Circus Historical Society Circus Biographies, Obituaries S - U. Many of these were taken from the New York Clipper, Billboard, various newspapers. Circus Historical Society People - Brief Information, Biographies, Obituaries A - B. Many of these were taken from the New York Clipper, Billboard, various newspapers. Meerwald: The schooner, A.J. Meerwald, is owned and operated by the Delaware Bay Schooner Project, a Delaware Bay. Movies From the Silent Era ($19.95 each plus shipping unless otherwise noted.). Movies From the Silent Era. Movies From the Silent Era. Movies From the Silent Era($1. SQUARE SHOULDERS (1. THE BIG TOWN (1. 92. SQUARE SHOULDERS starring Louis Wolheim and Junior. Coghlan. Tad is a young boy who wants to go to military school so he can grow up to be a. Little does he suspect that Slag (Wolheim), a bum and a. Slag, not wanting to reveal his true identity and thus. Tad's belief in his father as a war hero, robs a factory for the money to send his. I order to stay close to Tad, he takes on a job at the. This is a truly wonderful film with elements of comedy and drama. It's a. moving tribute to the love between father and son. This film is presented with the. THE BIG TOWN starring Our Gang. This is a very rare. Classic Boat Index 1987 - 2012Our Gang series. After accidentally burning down a. New. York City. They decide to see the sights and the film shows many of the city's landmarks. Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge. After taking over a city bus for. The return journey, this time on a passenger train, gives the gang a nice. GRANDMA'S BOY (1. I DO (1. 92. 1)Hooray! Harold Lloyd on DVD! GRANDMA'S BOY starring Harold Lloyd, Anna Townsend and Mildred Davis. In. this, Harold's first feature film, he is a coward. He's afraid of the bullying rival for. Mildred's affections, he's afraid of tramps, he's even afraid of his own shadow. His. loving grandmother takes pity on him and tells him the story of his grandfather (also a. Civil War hero with the help of a magic charm which she gives to. Harold. As long as Harold has the charm he's afraid of nothing! He marches forth to. Harold becomes domesticated after his marriage and is soon seen walking down the. Mildred pushing a baby carriage.. When his. brother- in- law drops off his kids at Harold's house, tranquillity comes to an end. Between. his nephew sawing apart his furniture, nailing his shoes to the floor and setting off. Harold has his hands full. At last, late at night, with the kids. Original music score composed and performed by Ben. Model! TUMBLEWEEDS (1. Directed by and starring William S. Hart; additional direction by. King Baggott; taken from the story by Hal G. With Barbara Bedford and Lucien. Littlefield. Hart does some of his fastest riding in. Cherokee Strip. At the end, he bids a moving farewell to his. THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN (1. SPOOKS (1. 93. 1)and THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN (1. THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN starring Will Rogers, Lois. Meredith and Ben Hendricks, Jr. This version of the famous story by Washington Irving was. Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, New York. It's. the story of a new school master, Ichabod Crane (Rogers), who falls in love with Katrina. This really annoys Brom Bones, the town roughneck, who. Katrina for himself. Being the superstitious type, Ichabod believes in tales of. He even believes in the local phantom, the evil Headless Horseman - -. This re- mastered (October, 2. Original. music score composed and performed by Ben Model! SPOOKS In this sound cartoon, Flip the Frog and his. Seeking shelter, they come upon a. THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN What better to accompany. Comiclor cartoon was released in the two- color Cinecolor process with very pleasing. It does a wonderful job of encapsulating Irving's classic tale in only eight. Plenty of fun and spooky atmosphere! THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1. BIRTH OF A NATION SOUND RE- ISSUE TRAILERTHE BIRTH OF A NATION starring Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae. Marsh, George Siegmann, Miriam Cooper and Walter Long. Directed by D. W. Griffith. This is. Griffith's controversial masterpiece which, after its release, gave new life to the Ku. Klux Klan and caused riots in the streets. One of the first films to demonstrate the. Justly famous for it's powerful depiction of. Civil War and justly infamous for it's depiction of black Americans. This version. running just under two hours, is the very rare 1. Griffith. The DVD also contains a rare sound re- issue trailer. See below for our special edition of the original. Six great silent shorts on one DVD! A FESTIVAL OF SILENT COMEDYAPRIL FOOL (1. Charley Chase, Blanche Mehaffey and Noah Young. It's April 1st. and everyone at the newspaper office is having fun with April Fool pranks. Charley, being. the victim of most of them, tries to get even. This is a great film filled, naturally. Long thought to be lost, our transfer is made from the only. Original music score composed and performed by Ben Model! CAUGHT IN THE RAIN (1. Charlie Chaplin, Alice Davenport and Mack Swain. In. this, Chaplin's first effort as a director, a drunken Charlie falls for another man's wife. The other man, Mack Swain, is none too pleased when Charlie follows them home. During the night, the wife walks in her. Charlie's room! Chaplin's influence as a director is evident in this. Keystone film. While there are plenty of laughs and action, the pace is not as frantic as. Sennett fare of the time. Original music score composed and performed by Ben. Model! RECKLESS ROSIE (1. Frances Lee and Billy Engle. In this naughty little. Christie studios, the beautiful Frances Lee, a show girl, is hired. She is entrusted with a revealing teddy, the. All goes well until the. In addition to being a very good comedy. It uses every excuse to show off Frances and her. Guaranteed to raise your eyebrows! After being discharged from the. Smithy (Stan Laurel) is hired as a house builder. The problem. is he knows nothing about building houses which he quickly proves by destroying everything. His former sergeant (Finlayson), is the unfortunate victim of most. When Smithy is mistakenly left in charge, he manages to. All that's left to do is remove the last supporting. Original music score composed and performed by Ben Model! SOLD AT AUCTION (1. Snub Pollard and James Finlayson. As a baby, Snub is left. Twenty five years later, he's still. Snub gets a job helping an auction house sell off their merchandise. Snub's job is to demonstrate. When Finlayson goes on vacation, Snub and his. Now Snub's job is to get it all back. This film. is absolutely hilarious! The action is almost impossible to describe! It's jammed with. A real winner! Original music score. Ben Model! WAR FEATHERS (1. Our Gang. The gang, having a great time playing Cowboys and. Indians, are traveling west. Unknown to their parents, they sneak off the train in Hot. Dog, a western town full of the real thing! When they find themselves in the middle of a. Whistling Clam Rancho - the. Original music score composed and performed by Ben Model! THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1. Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth. Miller, Norman Kerry and Ernest Torrence. Chaney is Quasimodo, the unfortunate deformed. Notre Dame. He falls in love with Esmeralda, a gypsy. Esmeralda is later accused of stabbing her lover. She is. tortured into making a false confession and sentenced to be executed. Quasimodo rescues. Notre Dame! Original music score composed and performed by Ben. Model! MY BOY (1. PLAYERS AT PLAY (1. MY BOY starring Jackie Coogan and Claude. Gillingwater. Directed by Albert Austin. Jackie Blair (Coogan) is a young immigrant on his. America who is orphaned when his mother dies during the voyage. Upon his arrival at. Ellis Island, with no guardian or relative to claim him, Jackie faces deportation. When Jackie gets mixed. The. captain isn't happy about his new guest and determines to return him to the authorities. This is. a lovely film and a great vehicle for Coogan. The sentiment and pathos you'd expect are. Original music score composed. Ben Model! PLAYERS AT PLAY Here's a neat little short with. We see Neil Hamilton. Robert Armstrong boxing, Junior Coghlan playing baseball, Phyllis Haver and Marie. Provost playing croquet, Jackie Coogan swimming, Noah Beery fishing and Thelma Todd. Original music score composed and performed by Ben Model! MABEL NORMAND AT THE HAL ROACH STUDIOS: THE 1. After a successful run of features for. Samuel Goldwyn (and with a handful for Sennett) she took a three year hiatus from films. Towards the end of Normand's short 3. Hal Roach - these were to be her last. The first two of these five comedies were produced and released in late 1. RAGGEDY ROSE is a five- reeler while THE NICKEL- HOPPER is three. Displaying an interesting mix of soulfulness and slapstick, it is these Mabel Normand . RAGGEDY ROSE (1. 92. The bedraggled Raggedy Rose (Mabel) has the. Moe Ginsberg (Max Davidson). A. chance encounter with a wealthy playboy (Carl Miller) sets her dreaming of being a grand lady to his prince charming - all the while sorting through mountains of old clothes. Poverty Row. Her dreaming leads to her dismissal. Forlorn and hungry - she meets with. Directed by Richard Wallace in. Stan Laurel! THE NICKEL- HOPPER (1. Overworked Paddy (Mabel) toils as a babysitter. Her drab life is forever complicated by the mashers she. Boris Karloff appears as a rather creepy one!) and. Michael Visaroff) who scares away any prospective. Oliver Hardy appears as a crazed drummer in the dance hall band and James. Finlayson as a rattled neighbor. Stan Laurel co- wrote the story and gags. All original music scores composed and performed by Ben Model! LAUREL AND HARDY . There are two silent solo shorts in which the boys are prominently featured (but. TREE IN A TEST TUBE. There's also a brief home movie. Stan and Ollie together in later years as well as footage of Stan Laurel's Funeral. CUPID'S RIVAL (1. Billy. West, Oliver Hardy and Leo White. Billy West does his incredible. Billy is the janitor and all 'round handy man at a rat infested. Hardy is a starving artist who is so hungry he eats his own dinner plates! He. suspects his girl friend (Ethel Burton) is having an affair with a rival artist across the. West, meanwhile. drives everyone in the hotel crazy with his Chaplinesque accidents, stunts and gags. The. film culminates in a wild chase and gunfight fueled by alcohol! The accuracy of West's. Chaplin is truly uncanny! Presented with an old- time jazz music score. EVE'S LOVE LETTERS (1. Agnes Ayers, Forrest Stanley and Stan Laurel. Eve and Adam (Ayers and Stanley) are a. Adam Eve's love. letters to an old flame. Anotole, the butler (Laurel), joins forces with Eve to get the.
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