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Kino - Lost Keaton - 16 comedy shorts - 2 DVD set

Lost Keaton

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Product Description of Lost Keaton

buy-from-amazon Kino - Lost Keaton - 16 comedy shorts - 2 DVD setFor Buster Keaton, the era of the talkies was a tumultuous time. As a result of signing with MGM, the quality, the quality of his ambitious, eclectic comedies began to decline and in 1934, he signed a contract with Earle W. Hammons Educational Pictures which, despite its name, specialized in comedy short subjects. Keaton’s move to Educational was a return to his roots, crafting a stream of two reel comedies in rapid succession, as he had done in the early 1920s, when he first refined his cinematic craft.The films Buster Keaton made with Educational Pictures (ALL sixteen of which are collected here) pay homage to his earlier work, but at the same time incorporated the element of sound, all while exploring new possibilities for his recurring comic persona, Elmer.Read More »Lost Keaton

A Date for Gomer — happy ending. Note the handkerchief that Barney is holding for the bloody nose that Thelma Lou gave him

A Date for Gomer

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A Date for Gomer, an episode from The Andy Griffith Show season 4, originally aired November 25, 1963

In A Date for Gomer, Barney Fife (Don Knotts) and Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) are frustrated in their dating lives. Every time they try to be alone with their respective girlfriends, Gomer (Jim Nabors) show up uninvited and, being Gomer, doesn’t catch the obvious hints that the couples would like to be alone.

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Jerry Lewis hosting the MDA telethon in 1975

Jerry Lewis and the Labor Day Telethon for the MDA

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Jerry Lewis hosting the MDA telethon in 1975

Jerry Lewis has been organizing and hosting a Labor Day telethon to help raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) since 1966.  Over the years, Jerry has helped raise over 2 billion dollars.  In fact, Jerry Lewis is one of the few fundraisers who actually brings in more money than pledged.

Over the years, Jerry Lewis has received numerous awards for his work with the MDA over the years. These include nominated for the Nobel Peace Price in 1977, a U.S. Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service in 1985, and the Governor’s Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2005 for his long-running telethon work.

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Bell out of order, please knock - Ray Bolger, Judy Garland, Jack Haley and Bert Lahr in The Wizard of Oz - not to forget Frank Morgan, who played the doorman, as well as the horseman driving the "horse of another color" in the following scene, and the Wizard of Oz himself.

Wizard of Oz pictures

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Posters and photos from the classic Judy Garland musical, — The Wizard of Oz