Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The happy news that I’ll Say She Is  will be in this summer's New York International Fringe Festival provides a nice opening for this update re-blog the topic of the Fringe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:02AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Originally posted in 2013. Today is the birthday of Gus Elen (Ernest Augustus Elen, 1862-1940), one of the first of the so-called “coster comedians” of the English music hall…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:23AM[SHARE]Monday, July 21, 2014
 Today is the anniversary of the release date of the  Buster Keaton short The Blacksmith (1922). An extremely Keatonesque opening shot (Buster standing next to the tallest tree …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:04PM[SHARE]Tonight is the anniversary of the release date of the hilarious Laurel and Hardy comedy Them Thar Hills (1934). In this Hal Roach production, the boys go camping in a trailer as a trea…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:52AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 20, 2014
Tonight on TCM, a cornucopia of silent comedies; quite a diverse selection. It’ll be interesting to see the rationale they give for putting this particular batch on a bill together.…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:03AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 19, 2014
Today is the birthday of Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944). Jenkins is a notorious in show business annals as the worst professional opera singer in history. A 1909 inheritance allow…
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SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:19AM[SHARE]Friday, July 18, 2014
Filed under: Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, Dime Museum and Side Show, Indie Theatre, PLUGS Tagged: Bunny Buxom, Chris McDaniel, Donny Vomit, Frankie Sin, Gal Friday, Jonny Porkpie, Kraine T…
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SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:23AM[SHARE] As we mentioned just now, tickets for our Fringe show I’ll Say She Is are available today.  But we would be remiss in not mentioning the fact that some of our closest f…
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SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:40AM[SHARE]Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Charley Chase comedy Mighty Like a Moose (1926), directed by Leo McCarey. Some fans consider this short Chase’s best. For my t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 17, 2014
Filed under: BROOKLYN, Burlesk, Coney Island, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: Burlesque at the Beach, Cherry Delight, Coney Island, Lefty Lucy, Spectacle
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:33AM[SHARE]Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Hal Roach silent comedy Why Girls Love Sailors (1927). Though this film features both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in prominent part…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 16, 2014
 Today is the birthday of popular character actor Barnard Hughes (1915-2006). Theatre lovers know him from his long running Broadway hit Da (1978-1980, with many ensuing tour…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:57AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Hannah Williams (1911-1973). Along with her older sister Dorothy, she began performing in a singing dancing kiddie duo in the vaudeville theatres around the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:03AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Stan Laurel comedy Kill or Cure (1923). In this Hal Roach short, Stan plays a door-to-door patent medicine salesman whose wares are …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:32AM[SHARE]Â Â Today is the birthday of the visionary theatrical producer Charles Frohman (1856-1915). Frohman came up through the ranks, ripping tickets at Hooley’s Theatre, Brooklyn, then …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:59AM[SHARE]Monday, July 14, 2014
Today is the birthday of Zita Johann (1904-1993). Best known for playing the duel role of Helen and Princess Anck-es-en-Amon in the original version of The Mummy (1932), she was in a t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:53PM[SHARE]Today is the anniversary of the release date of D.W. Griffith’s first movie as director The Adventures of Dollie (1908) The film contains all of the qualities in utero that…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:56AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 13, 2014
 Today is the anniversary of the release date of the silent Harold Lloyd short Just Neighbors (1919). In this domestic comedy, Harold has a trial getting home to his little w…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:50AM[SHARE]Today is the anniversary of the release date of the W.C. Fields comedy The Old Fashioned Way (1934), directed by William Beaudine. This is one of the best movies ever, not only for fans of F…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:29AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 12, 2014
Tonight (tomorrow, really) at 2 am, Turner Classic Movies will be showing that weird, weird seventies artifact The Baby (1973). Warning: I absolutely always include spoilers, so now…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:47PM[SHARE]Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Charlie Chaplin short A Woman (1915). In this Essanay comedy, Chaplin plays his usual park masher, who ends up coming home with Edna…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:29PM[SHARE]Â Today (according to some sources) is the birthday of Hollywood mogul Louis B. Mayer (1884-1957). While MGM was the child of Marcus Loew’s vision, leverage and capital, Mayer had fo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:50AM[SHARE]Friday, July 11, 2014
 Today is the birthday of Harry Von Zell (1906-1981). Today he is best remembered for playing the neighbor and on-air announcer in the highly self-reflexive tv version of the George B…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:44AM[SHARE] Today is the anniversary of the release date of the 1926 W.C. Fields silent comedy feature It’s the Old Army Game, directed by Eddie Sutherland. The title for this film is …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:11AM[SHARE]Â Today the anniversary of the release date of the Harold Lloyd comedy High and Dizzy (1920). The title is the best possible; it has a double meaning. Not only does it refer to the fact t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 10, 2014
 Today is the anniversary of the release date of Charlie Chaplin’s The Vagabond (1916). The Vagabond was a great leap forward in terms of Chaplin’s story telling artistry,…
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SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:09AM[SHARE]Tonight at sunset at the Abrons Arts Center’s Amphitheatre, the Urban Drive-In will be presenting a free bill of Charlie Chaplin shorts, accompanied by live original piano and strin…
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