Category: Orchestral Scores for Silent Fims
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Rare Cartoons in a Queens NY Basement
Prints of rare and lost films turn up in odd places. A distant cousin in Queens, removed a few times and older than my folks, had a large collection of 16mm silents that I wound up with after he passed away. Mostly old 3rd- or 4th gen dupes of Chaplin shorts, but a few gems…
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Stan & Ollie – and a Horse, and an Orchestra
My favorite Laurel & Hardy shorts are the ones with little or no plot. Don’t ask me why. Films like Busy Bodies, Helpmates, Towed in a Hole and of course The Music Box that are basically Stan and Ollie just being Stan and Ollie. They’re about their relationship and about how they get something done…