I don't have an answer for c6, but there are some interesting tidbits. The quality of the shot and clothing style seem to point to early cinema, but The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 serial. Keystone Cops silent shorts were popular in 1910's.
Leads me to believe this is a much later film that is trying for a period setting. Could be some flashback segment to get that period look. The continuity person really screwed up though.
I don't have an answer for c6, but there are some interesting tidbits. The quality of the shot and clothing style seem to point to early cinema, but The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 serial. Keystone Cops silent shorts were popular in 1910's.
Leads me to believe this is a much later film that is trying for a period setting. Could be some flashback segment to get that period look. The continuity person really screwed up though.
You are very observant in picking up on the inconsistencies that you mentioned. The film here in question, although set in 1910 was made and released in the 1950s. There is also a clip used in the film's opening scene from a 1927 film. Good luck with this one.
Great clues. c6 is Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Cops (1955)
Thanks for appreciating my clues. Your answer is correct and was received just before i was about to include another clue. Bud Abbott is seen standing outside the theatre.
There is another interesting thing to mention here as well. All the posters shown outside the theatre on display seen in the image below, or seen in the film itself are not original film posters versions, but ones produced for the display in the film only. The posters of The Phantom Creeps (1939), The Keystone Kops At The Seaside (a made up film title), Eliza And The Bloodhounds (made up title for the film Uncle Tom's Carbin 1927 version that has footage shown in the movie itself), and Hearts For Rent (possibly a silent short film).
You either love or hate Norman Wisdom. He can be a polarising comic, personally I liked him when I was very young but nowadays I find his humour too forced. That's happened to a few comedy films I had fond memories of in my childhood.
I remember watching Helzapoppin' with Olsen and Johnson way back in the 60s or early 70s when it was on TV and thought it was one of the funniest films I'd ever seen. I then saw it years later in a cinema and sat through it stony faced. I'd like to see it again to see if I was just having an off day that day, it generally gets good reviews.
Wheeler and Woolsey are another duo I have fond memories of from when I was younger, but in that case I think their comedy stands up well nowadays and I've managed to find most of their films on DVD.
I do like Norman Wisdom, although I must admit that I haven't seen too many of his films. A Stitch In Time (1963) I do remember seeing many years ago and thinking then that it was hilarious.
Most screen comedy actor's films tended to run out of steam during their careers. Martin and Lewis, then Jerry Lewis films once funny no longer raise much of a laugh anymore. The British Carry On Series should have stopped production very early in the piece.
Some comedians films that are still funny today are those of early Charles Chaplin, Laurel And Hardy, Buster Keaton The Three Stooges (selected shorts), and not forgetting the funnies comedians of them all The Marx Brothers.
I have to single out that the U.K. television series of Faulty Towers (1975-1979) which starred John Clees and Prunella Scales is still hilarious when watched today. I have lost count of the number of times that I have viewed all the episodes over and over.
Comedy of today especially presented in American comedy films is often crude and lacking in having any genuine humourous scenes included in them.
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The quality of the shot and clothing style seem to point to early cinema, but The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 serial. Keystone Cops silent shorts were popular in 1910's.
Leads me to believe this is a much later film that is trying for a period setting. Could be some flashback segment to get that period look. The continuity person really screwed up though.
Peter
There is another interesting thing to mention here as well. All the posters shown outside the theatre on display seen in the image below, or seen in the film itself are not original film posters versions, but ones produced for the display in the film only. The posters of The Phantom Creeps (1939), The Keystone Kops At The Seaside (a made up film title), Eliza And The Bloodhounds (made up title for the film Uncle Tom's Carbin 1927 version that has footage shown in the movie itself), and Hearts For Rent (possibly a silent short film).
A clue for C7 is a well known British actor in his day is featured in the image.
Peter
I remember watching Helzapoppin' with Olsen and Johnson way back in the 60s or early 70s when it was on TV and thought it was one of the funniest films I'd ever seen. I then saw it years later in a cinema and sat through it stony faced. I'd like to see it again to see if I was just having an off day that day, it generally gets good reviews.
Wheeler and Woolsey are another duo I have fond memories of from when I was younger, but in that case I think their comedy stands up well nowadays and I've managed to find most of their films on DVD.
Peter
Most screen comedy actor's films tended to run out of steam during their careers. Martin and Lewis, then Jerry Lewis films once funny no longer raise much of a laugh anymore. The British Carry On Series should have stopped production very early in the piece.
Some comedians films that are still funny today are those of early Charles Chaplin, Laurel And Hardy, Buster Keaton The Three Stooges (selected shorts), and not forgetting the funnies comedians of them all The Marx Brothers.
I have to single out that the U.K. television series of Faulty Towers (1975-1979) which starred John Clees and Prunella Scales is still hilarious when watched today. I have lost count of the number of times that I have viewed all the episodes over and over.
Comedy of today especially presented in American comedy films is often crude and lacking in having any genuine humourous scenes included in them.