Summary

GOLDEN AGE OF COMEDY, THE - RL. 1

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Title: GOLDEN AGE OF COMEDY, THE - RL. 1
File Number: AFP-8A 16mm; VTM-8A Beta SP; NET-198 DigiBeta (at 01:34:07:00); Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Silent Comedy
Year: 1920
Description: 00:00:12:00 B W 1920 - MS - Billy Bevan with babies tied to waist. 00:00:20:00 B W 1920 - WS - Harry Langdon walking down road. 00:00:37:00 B W 1924 MS "A day in the life of Keystone Studios": bedlam in chaotic office, movie studio man walking covered with movie film Vernon Dent (playing a director) arguing with Mack Sennett, Mack calmly sits. (from 1924 Sennett short "The Hollywood Kid" segment continues to at least 00:01:25:00). 00:00:51:00 B W 1924 - WS - Bathing girls model for Sennett in office. 00:00:59:00 B W 1924 - CU - Mack Sennett in 'Oh, brother' expression, rolls eyes 00:01:03:00 B W 1924 - CU - Lion pokes head in office, roars. 00:01:08:00 B W 1924 - WS - Men jump out office windows. 00:01:09:00 B W 1924 CU - Mack Sennett speaks on telephone. 00:01:15:00 B W 1924 - WS - Lion jumps on Sennett's desk Sennett gets up, calmly claps for lion to jump down. 00:01:25:00 B W 1924 - WS - Lion jumps out window. 00:01:35:00 B W 1920 - WS - Bathing beauties around swimming pool as cameramen film. 00:01:39:00 B W 1920 - WS - Bathing girl models on diving board. 00:01:44:00 B W 1920 - WS - Gunfire man dives off board into swimming pool. 00:01:45:00 B W 1920 - MS - Water splashes director and woman. 00:01:48:00 B W 1920 - WS - Man riding wooden horse director yelling fake scenery in background. (from film 'Daredevil'). 00:02:15:00 B W 1920 - MS - Man jumping from moving scenery his pants fall down. 00:02:26:00 B W 1920 - WS - Mack Sennett's revolving carousel stage. 00:02:30:00 B W 1920 - MS - Airplane motor, propellers painted: Mack Sennett. 00:02:40:00 B W 1920 - MS - Monkey hangs from mast with one hand. 00:02:53:00 B W 1920 - CU - Lecherous well-dressed man follows sexy woman from set into her dressing room. 00:02:59:00 B W 1920 - MS - Man sawing wood wood plank falls onto woman's head. 00:03:16:00 B W 1920 - WS - Chaos in Studio: Woman chases man with wood plank. 00:03:21:00 B W 1920 - WS - Man, woman hit each other with wooden planks. 00:03:32:00 B W 1920 - WS - Set falls down inches away from woman, a la Keaton 'Steamboat Bill Jr.' 00:03:43:00 B W 1920 - WS - Man, woman jump off revolving Sennett stage. 00:03:50:00 B W 1920 - MS - Man, woman in cabin - Outer shingles pop off cabin as battle goes on in cabin. 00:03:54:00 B W 1924 - WS - Cameraman in knickers, derby hat, holding movie camera, man in straw hat points. ("The Hollywood Kid") 00:04:00:00 B W 1924 - WS - Little children playing baseball with dog. 00:04:13:00 B W 1924 - WS - Cheering children in bleachers. 00:04:16:00 B W 1924 - MS - Dog lifts little boy by seat of pants, carries him around bases. 00:04:40:00 B W 1924 - WS - Boy puts large rock in giant slingshot, shoots large rock at Charley Murray, he spanks children. 00:05:20:00 B W 1924 - MS - Charley Murray prepares to spank little girl, but doesn't: She has bare behind under dress (from film 'Hollywood Kid'). 00:05:54:00 B W 1926 - MS - (From 'Wandering Willies' Sennett) - Policeman Billy Bevan in restaurant fights oyster in stew oyster spits in his eye. 00:06:08:00 B W 1926 - MS - (From 'Muscle-Bound Music' Sennett) - Tuba-player and drummer shake house, rip walls with their music. (Billy Bevan plays tuba, other is ??) 00:06:17:00 B W 1926 - MS - Tuba-player shoots light bulb at man with tuba. 00:06:27:00 B W 1926 - WS - Man hits bass-drum, whole house shakes. 00:06:57:00 B W 1926 - MS - Man sticks shaving cream in eye. 00:06:58:00 B W 1924 - MS - (From 'Wall Street Blues' Sennett) - Billy Bevan driving 'car' on a desk. 00:07:16:00 B W 1924 - WS - Billy Bevan vacuuming floor of bank. 00:07:28:00 B W 1924 - CU - Vacuum cleaner pulls woman's stockings off legs, sucks up shoes! 00:07:49:00 B W 1924 - MS - Woman socks Billy B. in eye. 00:08:03:00 B W 1924 - CU - Dog poodle dog sucked up into vacuum cleaner! 00:08:08:00 B W 1924 - MS - Billy B. opens lid, dog hair blows into woman's face. 00:08:22:00 B W 1924 - MS - Hairless dog pulled from vacuum. 00:08:36:00 B W 1924 - CU - Hand holding bottle marked Poison, with skull and crossbones. 00:08:42:00 B W 1924 - MS - Andy Clyde nearly takes poison. 00:08:45:00 B W 1924 - CU - Skull on bottle winks!! 00:09:05:00 B W 1924 - cu - Edgar Kennedy pulls gun on man man's hands in air. 00:09:06:00 B W 1924 - WS - Holdup in bank. 00:09:12:00 B W 1924 - WS - Man goes out window - scary view of city street from ledge of tall building high in air. 00:09:20:00 B W 19204 - MS - Man hangs onto man's hand outside window high above street. 00:09:30:00 B W 1924 - WS - Edgar Kennedy shoots, man lets go of hand, goes out window, man falls onto flagpole by suspenders, hangs by suspenders! 00:09:33:00 B W 1924 - CU - Suspender buttons coming loose. 00:09:41:00 B W 1924 - WS - Man falls through canvas awnings onto street. 00:10:01:00 B W 1926 - MS - (Film 'Circus Today' Sennett) - Billy Bevan is blindfolded, climbs ladder, prepares to dive in swimming pool. 00:10:37:00 B W 1926 - MS - Elephants sucks up all pool water. 00:10:48:00 B W 1926 - WS - Bevan dives into empty pool. 00:10:52:00 B W 1926 - WS - Circus wagon chase: Circus wagon amok in tent, city streets. 00:11:15:00 B W 1926 - MS - Man atop circus lion, lions clawing at man's legs. 00:11:23:00 B W 1926 - WS - California traffic cop, middle of street restaurant, background: 'Waffle Shop-eats.' 00:11:30:00 B W 1926 - WS - Circus wagon plows through film location shooting. 00:11:51:00 B W 1926 - MS - Fiercely-running horses. 00:12:04:00 B W 1926 - WS - Motorcycle policeman pursuing circus wagon. 00:12:11:00 B W 1926 - MS - Lion's paw crowns motorcycle cop: he turns around. 00:12:29:00 B W 1926 - WS - Circus wagon falls off cliff. 00:12:31:00 B W 1926 - WS - Wagon crashes, lion's escape. 00:12:44:00 B W 1926 - WS - Lions loose in circus tent, people tumble out tent. 00:12:58:00 B W 1926 - WS - Terrified crowd run from circus tent. 00:13:45:00 B W 1926 - MS - Madeline Hurlock with lion. 00:14:00:00 B W 1926 - MS - Lion sitting atop woman (Madeline Hurlock) 00:14:16:00 B W 1920 - WS - Small town: three old war veterans play 'Spirit of '76,' lead car into town. 00:15:03:00 B W 1920 - WS - Campaign speaker back of car. 00:15:05:00 B W 1920 - WS - Country townsfolk listen. 00:15:05:00 B W 1920 - WS - Will Rogers running for Congressman people cheer politician kissing babies (Will Rogers). 00:15:39:00 B W 1923 - Ms - (From 'Uncensored Movies' Hal Roach, 1923) - Will Rogers master of ceremonies at film screening. 00:15:56:00 B W 1924 - MS - Will Rogers parodies Robin Hood ("Big Moments From Little Pictures" Hal Roach, 1924) 00:16:16:00 B W 1924 - MS - Man chews on, spits out tobacco juice. 00:16:21:00 B W 1924 - WS - Will 'Robin' shoots arrow through ace of hearts card. 00:16:35:00 B W 1924 - MS - Shoots backward with mirror, shoots arrow into arrow! 00:16:52:00 B W 1924 - WS - Will 'Robins' merry men prancing in forest. 00:17:14:00 B W 1924 - WS - Will 'robin' helped off tree branch on ladder. 00:17:17:00 B W 1923 - MS - Will Rogers parodies cowboy star Tom Mix (from "Uncensored Movies" Hal Roach, 1923). 00:17:22:00 B W 1923 - WS - Cars speed along desert road, stirring up dust. 00:17:26:00 B W 1923 - WS - Will 'Tom' casually, easily mounts horse. 00:17:49:00 B W 1923 - WS - Men in white and black checkered car, chasing will 'Tom.' 00:18:01:00 B W 1923 - CU - 1920s car speedometer, '75 m.p.h.' 00:18:33:00 B W 1923 - WS - Cars tumble off cliff into canyon. 00:18:46:00 B W 1924 - MS - Will parodies Ford Sterling 'Keystone Kops ' Will sleeping in station-house, in police chief's uniform (from "Big Moments From Little Pictures"). 00:18:55:00 B W 1924 - LS, MS - Woman in park, with dog, baby in carriage reading newspaper, man snatches woman's purse. 00:19:01:00 B W 1924 - WS - Runaway baby carriage! 00:19:16:00 B W 1924 - MS - Woman in maid's uniform, telephone police station. 00:19:35:00 B W 1924 - WS - 'Keystone Kops' run behind barrels, from nowhere a car, 'Kops' inside, pops out from behind barrels, trick shot. 00:19:42:00 B W 1924 - WS - Will "Keystone Kop": jumps backwards onto horse! 00:19:47:00 B W 1924 - WS - Trick shot horse skids in circle on slick street. 00:19:59:00 B W 1924 - WS - Will in back of car, car pulls out, rear of car with Will - falls onto street. 00:20:23:00 B W 1924 - WS - "Keystone Kops" skid on street, crash into building knocking down balcony, crash into bakery. 00:20:25:00 B W 1924 - MS - Men fighting in bakery. 00:21:10:00 B W 1924 - WS - Cars driving all over open field. 00:21:48:00 B W 1928 - WS - (From "Run, Girl, Run" Mack Sennett, 1928) - Carole Lombard leading girls' track event. 00:21:50:00 B W 1928 - MS - Striped-suit referee with megaphone. 00:21:57:00 B W 1928 - CU - Carole Lombard patting face with powder puff. 00:22:15:00 B W 1928 - WS - Carole jumps over horizontal pole. 00:22:24:00 B W 1928 - MS - The starter-pistol is fired judges' hats fly off. 00:22:59:00 B W 1928 - WS - Fat girl passes out on ground. 00:23:02:00 B W 1928 - WS - Carole patting face by griddle-cakes stand. 00:23:07:00 B W 1928 - MS - Carole's trainer mocks her vain face-patting. 00:23:19:00 B W 1928 - WS - Men roll fat girl onto stretcher she breaks through. 00:23:25:00 B W 1928 - CU - Scoreboard: SunnyDale-50, Primpmore-50. 00:23:37:00 B W 1928 - MS - Carole prepares herself for track run. 00:23:50:00 B W 1928 - WS - Girls jumping over hurdles. 00:23:51:00 B W 1928 - MS - Excited cheering crowd. 00:24:18:00 B W 1928 - WS - Carole wins. 00:24:42:00 B W 1928 - WS - Girls judges join hands, dance in snaky line! 00:25:41:00 B W 1920 - MS - Man removes steaming hot towels from head of...Ben Turpin!
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