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Interview with steve massa, author of rediscovering roscoe. She made several early phonograph recordings for the major companies of the time, and also made several silent films, mostly for vitagraph. Happily, massa, the author of lame brains and lunatics and a veritable walking encyclopedia of all things silent comedy and i kid you not about that, has gone above and beyond in service of calling attention to our forgotten comediennes. The introduction to my earlier book lame brains and lunatics gives a blow by blow of my interest in silent comedy, but basically in 1990 i began organizing and curating silent comedy film programs for various festivals and archives.
Steves book is a real labor of love, covering much of the rest of silent. He has organized and curated comedy film programs for the museum of modern art, the library of congress, the smithsonian institution, and the pordenone silent film festival, as well as. Here, accompanied by program notes by steve massa whose fine book on neglected silent comics, lame brains and lunatics, was recently published by bearmanor media, are films featuring. Sean something guitars, vocals joshua mutant drums, vocals brandon the kid bass, vocals. Lyme brain by nicola mcfadzean new lyme disease book. It seems like theres a new book published about the brain every day. A reporter who hears about his activities accompanies him on his rounds. The book also includes selected filmographies and is lavishly illustrated with more than 225. It was originally planned to be a smaller format book, like lame brains and lunatics and divas, but it grew too large. My writing started with the notes i wrote for the film series and comedy dvd releases that ive worked on.
If you are the publisher or author of this book and. Billie ritchie 14 september 1878 6 july 1921 was a scottish comedian who first gained transatlantic fame as a performer for british music hall producer fred karnothis, a full decade before stan laurel and charlie chaplin took a similar career path. Mar 28, 2020 steve massas book lame brains and lunatics. Philip horkman is a happy man, the owner of a pet store called the wine shop, and on sundays a referee for a local kids soccer league. Steve massas lame brains and lunatics, which brings to light an assortment of talented, hardworking and groundbreaking film comedians that long ago vanished into the mists of time, is sure to deliver readers into the deepest depths of film comedy history. Talks on movies, the culture of cinema, and filmmaking. Steve massa is the author of lame brains and lunatics. Aug 06, 2017 the introduction to my earlier book lame brains and lunatics gives a blow by blow of my interest in silent comedy, but basically in 1990 i began organizing and curating silent comedy film programs for various festivals and archives. New york public library for the performing arts, dorothy and lewis b.
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