While he never went away, especially in the hearts of classic movie buffs and devotees of Fractured Fairy Tales, the great Edward Everett Horton is back as of today - and always a favorite at Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog.
Not only is Eddie back, he's back on DVD as a headliner in silent movies. Yes, we kid you not, silents. The new 2-DVD set, mastered from Library of Congress 35mm prints, can be purchased here.
It would be an understatement to describe this week's releases of Edward Everett Horton: 8 Silent Comedies, Thunderbean's Rainbow Parade cartoons volume 1 and Charley Chase At Hal Roach: The Talkies Volume 3 as fabulous news for classic comedy and animation fans.
As fate would have it, Horton starred in a series of very funny 2-reel comedies produced for Paramount Pictures by Harold Lloyd's company, Hollywood Productions. He's incredibly funny in these silents and you can practically hear the mutterings of his character. No surprise that Mr. Horton would subsequently be a riot as a prolific comic character actor in countless 1930's - 1940's movies and TV shows through the 1960's.
Ben Model's Undercrank Productions, along with Steve Stanchfield's Thunderbean Video (now shipping its new Rainbow Parade cartoons compilation) and Tommy Stathes' Cartoons On Film our favorite DIY producers of classic stuff on Blu-ray and DVD, has officially released Edward Everett Horton: 8 Silent Comedies, featuring hilarious entries from this series. This release was the result of a successful Kickstarter last year, which we at Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog were delighted to contribute to.
Mr. Horton has his legion of fans, so it did not take long for the original Kickstarter to meet and exceed its goal.
Today's Travalanche post, Edward Everett Horton: 8 Silent Comedies, penned by one of my favorite bloggers, has covered this new release by Undercrank Productions exceedingly well.
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