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Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
Today, we look at the fascinating life of silent film star Colleen Moore, and how a split-screen camera trick makes "Ella Cinders" (1926) one of her funniest and most memorable films of all time.
Posted in: Comedy, Film Essay, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
Posted by: Matthew Barton
“We took that old art off of radio and mashed it up with Stan Freberg, Mad Magazine, Bob Newhart, Bob & Ray and Sergeant Pepper.” – Philip Proctor “We skated just ahead of the needle on our first LPs and escaped just in the nick of time, diving through the hole in the center of …
Posted in: Comedy, National Recording Registry
Posted by: Library of Congress
The following post is by David Sager of the Library of Congress’ Recorded Sound Division. During the early 1900s, the act of making a phonograph record was an uncomfortable proposition. For one thing, efficient positioning before the recording horn required as much attention as the performance itself. Performers had the additional concern of needing to …
Posted in: Comedy, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Karen Fishman
This post was written by Matt Barton, curator, Recorded Sound Section. Born in the early 1920s, Bob Elliot (1923-2016) and Ray Goulding (1922 – 1990), better known as “Bob and Ray,” never knew a world without radio, and reveled in the medium from early childhood. They became professional announcers while still in their teens, eventually …
Posted in: Comedy, NBC Radio Collection, Radio, Recorded Sound