POKES & JABBS: 12 Comedy Shorts [DVD]
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Music by ANDREW EARLE SIMPSON
Pokes & Jabbs Comedies were made over a three year period (1915-1917) by Wizard then Vim and finally Jaxon. Bobby Burns as the always acrobatic Pokes and Walter Stull as the plaid clad Jabbs self-directed the comedies made in the New York City area, Jacksonville (Florida) and Providence (Rhode Island). The beautiful and funny Ethel Burton led their support cast which also included Billy Ruge, Billy Bletcher, Walter Hiers, Pearl Shepard, Oliver "Babe" Hardy and many now forgotten comics. These rare comedies, all from 35mm nitrate and mostly 2K scans (from the British Film Institute and the Library of Congress), show that the acrobat and man in plaid were funny men enacting live action cartoons that kept audiences of the day laughing.
Note: Some of the source material shows the wear and tear that much of our silent films have suffered over the years
Each film has a newly created musical score created specifically for that film by Andrew Earle Simpson, and the cover design was created by graphic designer extraordinaire Marlene Weisman.
Among the 12 films included on the disc are:
A VISIT TO LIVELY TOWN(Lubin, 1912). Burns and Stull in a uniquely shot film made on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. It is pre-Pokes & Jabbs but is too good to leave off the set.
A PAIR OF BIRDS(Vim, 1915). A very early Pokes & Jabbs with Billy Ruge filling in for the absent Walter Stull. Pokes and Runt try to impress a couple of girls at Palisades Park.
UPS AND DOWNS(Vim, 1915). One of the first Vim comedies to be shot in Jacksonville, Florida, and an early Pokes & Jabbs. The beautiful and funny Ethel Burton is the girl in the picture, and Babe Hardy plays the bad guy.
DEVILED CRABS (Jaxon, 1917). Jabbs, as the devil, gets the better of Pokes with some funny results. Shot in Providence, Rhode Island near the end of the series.
... plus another eight shorts AND some bonus material.
Total running time: (approx) 120 minutes. Silent with musical scores by Andrew Earle Simpson. B& W. NTSC, region-free. A Split Reel release. Produced and curated by Rob Stone and Geo. Willeman. Cover design by Marlene Weisman. Films preserved by the British Film Institute and the Library of Congress. For home use only; all other uses prohibited. Musical scores © by Andrew Simpson.
Pokes & Jabbs Comedies were made over a three year period (1915-1917) by Wizard then Vim and finally Jaxon. Bobby Burns as the always acrobatic Pokes and Walter Stull as the plaid clad Jabbs self-directed the comedies made in the New York City area, Jacksonville (Florida) and Providence (Rhode Island). The beautiful and funny Ethel Burton led their support cast which also included Billy Ruge, Billy Bletcher, Walter Hiers, Pearl Shepard, Oliver "Babe" Hardy and many now forgotten comics. These rare comedies, all from 35mm nitrate and mostly 2K scans (from the British Film Institute and the Library of Congress), show that the acrobat and man in plaid were funny men enacting live action cartoons that kept audiences of the day laughing.
Note: Some of the source material shows the wear and tear that much of our silent films have suffered over the years
Each film has a newly created musical score created specifically for that film by Andrew Earle Simpson, and the cover design was created by graphic designer extraordinaire Marlene Weisman.
Among the 12 films included on the disc are:
A VISIT TO LIVELY TOWN(Lubin, 1912). Burns and Stull in a uniquely shot film made on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. It is pre-Pokes & Jabbs but is too good to leave off the set.
A PAIR OF BIRDS(Vim, 1915). A very early Pokes & Jabbs with Billy Ruge filling in for the absent Walter Stull. Pokes and Runt try to impress a couple of girls at Palisades Park.
UPS AND DOWNS(Vim, 1915). One of the first Vim comedies to be shot in Jacksonville, Florida, and an early Pokes & Jabbs. The beautiful and funny Ethel Burton is the girl in the picture, and Babe Hardy plays the bad guy.
DEVILED CRABS (Jaxon, 1917). Jabbs, as the devil, gets the better of Pokes with some funny results. Shot in Providence, Rhode Island near the end of the series.
... plus another eight shorts AND some bonus material.
Total running time: (approx) 120 minutes. Silent with musical scores by Andrew Earle Simpson. B& W. NTSC, region-free. A Split Reel release. Produced and curated by Rob Stone and Geo. Willeman. Cover design by Marlene Weisman. Films preserved by the British Film Institute and the Library of Congress. For home use only; all other uses prohibited. Musical scores © by Andrew Simpson.
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