Harold Lloyd in "Hot Water" by Trav S.d.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Harold Lloyd feature Hot Water (1924), co-directed by Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor. Hot Water is less like a feature-length story than …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 8:13am on October 26, 2014☆⚑

W.C. Fields in "So's Your Old Man" by Trav S.d.

Today is the release date of the 1926 silent feature So’s Your Old Man (1926) starring W.C. Fields and directed by Gregory La Cava. If you’ve already seen the 1934 talkieÂ…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 9:39am on October 25, 2014☆⚑

More Creepy Ventriloquists: William Wood by Trav S.d.

The current production the ventrilooquialcentric Dead End Dummy has prompted me to add to the ventriloquism section of Travalanche. We already have most of the best known ventriloquist…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 8:34am on October 24, 2014☆⚑

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla by Trav S.d.

Today is the birthday of the legendary Jerry Lewis impersonator Sammy Petrillo (1934-2007), best known for his one starring movie role, in Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952). …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 7:03am on October 24, 2014☆⚑

Harold Lloyd in "Never Weaken" by Trav S.d.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of Never Weaken (1921), one of the last of Harold Lloyd’s shorts, and one of the best of his so-called “thrill comedies”,…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:54am on October 22, 2014☆⚑

Charlie Chaplin in "The Adventurer" by Trav S.d.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of Charlie Chaplin’s The Adventurer (1917), his last film on his Mutual contract, and one of his funniest, best-made flat-out comedie…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:40am on October 22, 2014☆⚑

Grandpa Jones! by Trav S.d.

Today is the birthday of the great Louis Marshall “Grandpa” Jones (1913-1998). Most of us known Grandpa Jones as one of the anchors of the tv variety series Hee Haw from 1969 …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 5:45pm on October 20, 2014☆⚑

Charlie Chaplin in "Shoulder Arms" by Trav S.d.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of Charlie Chaplin’s seminal World War One comedy Shoulder Arms (1918). Shoulder Arms (initially called Camouflage), was first pla…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 9:14am on October 20, 2014☆⚑

Force Majeure Tonight! by Trav S.d.

Filed under: Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: Fore Majeure, Sara Valentine, Tanya Solomon

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 9:11am on October 19, 2014☆⚑

Laurel and Hardy in "Bacon Grabbers" by Trav S.d.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of the silent Laurel and Hardy comedy Bacon Grabbers (1929). In this film (not one of their most inventive) the pair play repo men for the …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 9:03am on October 19, 2014☆⚑

Tomorrow A.M. at Film Forum: Harry Langdon in "The Strong Man" by Trav S.d.

Tomorrow morning at 11am, New York’s Film Forum will be screening the Harry Langdon comedy The Strong Man (1926), the very first feature film directed by Frank Capra.  In T…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 4:19pm on October 18, 2014☆⚑

Samuel W. Gumpertz (Dreamland Circus Sideshow) by Trav S.d.

Dick D. Zigun gave the Mad Marchioness and me the thoughtful engagement gift of the historic postcard above a few days ago. Since we’ve been spending so much time out at Coney Island p…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 4:37am on October 18, 2014☆⚑

Oct 16 5:30PM | Whitman Among the Bohemians: Book and Website Launch, and Tour of Pfaff's Cellar by Trav S.d.

Originally posted on in.ter.reg.num:An exciting upcoming event about Walt Whitman at NYU’s Humanities Initiative. See info on the poster below!

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 4:27pm on October 16, 2014☆⚑

Harold Lloyd in "Bliss" by Trav S.d.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of the 1917 Harold Lloyd comedy Bliss, directed by Alf Goulding. Bliss is one of Lloyd’s earliest “glasses” comedies. …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 9:04am on October 14, 2014☆⚑

Buster Keaton in "The Navigator" by Trav S.d.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of Buster Keaton’s 1924 classic The Navigator.  This film is often ranked with The Gold Rush, City Lights and Keaton's own The Gen…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 8:45am on October 13, 2014☆⚑

Classic Comedians Get Their Own Categories on Travalanche by Trav S.d.

Thought you might like to know we’ve added a new feature to Travalanche this morning. As you may have noticed, around the time of the release of Chain of Fools a year and a half …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 8:22am on October 13, 2014☆⚑

Harry Langdon in "The Hansom Cabman" by Trav S.d.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Harry Langdon comedy The Hansom Cabman (1924), directed by Harry Edwards.  In this one, Harry is a groom-to-be (his famous …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 8:07pm on October 12, 2014☆⚑

Harold Lloyd in "Pay Your Dues" by Trav S.d.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Harold Lloyd comedy short Pay Your Dues (1919). This is one of the first Lloyd shorts (maybe the first?) I ever saw. One tends to di…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:57pm on October 12, 2014☆⚑

Harold Lloyd in "Welcome Danger" by Trav S.d.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of Harold Lloyd’s first talking feature Welcome, Danger (1929), co-directed by Clyde Bruckman and Mal St. Clair.  Welcome Danger w…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:00pm on October 12, 2014☆⚑

Stars of Slapstick #199: Dane and Arthur by Trav S.d.

Today is the birthday of Karl Dane (Rasmus Karl Therkelsen Gottlieb, 1886-1934), who for four years was paired in a comedy team with George K. Arthur (1899-1985). Dane had been a manual l…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:03am on October 12, 2014☆⚑

This Columbus Day Come Learn About ANOTHER Pioneer by Trav S.d.

October 13 (tomorrow) at 7pm, you’ll have a chance to come hear my new play being read at Baruch College for FREE — last chance before it makes its official world premiere at La …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 9:17am on October 12, 2014☆⚑

Tomorrow Morning on TCM: A Science Fiction Classic by Hal Roach??? by Trav S.d.

Tomorrow at 9:30 am (EST), Turner Classic Movies will be showing a picture that’s long been on my must-see list: the original version of One Million B.C. (1940), directed and pro…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 4:22pm on October 11, 2014☆⚑

NYC Zombie Crawl Tonight! by Trav S.d.

Filed under: Horror (Mostly Gothic), PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: NYC Zombie Crawl

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 9:03am on October 11, 2014☆⚑

The Villain Still Pursued Her by Trav S.d.

Today is the anniversary of the release date of the all-star camp romp The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940). Why this hoot of a movie didn’t make it into the canon of comedy clas…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 8:00am on October 11, 2014☆⚑

Stars of Slapstick #198: Mickey Daniels by Trav S.d.

Today is the birthday of Mickey Daniels (1914-1970). The nephew of actress Bebe Daniels and the son of a pair of actor parents, Daniels began his career as one of the first group of kids in …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 7:19am on October 11, 2014☆⚑