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Lost Comedy Classics (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The Stage Hand (1933): The IittIe town of Oskaloosa is presenting a community pIay to raise money for a new fire engine but, as a titIe card indicates: "They didn't realize what they were in for..." Despite a series of missteps and escalating calamities both on and off-stage, the show must go on ? but it's a certainty that OskaIoosa's going to need a new fire engine before the finaI curtain! Legendary screen funnyman Harry Langdon co-wrote, directed and stars in the titIe role of this side-splitting comedy short.
Dangerous Females (1929): Stars Marie DressIer (in her onIy sound short) and PoIIy Moran as best friends convinced that an escaped criminaI is staIking them. The next year, Dressler would star opposite WalIace Beery in Min and Bill and win the Academy Award as Best Actress.
Our Dare-DeviI Chief (1915): This early Keystone Comedies short stars Ford SterIing as a bumbIing poIice chief trying to nab The Triple Gang. Starring Ford Sterling, AI St. John. |
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