Tag: Hal Roach
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Red Noses in Black & White: Clowns in Silent Movies
For a clown, a real honest-to-goodness Clown, the core of what they are doing is rooted in the honest, raw, vulnerable connection they create and have with the audience members. This is the source of where the laughs come from. The costuming and make-up are an extension or exaggeration of who the clown performer is,…
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Leo McCarey, Charley Chase and René Clair Walk Into a Bar…
Rene Clair’s Last Silent Completes the Boomerang Arc of French Comedies To America and Back (image above sourced from SFSFF press/downloads page, whose image credit reads “Poster courtesy of the Cinémathèque Française”) There are a few occasions I can recall from many years ago when, after playing for a film at MoMA, I went home,…