11,727 stories by "Trav S.D."
Filed under: Comedy, Comedy Teams, Indie Theatre, ME, My Shows, PLUGS Tagged: I'll Say She Is, Marx Brothers, New York International Fringe Festival, Noah Diamond, Trav s.d.
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Charley Chase comedy Mighty Like a Moose (1926), directed by Leo McCarey. Some fans consider this short Chase’s best. For my t…
Filed under: BROOKLYN, Burlesk, Coney Island, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: Burlesque at the Beach, Cherry Delight, Coney Island, Lefty Lucy, Spectacle
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Hal Roach silent comedy Why Girls Love Sailors (1927). Though this film features both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in prominent part…
 Today is the birthday of popular character actor Barnard Hughes (1915-2006). Theatre lovers know him from his long running Broadway hit Da (1978-1980, with many ensuing tour…
Today is the birthday of Hannah Williams (1911-1973). Along with her older sister Dorothy, she began performing in a singing dancing kiddie duo in the vaudeville theatres around the…
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Stan Laurel comedy Kill or Cure (1923). In this Hal Roach short, Stan plays a door-to-door patent medicine salesman whose wares are …
  Today is the birthday of the visionary theatrical producer Charles Frohman (1856-1915). Frohman came up through the ranks, ripping tickets at Hooley’s Theatre, Brooklyn, then …
Today is the birthday of Zita Johann (1904-1993). Best known for playing the duel role of Helen and Princess Anck-es-en-Amon in the original version of The Mummy (1932), she was in a t…
Today is the anniversary of the release date of D.W. Griffith’s first movie as director The Adventures of Dollie (1908) The film contains all of the qualities in utero that…
 Today is the anniversary of the release date of the silent Harold Lloyd short Just Neighbors (1919). In this domestic comedy, Harold has a trial getting home to his little w…
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the W.C. Fields comedy The Old Fashioned Way (1934), directed by William Beaudine. This is one of the best movies ever, not only for fans of F…
Tonight (tomorrow, really) at 2 am, Turner Classic Movies will be showing that weird, weird seventies artifact The Baby (1973). Warning: I absolutely always include spoilers, so now…
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Charlie Chaplin short A Woman (1915). In this Essanay comedy, Chaplin plays his usual park masher, who ends up coming home with Edna…
 Today (according to some sources) is the birthday of Hollywood mogul Louis B. Mayer (1884-1957). While MGM was the child of Marcus Loew’s vision, leverage and capital, Mayer had fo…
 Today is the birthday of Harry Von Zell (1906-1981). Today he is best remembered for playing the neighbor and on-air announcer in the highly self-reflexive tv version of the George B…
 Today is the anniversary of the release date of the 1926 W.C. Fields silent comedy feature It’s the Old Army Game, directed by Eddie Sutherland. The title for this film is …
 Today the anniversary of the release date of the Harold Lloyd comedy High and Dizzy (1920). The title is the best possible; it has a double meaning. Not only does it refer to the fact t…
 Today is the anniversary of the release date of Charlie Chaplin’s The Vagabond (1916). The Vagabond was a great leap forward in terms of Chaplin’s story telling artistry,…
Filed under: BROOKLYN, Burlesk, Coney Island, PLUGS Tagged: Beezlebabe, Burlesque at the Beach, Coney Island, Random Acts of Undress, Siren of Sodom
Tonight at sunset at the Abrons Arts Center’s Amphitheatre, the Urban Drive-In will be presenting a free bill of Charlie Chaplin shorts, accompanied by live original piano and strin…
Today is the birthday of silent comedy ensemble comedian James T. Kelley (sometimes billed as James Kelly or Jim Kelly (1854-1933). Born in Castlebar, Ireland, he was said to have originally…
Tonight at 8pm (Eastern) Turner Classic Movies will be showing a great forgotten classic, 1935′s Ruggles of Red Gap. (I really don’t care if old movie buffs know it. …
Today is the 100th anniversary of the release date of the Charlie Chaplin comedy Laughing Gas. Chaplin directed this film all on his own; from this point on he would direct every one …
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Douglas Fairbanks comedy Flirting with Fate (1916). Fairbanks plays a struggling and poor artist who loves a rich girl. Things go from …
