I love these 1960s reissues of silent films -- how they manage to be informative, affectionate, yet condescending all at the same time. Here's the first few minutes of a dollar disc find.
Seems like this film can't decide whether it wants to be a documentary or a comedy film. It's bloody annoying that the people behind this reissue thought the viewers were morons who couldn't figure out the action just by watching it, but needed a narrator to explain it. At least it's not a Robert Youngson compilation film. He seemed to want to be the star of those things.
Interesting hodgepodge of print sources used for this 1960s edition. The cast credits at the beginning, with the actors identified by photos, is lifted from a 1939 reissue, and the print of the film used as the source here appears to be the 1921 re-release, judging from the titles.
I love how the narrator provides biographical and historical information, talking over the film!
Sennett might have been a little upset with the introductory paragraph & the phrase "king of comedy" applied to Chaplin as Mack proclaimed himself the very same! It would be interesting to know all the re-release dates of this film. On the internet is a pressbook from Tillie dated 1950. Notes of interest on Sennett: Was involved(in a way)with 3 Abbott & Costello films. His film, The Pharmacist was adapted for radio in 1938. It's a Mad, Mad...World(1963) duplicated a scene from a MS movie.
Hmmm... "Charlie" Chase (misspelled).
Seems like this film can't decide whether it wants to be a documentary or a comedy film. It's bloody annoying that the people behind this reissue thought the viewers were morons who couldn't figure out the action just by watching it, but needed a narrator to explain it. At least it's not a Robert Youngson compilation film. He seemed to want to be the star of those things.
OofusTwillip 1 year ago
Interesting hodgepodge of print sources used for this 1960s edition. The cast credits at the beginning, with the actors identified by photos, is lifted from a 1939 reissue, and the print of the film used as the source here appears to be the 1921 re-release, judging from the titles.
I love how the narrator provides biographical and historical information, talking over the film!
ComedyFilm 1 year ago
Sennett might have been a little upset with the introductory paragraph & the phrase "king of comedy" applied to Chaplin as Mack proclaimed himself the very same! It would be interesting to know all the re-release dates of this film. On the internet is a pressbook from Tillie dated 1950. Notes of interest on Sennett: Was involved(in a way)with 3 Abbott & Costello films. His film, The Pharmacist was adapted for radio in 1938. It's a Mad, Mad...World(1963) duplicated a scene from a MS movie.
BabkaPierogi 2 years ago