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Ton Of Fun
A Ton Of Fun (also called Tons Of Fun) was a comedy team who appeared in a series of slapstick silent short films for Film Booking Offices of America, FBO from 1925 to 1927. The three heavy actors Frank Alexander (actor), Frank "Fatty" Alexander, Hilliard Karr, Hilliard "Fat" Karr, and Kewpie Ross were each over 300 pounds. Karr was also billed as Fatty Karr. Their first film together was ''Tailoring'' in 1925. The last "A Ton Of Fun" film was ''A Joyful Day'' in 1928. Ross retired from films after their last film, while Alexander went to work for Hal Roach Studios and Karr appeared in four more films for Film Booking Offices of America, FBO and RKO. Excerpts from the movies were shown on ''Howdy Doody'' in the early 1950s, credited as "The Tons of Fun," with the characters named Vic, Clint, and Bullet (also named Buffalo Vic, Buffalo Clint, and Buffalo Bullet) by Bob Smith, who narrated the movie excerpts during the show. Films * Tailoring (1925) * Three Wise Goofs (1925) * O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You're Next Lc
In Modern English, ''you'' is the Grammatical person, second-person English pronouns, pronoun. It is Grammatical number, grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers. History ''You'' comes from the Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic demonstrative base *''juz''-, *''iwwiz'' from Proto-Indo-European language, PIE *''yu''- (second person plural pronoun). Old English had singular, dual, and plural second-person pronouns. The dual form was lost by the twelfth century, and the singular form was lost by the early 1600s. The development is shown in the following table. Early Modern English distinguished between the plural ''ye (pronoun), ye'' and the singular ''thou''. As in many other European languages, English at the time had a T–V distinction, which made the plural forms more respectful and deferential; they were used to address strangers and social superiors. This distinction ultim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slapstick
Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy. Slapstick may involve both intentional violence and violence by mishap, often resulting from inept use of props such as saws and ladders. The term arises from a device developed for use in the broad, physical comedy style known as ''commedia dell'arte'' in 16th-century Italy. The "Clapper (musical instrument), slap stick" consists of two thin slats of wood, which make a "slap" when striking another actor, with little force needed to make a loud—and comical—sound. The physical slap stick remains a key component of the plot in the traditional and popular Punch and Judy puppet show. Other examples of slapstick humor include ''The Naked Gun'' and Mr. Bean (character), Mr. Bean. Origins The name "slapstick" originates from the Italian ''Batacchio'' or ''Bataccio'' – called the "Clapper (musical instrument), slap stick" in English – a club-like objec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Films
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits". In the United States, short films were generally termed short subjects from the 1920s into the 1970s when confined to two 35 mm reels or less, and featurettes for a film of three or four reels. "Short" was an abbreviation for either term. The increasingly rare industry term "short subject" carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film. Short films are often screened at local, national, or international film festivals and made by independent filmmakers with either a low budget or no budget at all. They are usually funded by film grants, nonprofit organizations, sponsor, or personal funds. Short films are generally used for industry experience a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Booking Offices Of America
Film Booking Offices of America (FBO), registered as FBO Pictures Corp., was an American film studio of the Silent film, silent era, a midsize producer and distributor of mostly low-budget films. The business began in 1918 as Robertson-Cole, an Anglo-American import-export company. Robertson-Cole began distributing films in the United States that December and opened a Los Angeles production facility in 1920. Late that year, R-C entered into a working relationship with East Coast financier Joseph P. Kennedy. A business reorganization in 1922 led to the company's assumption of the new FBO name. Two years later, the studio contracted with Western (genre), Western leading man Fred Thomson, who within a couple years was one of Cinema of the United States#Rise of Hollywood, Hollywood's most popular stars. Thomson was just one of several silent screen cowboys with whom FBO became identified. The studio, whose core market was America's small towns, also put out many romantic melodramas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Alexander (actor)
Frank Dwight Alexander (May 25, 1879 – September 8, 1937) was an American silent film comedian and actor. He was occasionally billed as Fatty Alexander. Biography In the mid-1910s, Alexander acted in comedy roles for Keystone Studios, often with Sydney Chaplin. Alexander, who was morbidly obese (350 pounds), played villains in the films of Larry Semon, who are often the father of Semon's love interest. He is best known to contemporary audiences for portraying a villainous interpretation of Uncle Henry, eventually proclaimed "Prince of Whales" upon reaching the Emerald City in Semon's '' Wizard of Oz''. He was also part of the comedy team called " A Ton Of Fun" with two other large actors, Kewpie Ross and Hilliard Karr. Richard M. Roberts's article in ''Classic Images'' listed the top ten ingredients of a Larry Semon film, which began with these four: # Larry Semon # A heroine (usually Larry's current girlfriend or wife) # A fat guy (usually Oliver Hardy, to play the villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilliard Karr
Hilliard Karr (1899 – 1945) was an American comedic actor. He appeared in a series of short films with fellow heavyweights Frank Alexander and Bill "Kewpie" Ross ( Ton of Fun). Scenes from the Tons of Fun episode ''Heavy Love'' were used on an episode of ''The Funny Manns''. Partial filmography *'' Fool Days'' (1921) *'' Ain't Love Grand?'' (1921), part of the Sunshine Comedies series *'' A Small Town Hero'' (1922) *'' Big Stakes'' (1922) *'' A Family Row'' (1924) *''What an Eye'' (1924) a haunted house comedy for Universal Pictures *'' A Rough Party'' (1925) *'' Three Wise Goofs'' (1925) *''Tailoring'' (1925) *''The Circus Cyclone'' (1925) *'' The Heavy Parade'' (1926) *'' Three of a Kind'' (1926) *'' Oh, What a Night!'' (1926) *'' Backfire'' (1926) *'' Heavy Love'' (1926) *'' Old Tin Sides'' (1927) *'' Campus Romeos'', (1927) *'' How High is Up'' (1927) *''Three Missing Links'' (1927) *''You're Next ''You're Next'' is a 2011 American slasher film directed and edited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kewpie Ross
Kewpie is a brand of dolls and figurines that were conceived as comic strip characters by cartoonist Rose O'Neill. The illustrated cartoons, appearing as baby cupid characters, began to gain popularity after the publication of O'Neill's comic strips in 1909, and O'Neill began to illustrate and sell paper doll versions of the Kewpies. The characters were first produced as bisque dolls in Waltershausen, Germany, beginning in 1912, and became extremely popular in the early 20th century. The Kewpie dolls were initially made out of bisque exclusively, but composition versions were introduced in the 1920s, and celluloid versions were manufactured in the following decades. In 1949, Effanbee created the first hard plastic versions of the dolls, and soft rubber and vinyl versions were produced by Cameo Co. and Jesco between the 1960s and 1990s. The earlier bisque and composition versions of Kewpie dolls are widely sought-after by antique and doll collectors, who especially want those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Roach Studios
Hal Roach Studios was an American motion picture and television production studio. Known as ''The Laugh Factory to the World'', it was founded by producer Hal Roach and business partners Dan Linthicum and I.H. Nance as the Rolin Film Company on July 23, 1914. The studio lot, at 8822 Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California, United States, was built in 1920, at which time Rolin was renamed to ''Hal E. Roach Studios''. History Roach saw significant success in the 1920s with series of short comedy films featuring stars such as Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, and the ''Our Gang'' kids. The studio produced both short films and features for distribution through Pathé Exchange until 1927, when it signed a new distribution deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. By the early 1930s, the studio had entered a golden age, with a line-up of many of film's most popular comedians, including Laurel and Hardy, Charley Chase, ''Our Gang'', Thelma Todd, and Zasu Pitts. As movie theaters began to favor d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howdy Doody
''Howdy Doody'' is an American Children's television series, children's television program (with circus and Western (genre), Western frontier themes) that was created and produced by Victor F Campbell"Victor F Campbell" ''The New York Times'', Dec 1 1973. Retrieved August 21, 2021 and E. Roger Muir.Hevesi, Dennis "E. Roger Muir, 89, Dies; Backed Howdy Doody" ''The New York Times'', October 28, 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2008. It was broadcast on the NBC television network in the United States from December 27, 1947, until September 24, 1960. It was a pioneer of children's programming and set the pattern for m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slim Summerville
Slim Summerville (born George Joseph Somerville; July 10, 1892 – January 5, 1946), was an American film actor and director best known for his work in comedies. Early life Summerville was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where his mother died when he was only five. Moving from New Mexico to Canada and later to Oklahoma, he had a nomadic upbringing. In Canada, in Chatham, Ontario, he lived with his English grandparents and obtained his first job there, working as a messenger for the Canadian Pacific Telegraphs. Film career The beginning of Summerville's three-decade screen career can be traced to another early job he had, one working in a poolroom in California. There in 1912 he met actor Edgar Kennedy, who took him to see Mack Sennett, the head of Keystone Studios in Edendale. Sennett immediately hired him for $3.50 per day to perform in bit parts, his first being in the role of a "Keystone Kop" in the short '' Hoffmeyer's Legacy''. Tall and gangly, Summerville used hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Slapstick Comedy Topics
This is a list of slapstick comedy topics. Slapstick is a type of broad physical comedy involving exaggerated, boisterous actions (e.g. a pie in the face), farce, violence and activities which may exceed the boundaries of common sense. Slapstick comedians * Fred Karno * Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle * Buster Keaton *Mack Sennett *Laurel and Hardy: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy *Abbott and Costello: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello *The Marx Brothers * The Three Stooges members: Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Shemp Howard, Curly Howard, Joe DeRita Joe Besser * Peter Falk The In Laws * Mel Brooks Silent Movie * Woody Allen Scenes from a Mall * Joe Roberts * Neville Kennard * Jaleel White * Peter Sellers * Robin Williams * Will Ferrell * Harry Langdon * Wayne Knight * Harold Lloyd * Benny Hill * David Margulies * Rik Mayall * Ian McNeice * Sacha Baron Cohen * Rowan Atkinson * Léonce Perret * Charles Prince * Louis de Funès * Jerry Lewis * Will Hay * Abrahams and Zucker * Sarah Duhamel * Shim Hyung-rae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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