A nostalgic look at film clips from the Silent Era.A nostalgic look at film clips from the Silent Era.A nostalgic look at film clips from the Silent Era.
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Ward Wilson
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Lionel Barrymore
- Self
- (archive footage)
Harry Carey
- Self
- (archive footage)
Lillian Gish
- Self
- (archive footage)
Owen Moore
- Self
- (archive footage)
Kate Bruce
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Arthur V. Johnson
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Marion Leonard
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
David Miles
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Walter Miller
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Frank Powell
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaA print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
- Crazy creditsAll credited cast are identified verbally by narrator Ward Wilson.
- ConnectionsEdited from His Duty (1909)
Featured review
No Reverence, Few Genuine Laughs
THE CUSTOM OF taking some old (in this case pre-World War I) films and poking fun at them via the old voice-over method had been a popular one in Hollywood pretty much ever since the dawning of the sound era. No doubt it was an economical way to produce some filler programming via the short subjects department of the various studios. But it was merciless the primitive melodramas and completely disregarded the historical importance that such films is occupied.
PERHAPS THE ULTIMATE exploitation of such silents that wee in public domain of course was realized in the Jay Ward-Bill Scott production for television of FRACTURED FLICKERS.
BUT THE DEBATE about how appropriate the narrator's causticly comical commentary was is debatable; being that just exposing the public to those pioneering efforts was in itself commendable
AS TO THE case of this short, it is no doubt the last product of a short subjects department of the soon to be defunct studio. The company once known as "the Little Major", RKO RADIO PICTURES would soon be closing its doors. The studio that had given the World CITIZEN KANE, KING KONG, THE INFORMER; as well as the Comedy Team of Brown & Carney would be but a memory. The studio property would become Desilu.
WHEN VIEWING THIS film, we couldn't help but be reminded of those short subjects that were a part of MGM's PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES. This would be in regard to the narration style and its attempt to use "dry" humor and various puns to achieve the good will of the audience's laughter. It only has this resemblance to a degree; but the influence is there
WHATEVER HISTORICAL POINTS that are brought to the forefront would be in their 0aking note of these early roles being played by such future notables as: Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gisah, Harry Carey and Owen Moore.
WELL SCHULTZ, YOU have to start somewhere!
PERHAPS THE ULTIMATE exploitation of such silents that wee in public domain of course was realized in the Jay Ward-Bill Scott production for television of FRACTURED FLICKERS.
BUT THE DEBATE about how appropriate the narrator's causticly comical commentary was is debatable; being that just exposing the public to those pioneering efforts was in itself commendable
AS TO THE case of this short, it is no doubt the last product of a short subjects department of the soon to be defunct studio. The company once known as "the Little Major", RKO RADIO PICTURES would soon be closing its doors. The studio that had given the World CITIZEN KANE, KING KONG, THE INFORMER; as well as the Comedy Team of Brown & Carney would be but a memory. The studio property would become Desilu.
WHEN VIEWING THIS film, we couldn't help but be reminded of those short subjects that were a part of MGM's PETE SMITH SPECIALTIES. This would be in regard to the narration style and its attempt to use "dry" humor and various puns to achieve the good will of the audience's laughter. It only has this resemblance to a degree; but the influence is there
WHATEVER HISTORICAL POINTS that are brought to the forefront would be in their 0aking note of these early roles being played by such future notables as: Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gisah, Harry Carey and Owen Moore.
WELL SCHULTZ, YOU have to start somewhere!
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- redryan64
- Mar 17, 2016
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- Screenliners (1954-1955 season) #13: Film Fun
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- Runtime9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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