In celebration of Marxfest, every day this month we will be paying tribute to a different Marx Brothers film. While there are only 13 extant cinematic features including the entire team, …
 Today is the birthday of silent screen comedian Max Davidson (1875-1950). Davidson was an interesting transitional figure in the evolution of an ethnic stereotype in the cinema. Fo…
Last night was one of the happiest nights of my life. Why? It was just the sheer pleasure of hearing 2 or 3 hundred people laugh at the Marx Brothers. Hearing that many people be that deligh…
 Today is birthday of Félicien Trewey (Félicien-François Trevey, 1848-1920). While the American vaudevillian was often spoken as the most highly skilled entertainer ever, I t…
In celebration of Marxfest, every day this month we will be paying tribute to a different Marx Brothers film. While there are only 13 extant cinematic features including the entire team, …
In celebration of Marxfest, every day this month we will be paying tribute to a different Marx Brothers film. While there are only 13 extant cinematic features including the entire team, …
Today is the birthday of Raymond Burr (1917-1993). Now since we also wrote about The Chimp here earlier today we could go with a guy-in-an-ape-suit theme, as Burr starred in both…
In celebration of Marxfest, every day this month we will be paying tribute to a different Marx Brothers film. While there are only 13 extant cinematic features including the entire team, …
 Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Laurel and Hardy classic short The Chimp (1932), directed by James Parrott. The first section of the film is set in a circus, with…
 Today is the birthday of Horace Heidt (1901-1986). Heidt was a pianist and bandleader whose orchestra Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights started in vaudeville and night clubs and beca…
Today at 12:45pm E.S.T. on Turner Classic Movies: The Heat’s On (1943). This is the last film of the original stretch of Mae West’s movie career; her next film wouldn’…
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 Today is the anniversary of the release date of Alkali Ike’s Auto (1911). This is one of the earliest American comedies we’ll discuss on this web site. Directed by Bro…
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Laurel and Hardy feature Swiss Miss (1938). This movie contains one of the craziest plots ever devised for the team. The pair are mo…
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Buster Keaton feature Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928), co-directed by Chuck Reisner. This was Keaton’s final independent film, and one …
In celebration of Marxfest, every day this month we will be paying tribute to a different Marx Brothers film. While there are only 13 extant cinematic features including the entire team, …
In celebration of Marxfest, every day this month we will be paying tribute to a different Marx Brothers film. While there are only 13 extant cinematic features including the entire…
 Today is the anniversary of the release date of the silent Laurel and Hardy short Their Purple Moment(1928), directed by James Parott. In thiss funny comedy, the boys step out on…
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the W.C. Fields’ classic You’re Telling Me (1934). Fields, more than any other major comedian we can think of, loved to recy…
 Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Laurel and Hardy short Double Whoopee (1929), one of the team’s last silents — and one the last silents, period. Set in a…
In celebration of Marxfest, every day this month we will be paying tribute to a different Marx Brothers film. While there are only 13 extant cinematic features including the entire team, …
 In celebration of Marxfest, every day this month we will be looking at a different Marx Brothers film. While there are only 13 extant cinematic features including the entire team, we…
“THE BOWERY ON FILM: FROM MAE WEST TO PUNK” May 16-19 Anthology Film Archives 32 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003 The Bowery on film dates to the earliest days of cinema, when it…
In celebration of Marxfest, every day this month we will be looking at a different Marx Brothers film. While there are only 13 extant cinematic features including the entire team, we will…
 Today is the birthday of Joe Murphy (1877-1961). Murphy began and ended his 40 year film career as an extra, but from 1923 to 1928, he enjoyed five glorious years in the sun as Hollywood…