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Posted 7 Months, 3 Weeks ago
mystic_moose
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All, I have been feverishly trying to locate the Brownlow & Gill documentaries on the 'Big 3' silent comedians:

Charlie Chaplin: Unknown Chaplin Buster Keaton: A Hard Act To Follow Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

I know that TCM will be showing the Keaton piece on November 16 and I believe both the Keaton and Chaplin documentaries can both be ordered from Amazon.Com. I cannot, however, manage to locate the Harold Lloyd. Any ideas where I can get them? Any help would be appreciated!

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Posted 7 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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The Lloyd documentary is out of print. You might still find a used copy on eBay sometime... although you'll have to outbid me to get it!
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Posted 7 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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I don't think the Lloyd documentary has been offered commercially. Same with 'The Chaplin Puzzle,' which I've been wanting to see for years.
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Posted 7 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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I've had both the Chaplin and Keaton sets for some time. I recorded the Lloyd off of AMC
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Posted 7 Months, 2 Weeks ago
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I think all three of the documentaries are outstanding. The Chaplin doc is easily the most interesting for the simple fact that it includes a large cache of unseen footage of Chaplin's working methods, which had been kept secret up till then.

The doc was so good, with so much startlingly clear footage, that I think Brownlow & Gill's subconsious mind was at work when they titled the Keaton doc, A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW; since anything after the Chaplin doc would be as well.

However, the Keaton doc keeps me interested from first to last as well. Primarily because there are numerous recollections about the films from the Great Stone Face himself. Then, too, the doc carries us through his life, everything from his fall in the sound era and his long-awaited recognition for his greatness. That alone makes it well worth viewing.

As for the Lloyd doc, I'm not sure whether there were only two segments because of budgetary concerns or for lack of footage. I've always thought the former. But it suffers because of its truncated form.

Which reminds me that I'll have to review the Lloyd doc soon.

~ Crooner

Why didn't they do one on Laurel & Hardy?
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