C.C. Burr: Excavating a Mastodon
Some brief notes on minor independent silent film produce Charles C. "C.C." Burr (1891-1956). Burr was an advertising man from Brooklyn who hung out his "Mastodon Films" shingle in 1920, producing comedies starring Johnny Hines, including the "Torchy" series and others such as Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921) and Sure Fire Flint (1922). These were […]