Paul E. Gierucki

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+

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!

Just canceled Disney+, the parent company of ABC. I love Doctor Who -- but I love my freedom of speech even more.

#BoycottDisney/ABC

Once upon a time...

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

#abandonedamusementpark

Charles "Buddy" Rogers, at Pickfair, with a lovely oil painting of Mary Pickford over his shoulder. Circa 1979.

I'm a baaaaaaaaad boy!

#LouCostello #filmsky

Messrs. Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy as seen in Feg Murray's Seein' Stars newspaper column, 1942! #FilmSky

Handwritten notation on the reverse reads: "Max Davidson (Hal Roach Studios comedian) and his bride, formerly Miss Alice Marti, of Honolulu." No date.

He'll also paint any saucer, any color, for only $29.95!
Phone: BLEEP - BLUEP - BLOP

Think Ford first.

If you want to find all the cops,
They're hanging out in the doughnut shop...

Buster Keaton is ready for his closeup!

What might have been: Curly-Joe DeRita, Moe Howard, and Emil Sitka portraying Larry Fine's brother -- Harry.

Neither Mr. Laurel nor Mr. Hardy knew what to expect when opening the Ark of the Covenant...

A timely tip from Superman:

Original dialogue slate from MY STARS (1926) starring comedian Johnny Arthur.

I concur.

Then I shall live -- FOREVER! 😁

#coffee

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...

Hooooooonk!

Loretta Jane Swit (Loretta Jane Szwed)
November 4, 1937 – May 30, 2025

Buster Keaton, having a quick shave in his auto-boudoir, during the production of OUR HOSPITALITY (1923).

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!

"Yes! To be like the hu-man! To laugh! Feel! Want! Why are these things not in the plan?"

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.

A self-portrait of comedian W.C. Fields atop his "fiery" mustang, Fluke. Found in one of his personal vaudeville scrapbooks.

"Here, under protest, is beef burgers.”

#FilmSky #OrsonWelles #PeterBogdanovich

George Robert Wendt Jr.
(October 17, 1948 – May 20, 2025)

So long, Norm.

#TVSky

Stan Laurel, as Charles Chaplin, in The Stan Jefferson Trio circa 1916.

I'm not sure either, Will. Could be Muni, looks a bit like Houdini too. 😄

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...