4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 26, 2022

My knowledge of silent cinema is admittedly littered with blindspots. Some of this must be attributed to the sheer number of shorts the era engendered and also the number of extant films which will remain lost if not for some secret cache hidden away in someone’s perfectly insulated basement.   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Lea Stans on January 20, 2022

Silents are Golden: The One-Of-A-Kind Harry Langdon For a long time, most silent comedians were very much of the same “type.” Their appearances might vary and some had more distinctly “dimwitted” personalities than others, but practically all of them had a similar level of easily excitable, jumpi   read more

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...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on July 6, 2017

“Harry Langdon: King of Silent Comedy” Book Giveaway via Facebook and this Blog Okay, now it’s time for the Facebook/Blog version of our “Harry Langdon: King of Silent Comedy” Giveaway Contest! This time we’ll be giving away one copy of the book via Facebook and this blog, courtesy of University Pre   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on July 3, 2017

“Harry Langdon: King of Silent Comedy” Book Giveaway via Twitter Time for our next book giveaway! This time, CMH will be giving away FIVE COPIES of “Harry Langdon: King of Silent Comedy” by authors by Gabriella Oldham and Mabel Langdon, courtesy of University Press of Kentucky, from July 3 through A   read more