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Paul E. Gierucki

@laughsmith.bsky.social

Producer, director, comedy historian, film restorationist. Cracker of wise. Friendly giant. www.CineMuseumLLC.com

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Our 1927 silent Charley Chase restorations, done for Kit Parker Films, are currently available for free -- on HBO Max and Apple TV+!

Hope that you have a chance to save, watch, and favorite all of them, perhaps the network will consider adding more vintage titles!

#SilentFilm #HBOMax #AppleTV+

20.10.2025 00:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My partner walked by my work station:

She: "What the heck are you working on? Is this a horror film? That panda covering its eye looks possessed!"

Me: "No, dear, that isn't a panda, it is a backward letter 'e' in the film tail!"

However, it DOES look like an evil panda -- and cannot be unseen!

16.10.2025 22:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just canceled Disney+, the parent company of ABC. I love Doctor Who -- but I love my freedom of speech even more.

#BoycottDisney/ABC

18.09.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Once upon a time...

Deserted 1950's roadside attraction: Deer Acres Storybook Amusement Park at 2346 N Huron Road, Pinconning, Michigan.

#abandonedamusementpark

17.09.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Charles "Buddy" Rogers, at Pickfair, with a lovely oil painting of Mary Pickford over his shoulder. Circa 1979.

15.09.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm a baaaaaaaaad boy!

#LouCostello #filmsky

25.08.2025 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Messrs. Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy as seen in Feg Murray's Seein' Stars newspaper column, 1942! #FilmSky

22.08.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Handwritten notation on the reverse reads: "Max Davidson (Hal Roach Studios comedian) and his bride, formerly Miss Alice Marti, of Honolulu." No date.

21.07.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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He'll also paint any saucer, any color, for only $29.95!
Phone: BLEEP - BLUEP - BLOP

07.07.2025 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Think Ford first.

06.07.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you want to find all the cops,
They're hanging out in the doughnut shop...

30.06.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Buster Keaton is ready for his closeup!

27.06.2025 15:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What might have been: Curly-Joe DeRita, Moe Howard, and Emil Sitka portraying Larry Fine's brother -- Harry.

27.06.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Neither Mr. Laurel nor Mr. Hardy knew what to expect when opening the Ark of the Covenant...

27.06.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A timely tip from Superman:

14.06.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Original dialogue slate from MY STARS (1926) starring comedian Johnny Arthur.

I concur.

10.06.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Then I shall live -- FOREVER! ๐Ÿ˜

#coffee

04.06.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Adventures In Sound Adventures In Sound is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts

I've posted two more shows on Mixcloud, both from May 24:

Adventures Sound: Birthday salutes to Libby Holman, Al Jolson, and Billy Murray>

The Clear Spot: records from 1957 and 1967.

Enjoy!

www.mixcloud.com/AdventuresIn...

26.05.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hooooooonk!

03.06.2025 01:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Loretta Jane Swit (Loretta Jane Szwed)
November 4, 1937 โ€“ May 30, 2025

30.05.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Buster Keaton, having a quick shave in his auto-boudoir, during the production of OUR HOSPITALITY (1923).

30.05.2025 19:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In 1988, I was able to meet Hal Roach Studios alums George "Spanky" McFarland, Henry Brandon, Rosina Lawrence, Jerry Tucker, and Virginia Karns. Also spent time with Dorothy "Echo" DeBorba, Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, and Venice Lloyd, the wife of studio cameraman Art Lloyd. Good times!

29.05.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Yes! To be like the hu-man! To laugh! Feel! Want! Why are these things not in the plan?"

26.05.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The unjustly forgotten comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. You haven't lived until you have seen DIPLOMANIACS (1933) or HIPS, HIPS, HOORAY! (1934).
Think of them like The Four Marx Brothers -- minus two.

25.05.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A self-portrait of comedian W.C. Fields atop his "fiery" mustang, Fluke. Found in one of his personal vaudeville scrapbooks.

23.05.2025 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Here, under protest, is beef burgers.โ€

#FilmSky #OrsonWelles #PeterBogdanovich

22.05.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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George Robert Wendt Jr.
(October 17, 1948 โ€“ May 20, 2025)

So long, Norm.

#TVSky

20.05.2025 23:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stan Laurel, as Charles Chaplin, in The Stan Jefferson Trio circa 1916.

20.05.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not sure either, Will. Could be Muni, looks a bit like Houdini too. ๐Ÿ˜„

19.05.2025 02:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Charley Chase At Hal Roach: The Late Silents (1927) [Trailer]
YouTube video by The Sprocket Vault Charley Chase At Hal Roach: The Late Silents (1927) [Trailer]

Have you seen our reconstructions of Charley Chases 1927 Hal Roach comedies yet? Easily some of his funniest work! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEXz...

19.05.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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