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CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME FOUR 1929

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 21, 2022

 The Sprocket Vault & Kit Parker Films return to the world of Hal Roach Studios with this region-free DVD release of the very first sound comedy short subjects starring Charley Chase. CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME FOUR 1929 includes six shorts from the very beginning of the read more

CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME THREE 1934-36

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 6, 2021

 Kit Parker Films and The Sprocket Vault continue their DVD series of comedy short subjects from the Hal Roach Studios with CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME THREE 1934-36. The three-disc set contains the final 21 two-reelers Charley Chase starred in for Roach before he and the com read more

Harry Langdon At Hal Roach: The Talkies 1929-30

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 2, 2020

Kit Parker Films and The Sprocket Vault mine the Hal Roach comedy archives again with this DVD set of eight short subjects featuring Harry Langdon. The back of the disc case for this set states, "This is Harry Langdon at his most surreal." That has to be the understatement of the year. The shorts i read more

CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME TWO 1932-33

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 17, 2019

The Sprocket Vault and Kit Parker Films present more rare product from the Hal Roach Studios with their CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME TWO 1932-33 DVD set. The set is made up of fifteen different short subjects on two discs. All of the shorts were made at Hal Roach Studios and star read more

The Complete Hal Roach Thelma Todd Patsy Kelly Comedy Collection

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Jul 19, 2018

I've been waiting years for any of the Thelma Todd/Zasu Pitts/Patsy Kelly comedy short subjects to be officially released on home video. Finally there's some light at the end of the tunnel. ClassicFlix has released all 21 of the Thelma Todd/Patsy Kelly shorts as a DVD set, and the Thelma Todd/Zasu P read more

CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME ONE 1930-31

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on Feb 3, 2018

The Sprocket Vault has released a magnificent DVD set of classic comedy shorts produced at the Hal Roach studios and starring Charley Chase. CHARLEY CHASE AT HAL ROACH: THE TALKIES VOLUME ONE 1930-31 contains 18 shorts and bonus material as well. Charley Chase (real name Charles Parrott) isn't as f read more

CLASSIC MOVIE HISTORY PROJECT BLOGATHON: Hal Roach and The "Lot" of Fun

Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Aug 5, 2016

Hal Roach January 14, 1892 - November 2, 1992 When Horace Greeley, in an 1865 editorial, exhorted the young men of America to "go west", generations took it to heart.  Hal Roach left his hometown of Elmira, New York and worked as a wrangler and as a gold prospector in Alaska.  However, read more

Now or Never (1921, Fred C. Newmeyer and Hal Roach)

The Stop Button Posted by on Apr 8, 2012

Now or Never takes a long time to get to the basic comedic plot–Harold Lloyd is stuck taking care of a little kid on a train ride. The kid, played by Anna Mae Bilson, is absolutely adorable and a perfect foil for Lloyd. She’s his costar, not romantic interest Mildred Davis, which is som read more

Get Out and Get Under (1920, Hal Roach)

The Stop Button Posted by on Apr 1, 2012

Like a lot of silent shorts, Get Out and Get Under has three distinct phases. The first phase involves Harold Lloyd as a suitor for Mildred Davis. He’s got to race to stop her wedding. This phase sets a certain expectation for Get Out‘s pace; the rest of the short doesn’t live up read more

Number, Please? (1920, Fred C. Newmeyer and Hal Roach)

The Stop Button Posted by on Mar 15, 2012

Number, Please? is split into three very different parts. First, Harold Lloyd is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend (Mildred Davis), who’s just an awful human being, from her current beau, played by Roy Brooks. The men have to find her missing dog. This section isn’t much fun as there read more

I Do (1921, Hal Roach)

The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 16, 2012

Where to start with I Do…. There are two big places and one little one. The little one is just suburban paranoia in the twenties, with newlyweds Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis terrified over being robbed. It leads to hijinks. But this subplot is only the last seven minutes, tacked on to the r read more

High and Dizzy (1920, Hal Roach)

The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 9, 2012

Sometimes low concept is the best concept. High and Dizzy concerns a drunken Harold Lloyd and his adventures about town with his sidekick, played by Roy Brooks. Lloyd and Brooks get into all sorts of trouble, some predictable, some not, and it just makes for a pleasant comedy. It helps, of course, read more

Haunted Spooks (1920, Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding)

The Stop Button Posted by on Feb 5, 2012

Haunted Spooks is a disjointed experience. It starts well enough, with unmarried Mildred Davis inheriting a mansion… so long as she’s married. Her lawyer promises to get her a husband, which the title cards have already revealed will be Harold Lloyd. Then Haunted takes its time bringing read more

An Eastern Westerner (1920, Hal Roach)

The Stop Button Posted by on Jan 29, 2012

In An Eastern Westerner, Harold Lloyd plays a Manhattan playboy whose antics land him out West. Not the antics where he destroys a dance hall in the opening sequence, which nicely establishes the character, but the ones where his parents catch him. Westerner‘s opening sequence, where Lloyd is read more