Silents Please

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Condensations and clips of famous movies from the silent era with audio annotations by Paul Killian. 1960 August 4 "The Son of the Sheik" August 11 "The General" August 18 "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" August 25 "Yankee Clipper" September 1 William S. Hart: clips from "Hell's Hinges" and "Tumbleweeds"; Hart's intro to the 1939 re-release of "Tumbleweeds" September 8 Mack Sennett: clips spanning 1909 to 1929, including an excerpt from "The Lonely Villa" September 15 "Tempest" September 22 serials; clips from "The Perils of Pauline" September 29 and October 6 "Orphans of the Storm" 1961 March 23 "The Black Pirate" March 30 "The Eagle" April 6 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" April 13 Will Rogers; film and newsreel clips April 20 pre-empted for monthly Ernie Kovacs special April 27 pre-empted for Algerian war special May 4 "America" May 11 "The Thief of Bagdad" May 18 pre-empted for monthly Ernie Kovacs special May 25 Chaplin, Keaton and Langdon; clips from "Easy Street", "Cops" and "Saturday Afternoon" June 1 "Variety" June 8 heroes rescuing heroines from perils June 15 pre-empted for monthly Ernie Kovacs special June 22 pre-empted for U.S. diplomats special June 29 and July 6 "Orphans of the Storm" begins two months of repeats July 13 "The Son of the Sheik" July 20 "Tempest" July 27 "Yankee Clipper" August 3 Mack Sennett August 10 William S. Hart August 17 "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" August 24 serials August 31 "The Black Pirate" ends two months of repeats September 7 "The Garden of Eden" September 14 "The Road to Yesterday" September 21 pre-empted for Ernie Kovacs special September 28 TV Guide says "Dracula" (1922); musta been "Nosferatu" October 5 Babylonian segment of "Intolerance"