I ran this video a couple of years ago after it showed up on "Open The Pod Bay Doors, Hal," the website of the late great Mark Bourne. If you've never seen Lloyd's work, perhaps this will whet your appetite. He really was the third great comic of the silent era, the equal of Chaplin and Keaton.
For the curious, the video was edited by MsBluecat and features Moby's version of the traditional folk song "Run On" (also known as "God's Gonna Cut You Down").
Named for Katie-Bar-The-Door, the Katies are "alternate Oscars"—who should have been nominated, who should have won—but really they're just an excuse to write a history of the movies from the Silent Era to the present day.
To see a list of nominees and winners by decade, as well as links to my essays about them, click the highlighted links:
Remember: There are no wrong answers, only movies you haven't seen yet.
The Silent Oscars
And don't forget to check out the Silent Oscars—my year-by-year choices for best picture, director and all four acting categories for the pre-Oscar years, 1902-1927.
Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
1 comment:
Great video! He was brilliant.
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