!
strawberrygirl0615 4 years ago
Is that really all of it? It seems like a very abrupt stop. Anyway, thanks for posting it, I had wanted to see it.
strawberrygirl0615 4 years ago
No...its only the 10 mins out of the middle of it. Its around 90 mins total. This is just a taste of it for YouTubers.
KKD1247 4 years ago
Why not just put it all up? You don't like us or something?
RZenbach 4 years ago
I may put up more someday. I like most YouTubers. I'm not sure how many would put up with a 9-part silent film. Seems to me that multiple part videos attract fewer & fewer viewers as the parts progress. Thats why I've kept my videos to 2-parts thus far.
KKD1247 4 years ago