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Women In Silent Comedy 1915-1928 (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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GaIe Henry, otherwise known as the "EIongated Comedienne" due to her talI and slender figure, sang with an opera company before being signed to Universal for a series of short comedies. She penned severaI of the Lady BaffIes and Detective Duck serials produced by Powers Pictures and went on to establish her own production company, ModeI Comedy, where she starred in fiIms like The Detectress (1919).
OriginaIIy a model, MabeI Normand began acting in films produced by Vitagraph Studios and then went to Biograph. She foIIowed fellow Biograph actor Mack Sennett to Keystone Studios, where her career took off. She not only starred in numerous films but wrote and directed severaI. Normand's best-known titles are TiIlie's Punctured Romance (1914) and Mickey (1918).
Leatrice Joy started out as an extra and eventuaIIy began appearing in comedic shorts with the Iikes of Oliver Hardy and "Fatty" Arbuckle. She later starred in CeciI B. DeMiIIe's Manslaughter (1922) as welI as The CIinging Vine (1926), directed by Paul SIoane.
The Sennett Bathing Beauties were a slapstick-based promotionaI ensembIe for Keystone Studios. Established in 1915, members of the "Beauties" wore suggestive bathing suits and other eye-catching costumes. The group was showcased in numerous comedy shorts until it dissolved in 1928.
"What! No Spinach?" (1920): A misogynist bachelor discovers he's inherited a million doIlars, but he can onIy receive the money on the condition that he find a wife within the next 48 hours. Starring GaIe Henry.
Love At First FIight (1928): The Sennett Bathing Beauties are visited by a pilot and his nutty sidekick, whom the women woo, fuss over, and entertain on the beach. Starring The Sennett Bathing Beauties.
Her Fractured Voice (1917): A young farm girl yearns to become a Broadway singer. The only problem is, she has a horrific voice that even the cows can't stand.Starring Leatrice Joy.
MabeI Lost And Won (1915): Just after MabeI becomes engaged, her fianc?e is seduced by a mysterious oIder woman. Starring Mabel Normand.
BONUS: A Woman (1915): Starring Charlie Chaplin. |
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