Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Wheeler and Woolsey movie Hips, Hips, Hooray (1934). In this musical comedy (co-written by Kalmar and Ruby) the boys become salesmen…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:56AM[SHARE]Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Harry Langdon short Boobs in the Wood (1925), written by Arthur Ripley and directed by Harry Edwards. The setting is the Great N…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:51PM[SHARE]Today marks the centennial anniversary of the release date of Charlie Chaplin’s first film for Essanay Studios, His New Job. Having started out in films at Mack Sennett’s K…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:40PM[SHARE]Today is the anniversary of the 1922 murder of silent film director William Desmond Taylor (see last year’s blog post on this subject here). The last thing the world needed was another…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:31AM[SHARE] Today is the 100th anniversary of the release date of the Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle comedy Fatty’s New Role. This is an interesting film for seeming so much like a …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:24AM[SHARE]Filed under: Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: burlesque, Francine the Lucid Dream, Joe's Pub, Pink Room Burlesque, Twin Peaks Pageant
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:35AM[SHARE]Well, this weekend is Super Bowl Sunday, an annual event I typically don’t acknowledge in any way, even by NOT acknowledging it. But it did seem like the perfect time to launch a small…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:05AM[SHARE]Filed under: Contemporary Variety, Indie Theatre, Magicians/ Mind Readers/ Quick Change, PLUGS Tagged: Gathering the Magic, Nelson Lugo, solo show, Tank Theater
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:27AM[SHARE]Filed under: BROOKLYN, Burlesk, Coney Island, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: 11th Anniversary, Badass Burlesque, Coney Island USA, Velocity Chyaldd
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:26AM[SHARE]As we’ve already noted, today is the birthday of W.C. Fields! For my full biographical article on Fields go here, and for my entire W.C. Fields section on Travalanche (35 posts to date…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:27AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of W.C. Fields! For my full biographical article on Fields go here, and for my entire W.C. Fields section on Travalanche (35 posts to date) go here. Fields conquere…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:01AM[SHARE]Filed under: Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: Excelsior Burlesque, Ruby Solitaire
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:24AM[SHARE]Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle comedy Brewster’s Millions (1921). Most contemporary people know only the 1985 remake star…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:51AM[SHARE]Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Keystone comedy Mabel, Fatty and the Law, a.k.a Fatty’s Spooing Days, starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle.…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:20AM[SHARE]Today is the anniversary of the release date of the silent Laurel and Hardy short Liberty (1929), directed by Leo McCarey. This is one of the team’s most finely crafted films. The b…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:21AM[SHARE]Today marks the anniversary pf the release date of the Mack Swain comedy A Movie Star (1916). Swain (often billed as “Ambrose”) was a very funny, capable comedian, but this…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:58AM[SHARE]By now the world has heard the news, but I was at the theatre last night and at rehearsal this morning so this is the first moment I’ve had to blog about the fact that the great Joe Fr…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:14PM[SHARE]Tonight at 8pm Turner Classic Movies will be showing the Burt Lancaster vanity project Trapeze (1956). Why do I call it a vanity project? Well, it was produced by Lancaster’s produc…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:05PM[SHARE]Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Eddie Cantor comedy Strike Me Pink (1936), directed by Norman Taurog. The early 30s magic is waning by the time Cantor made this pictu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:40AM[SHARE]Tomorrow morning at 6am (EST) Turner Classic Movies will be showing the 1940 “Eastern Western” chestnut Northwest Passage, directed by King Vidor. Based on (part of) a popula…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:51PM[SHARE] Today is the anniversary of the release date of the the hilarious Laurel and Hardy comedy short Helpmates (1932), directed by Paul Parrott. The plot of this one is deceptively sim…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:21PM[SHARE]Today marks the 100th anniversary of the release date of the Keystone comedy Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition, starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, and Mabel Normand.…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:25AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824). Two years ago we wrote about his comical epic poem Don Juan, which is now one of our favorite pieces of literature. Toda…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:37PM[SHARE]Â Today is D.W. Griffith’s birthday. What I typically do on this day is to try and strike a balance, by celebrating the pioneer film-maker’s contributions while condemning his…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:19PM[SHARE]Filed under: BROOKLYN, Music, PLUGS Tagged: Freddy's Bar, Sweet Soubrette
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:36AM[SHARE]Filed under: Comedy, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS, Stand Up Tagged: benefit, Charlie Hebdo, New York Society for Ethical Culture, Scott Blakeman
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:39AM[SHARE]Today is the anniversary of the release date of one of Charlie Chaplin’s best known and best loved comedy shorts Easy Street (1917). Easy Street was made and released at the p…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:14AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of one of at least three distinguished Felix Adlers (1884-1963). This one, it just so happens, was not the Founder of the Ethical Culture Movement, nor was he the circu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:42AM[SHARE]Tomorrow at 9:30am (EST) Turner Movie Classics will be showing the Mae West classic She Done Him Wrong  (1933). I think most people agree that She Done Him Wrong, West’s fi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:22PM[SHARE]There’s a reason I’m a repeat offender on  the Halli Casser-Jayne show. I love it! Today the subject is the great Sophie Tucker, Last of the Red Hot Mamas, and the guests will…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:19AM[SHARE]Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle silent comedy short Out West (1918), also featuring Buster Keaton and Al St. John (and written by Nata…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:42AM[SHARE]
