Movie frame

[TC Chris]

For years I've carted around an aluminum film canister with about 18" of B&W 35mm film stock in it. I had looked at it and ID'd Stan Laurel. But it' nitrate film stock--explosively inflammable--so I decided too have a frame printed. The downtown Camera Shop did it, making one print and putting several frames on a thumb drive. Here's one:

My sister did an image match and it's from The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case, 1930, 96 years ago. Amazing what computers can tell us.

Chris Campbell

[Conelrad]

You are now this forum's Shorpy.

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[William]

Being a theater pipe organ nut I have seen a lot of silent films, with live theater organ accompaniment, including comedies with Laurel and Hardy. As I watch the silent films I often wondered what the silent film stars voices would sound like. In the case of Laurel and Hardy they made it into the talkies. But with some of the stars, mostly the dramatic ones, they did not or their voices were dubbed as I later learned reading about the silent film era. It is sad that after the talkies arrived, the American musical art form of the theater organ started to disappear and now there are only a hand full still remaining in theaters. Michigan is fortunate to hold the record with the most theater pipe organs originally installed when the theater was built still remaining. I am fortunate to have one of those organs only 35 minutes away from me in the city of Muskegon. It makes me very happy that I can help keep that old girl up and running and I can also go play it as often as I want.

For those that might want to see the theater in Muskegon check out the website. Scroll down to "preserving history" and click on "read more".

https://frauenthal.org/

Bill