I just discovered the MoMA in NY is playing an Arbuckle retrospective

[LittleClarkie]

Anyone see this?

Good for him. It does my heart good to see that Roscoe is getting his due finally.

Here's a link if anyone's interested.

http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/film_media/2006/Fatty_Arbuckle.html

Apparently, they'll also be repeating the program again sometime in May.

[LittleClarkie]

1. Kickin' it for Roscoe

A forgotten clown.

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. That's cool...

IMO Arbuckle ranks with Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd as one of the great comedic talents of early cinema, and it's nice to see that his reputation has been/is being rehabilitated and he's getting some recognition for his talents (although it's a damned shame it didn't happen when he was still alive; what happened to him was one of the worst cases of a lynching in the court of public opinion that I can think of).

[LittleClarkie]

3. The first time I saw him on film

was in a Keaton documentary called "A Hard Act to Follow". He grabbed the back of a trolley and was whisked away as if he weighed nothing. I laughed, then started to cry. I guess it hit me just then what we'd all missed out on.

I've read the article at the Crime Library. It sounds like a travesty. The poor guy. I'm glad he's getting his due finally too.

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. Oh yeah...you might want to post this in the Classic Film group...

it won't vanish as quickly as in the Lounge, and it'll reach more of its target audience, so to say (not many posts there latel apart from the current schedule for Turner Classic Movies, but I'm sure there are people who read it who'll be interested...flamingyouth is one I know of who would be, most likely)

[LittleClarkie]

5. Oops. I'd forgotten about them. Thanks

Going there now.