Is Lon Chaney Sr. really the most overrated silent film star?
I was looking through my back issue collection of Scarlet Street magazine and came across a review of HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (1924). As there was also a review of the 1925 UNHOLY THREE, I think the two...
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He hams it up as Mr. Hyde. All those parodies are true. if you ever saw THE COMIC with Dick Van Dyke, that's pretty much it.
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Wich2 wrote:On one level, Good Acting is Good Acting. But on another level, let's get real - and be fair - here: Styles change. Jolson and Crosby were great singers - but not like those of today....
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Sure, but I'll still argue there is quite a range to had in silent film pantomime, from the masterfully refined to the Snidely Whiplash.
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pulp novelties wrote:infinite1 wrote:Wich2 wrote:Yet again: styles run in and out of fashion. There IS what looks today like broad playing in some Barrymore films - but back then, the three siblings...
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Rider wrote:pulp novelties wrote:infinite1 wrote:Wich2 wrote:Yet again: styles run in and out of fashion. There IS what looks today like broad playing in some Barrymore films - but back then, the...
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pulp novelties wrote:infinite1 wrote:Wich2 wrote:Yet again: styles run in and out of fashion. There IS what looks today like broad playing in some Barrymore films - but back then, the three siblings...
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infinite1 wrote:ok, I'm wrong, you didn't use the word "most", even though Tom did and that was how I framed my original question. But, as you have not mentioned Barrymore, or any other silent film...
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There isn't that nicer?
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Did you really need to post that? You know who to contact. You're not a newbie.
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No actually I don't Will, or I wouldn't have asked. If there is a single listing of people to contact, I couldn't find it. I'm not in the habit of complaining about fellow members. I did get my answer...
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pulp novelties wrote:There isn't that nicer?Boy, whatta ham!
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Dressed like that, who wouldn't be?
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He's smiling too much.
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"Once a Ham! Allwaaays a Ham!" - Dr. Meirschultz
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But as my Shakespeare teacher Mario Siletti used to tell us - "Remember: ham can be cured!"
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Not if it's half-baked.
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Don't step on it - it might be Lon Chaney!
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TomWeaver999 wrote:Not Chaney's fault, not the director's fault, but ... SOMEbody's fault: I remember reading (and I ass-u-me it's true) that in the novel, Quasimodo is an articulate teenager (or not...
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