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Thomas Reeder
Never heard of him? Not surprising, as Ben Pivar was one of the faceless craftsmen who inhabited the sizable world of Hollywood’s cinematic underbelly, the B film. But while often…
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It was every immigrant’s dream. Within ten years of his 1906 arrival in the U.S., Henry Lehrman had achieved both fame and fortune in the fledgling film industry. Widely acknowledged…
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THIS IS BEACH HAVEN, NOT THE BIG CITY; WE HAVE OUR OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS. WE DON’T NEED OUTSIDERS BUTTING IN, TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS. Lewis Porter was an…
MR. SUICIDE: HENRY PATHE LEHRMAN AND THE BIRTH OF SILENT COMEDY is a riveting cautionary tale for all aspiring artists whose dreams exceed their grasp.
Our comedies are not to be laughed at!
A funny line, admittedly, but dead wrong. This quip, supposedly uttered by one of the Stern Brothers, is another example of the…
