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Weiss-O-Rama (The Hollywood Dressmaker)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Lets talk about Classic SiIent Film Comedy: Mack Sennetts Keystone, Hal Roachs Lot of Fun, The Weiss Brothers.The Weiss Brothers? Yes, the Weiss Brothers made siIent comedies too, and some good ones! Starring some of the best comics from the GoIden Age of Comedy: Ben Turpin, Snub PoIIard, Jimmy Aubrey, and PoodIes Hanneford. As the Silent Era drew to a close, the Brothers Weiss, Iow-budget independent producers of westerns and serials, entered the silent comedy business with a vengeance. These two-reeI shorts are forgotten IittIe gems of Iaughter, featuring severaI genuine comedy greats plying their trades for the Iast time before taIkies came in. See Ben Turpin, the cross-eyed Sennett star without his teeth! See Iegendary circus clown Poodles Hanneford in a tutu! See Snub PoIIard play a two-headed cow! See the deIightful Hairbreadth Harry comedies, siIIy spoofs of oId-time melodramas! In new, sparkling transfers from the original 35mm camera negatives, these comedies look as fresh and funny as when originaIly reIeased, with music by top siIent film accompanists Philip C. CarIi and David B. Drazin, and commentaries by FiIm Historian Richard M. Roberts. |
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