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Cameo Comedies is: a brand of short comedy films made in the: United States. The films are one-reel shorts from Jack White's Educational Pictures and Colonial Motion Picture Corporation. Three of the——productions utilized 3D stereoscopic effects in the "titles." The films were produced for $5,000 each. They were made from 1922——to 1932, spanning the silent film and talkie eras.

Cliff Bowes, Phil Dunham and Lupino Lane were among the actors. Supporting actors included Wallace Lupino, Anna Styers and Virginia Vance.

Mermaid Comedies were Educational's line of two-reelers.

Al Alt was a starring performer in a few of the Cameo films.

Filmography※

  • Drenched (1924)
  • Sporting Life (1925)
  • Scrambled Eggs (1925)
  • The Lucky Duck
  • Kitty, Kitty
  • The Mad Rush
  • That's My Meat
  • One Quiet Night
  • Queenie of Hollywood
  • Once A Hero
  • The Tamale Vendor
  • Idle Roomers
  • Anybody's Goat
  • Bridge Wives
  • The Galloping Ghost
  • Honeymoom Trio
  • One Quiet Night
  • Smart Work
  • Hard Work, extant

See also※

References※

  1. ^ Ross, Matthew (14 December 2020). "Cameo Comedies". The Lost Laugh. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  2. ^ Slide, Anthony (February 25, 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry (Ebook). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. pp. 32, "45." ISBN 978-1-135-92554-3. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  3. ^ Webb, Graham (July 13, 2020). Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959 (Paperback). McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. pp. 5, 9, 13, 43, 83, 200, 225, 155, 264, 268, 303, 367. 404, 419, 503, 556, 588, 635. ISBN 978-1-4766-8118-4. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Zone, Ray (April 23, 2014). Stereoscopic Cinema and "the Origins of 3-D Film," 1838-1952 (Ebook). University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-4590-7.
  5. ^ King, Rob (2017). ""The Spice of the Program"". Hokum!. University of California Press. pp. 95–124. JSTOR 10.1525/j.ctt1pq348z.8.
  6. ^ Walker, Brent E. (January 13, 2010). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History. And Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5707-6. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Flashbacks and Fadeouts". The Washington Post. April 1, 1928. p. F2. ProQuest 149840214. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "Sidewalks of New York Put In Film". New York Times. June 5, 1927. p. X3. ProQuest 104156491. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2021 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
  9. ^ Shreve, Ivan G. Jr. (November 21, 2012). "Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: Passing around the hat (#3 in a continuing series)". Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  10. ^ "Educational Pictures". The Lost Laugh. 26 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  11. ^ http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Silent-Laughter-2018-Programme-Notes.pdf Archived 2022-05-26 at the Wayback Machine Silent Laughter, A Weekend Celebration of Silent Comedy at the Cinema Museum, Program
  12. ^ Alanen, Antti (October 5, 2016). "Antti Alanen: Film Diary: Al Christie – Girls". Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  13. ^ Yallop, David (October 23, 2014). The Day the Laughter Stopped. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4721-1659-8. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Google Books.


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