Cameo Comedies is a brand of short comedy films made in the United States. The films are one-reel shorts from Jack White's Educational Pictures[1] and Colonial Motion Picture Corporation.[2][3] Three of the productions utilized 3D stereoscopic effects in the titles.[4] The films were produced for $5,000 each.[5] They were made from 1922 to 1932, spanning the silent film and talkie eras.[2]
Cliff Bowes, Phil Dunham[6] and Lupino Lane[7] were among the actors. Supporting actors included Wallace Lupino,[7] Anna Styers[8] and Virginia Vance.
Mermaid Comedies were Educational's line of two-reelers.[9]
Al Alt was a starring performer in a few of the Cameo films.[10]
^Ross, Matthew (14 December 2020). "Cameo Comedies". The Lost Laugh. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ abSlide, Anthony (February 25, 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry(Ebook). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. pp. 32, 45. ISBN 978-1-135-92554-3. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
^Webb, Graham (July 13, 2020). Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959 (Paperback). McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. pp. 5, 9, 13, 43, 83, 200, 225, 155, 264, 268, 303, 367. 404, 419, 503, 556, 588, 635. ISBN 978-1-4766-8118-4. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Google Books.
^Zone, Ray (April 23, 2014). Stereoscopic Cinema and the Origins of 3-D Film, 1838-1952 (Ebook). University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-4590-7.
^King, Rob (2017). ""The Spice of the Program"". Hokum!. University of California Press. pp. 95–124. JSTOR 10.1525/j.ctt1pq348z.8.
^Walker, Brent E. (January 13, 2010). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5707-6. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Google Books.
^ ab"Flashbacks and Fadeouts". The Washington Post. April 1, 1928. p. F2. ProQuest 149840214. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
^"Sidewalks of New York Put In Film". New York Times. June 5, 1927. p. X3. ProQuest 104156491. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2021 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
^Shreve, Ivan G. Jr. (November 21, 2012). "Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: Passing around the hat (#3 in a continuing series)". Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
^"Educational Pictures". The Lost Laugh. 26 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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