Cameo Comedies

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[1] and Colonial Motion Picture Corporation.[2][3] Three of the productions utilized 3D stereoscopic effects in the titles.[4] The films were produced for $5,000 each.[5] They were made from 1922 to 1932, spanning the silent film and talkie eras.[2]

Cliff Bowes, Phil Dunham[6] and Lupino Lane[7] were among the actors. Supporting actors included Wallace Lupino,[7] Anna Styers[8] and Virginia Vance.

Mermaid Comedies were Educational's line of two-reelers.[9]

Al Alt was a starring performer in a few of the Cameo films.[10]

Filmography
  • Drenched (1924)[11]
  • Sporting Life (1925)
  • Scrambled Eggs (1925)[12]
  • 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[13]
  • Anybody's Goat
  • Bridge Wives
  • The Galloping Ghost
  • Honeymoom Trio
  • One Quiet Night
  • Smart Work[3]
  • Hard Work, extant[1]

See also

References
  1. Ross, Matthew (14 December 2020). "Cameo Comedies". The Lost Laugh.
  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.
  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 – 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 – via Google Books.
  7. "Flashbacks and Fadeouts". The Washington Post. April 1, 1928. p. F2. ProQuest 149840214. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  8. "Sidewalks of New York Put In Film". New York Times. June 5, 1927. p. X3. ProQuest 104156491. 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)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. "Educational Pictures". The Lost Laugh. 26 May 2021.
  11. http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Silent-Laughter-2018-Programme-Notes.pdf 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".
  13. Yallop, David (October 23, 2014). The Day the Laughter Stopped. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4721-1659-8 – via Google Books.


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