Edgar Kennedy Deluxe Dvd-R RKO 65 Comedy Shorts Set!!! Free Domestic Shipping

Description: 65 Very Rare Comedy Shorts produced by RKO Studio's during the golden age of Hollywood in the 1930's & 40's starring Legendary Comedy Great Edgar Kennedy. This auction is for 1 14 Dvd-R Deluxe Box set, quality varies, all shorts are in acceptable watchable condition the largest Edgar Kennedy film collection available anywhere, includes the following 65 Very Rare Comedy Shorts, plus free bonus 1942 feature movie, titled Private Snuffy Smith starring Edgar Kennedy. Each short is approximately 20 minutes long for a total of around 26 fun filled hours of hilarity and clean wholesome family entertainment. Please take advantage of this rare opportunity to add these comedy slapstick gems to your collection. A delight also to see early L.A. as the backdrop in many of these classic films, set will be sent in plain white envelopes. Please remember to check out my other auctions, Thank You!!! 1. Mad About Moonshine 2. Do Or Diet 3. It's Your Home 4. Mother Inlaw's Day 5. Art In The Raw 6. A Quiet Fourth 7. The Big Beef 8. You Drive Me Crazy 9. Mutiny In The County 10. Bad HouseKeeping 11. Noisy Neighbors 12. Slightly At Sea 13. Sunk By The Census 14. Ears Of Experience 15. Leave Your Landlord 16. Kennedy The Great 17. Host To A Ghost 18. Kennedy's Castle 19. Fish Feathers 20. The Kitchen Cynic 21. No More Relatives 22. Indian Signs 23. Gasoloons 24. Cooks & Crooks 25. Wrong Direction 26. Duck Soup 27. I'll Fix It 28. Parlor, Bedroom, And Wrath 29. Drafted In The Depot 30. Grin And Bear It 31. A Clean Sweep 32. Inlaw's Are Out 33. Brother Knows Best 34. Love On A Ladder 35. South Seasickness 36. A Merchant Of Menace 37. Baby Daze 38. Will Power 39. Rough On Rents 40. Dumb's The Word 41. Wall Street Blues 42. Home Canning 43. Radio Rampage 44. An Apple In His Eye 45. Motor Maniacs 46. Bric A Brac 47. Morning Judge 48. Contest Crazy 49. Heart Burn 50. A Trailer Tragedy 51. The Other Fellow 52. The Blasted Event 53. Good Housewrecking 54. Hold Your Temper 55. Help Wanted Female 56. Next Door Neighbors 57. Spot On The Rug 58. A Pair Of Tights 59. Quiet Please 60. Inferior Decorator 61. The Hillbilly Goat 62. Social Terrors 63. Poisoned Ivory 64. Edgar Hamlet 65. Westward Ho Hum Birth Name Edgar Livingstone Kennedy Date of Birth 26 April 1890, Lake San Antonio, Monterey County, California, USA Date of Death 9 November 1948, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (throat cancer) NicknameKing of the Slow Burn Master of the Slow Burn Height 6' 1" (1.85 m) Mini Biography Edgar Kennedy, who was born on April 26, 1890, near Monterey, California, hit the road as a young man and traveled across the country, working in a succession of jobs. He became a professional boxer, claiming to have gone 14 rounds against The Manassas Mauler, Jack Dempsey. In addition to his knowledge of the "Sweet Science", Kennedy possessed a good musical voice, and wound up singing in musical shows in the Midwest, his first taste of show business. During his cross-country peregrinations he wound up in Los Angeles, and found himself hired as an actor by comedy producer Mack Sennett. At the Sennett Studios he was allegedly one of the original Keystone Kops, but soon graduated from bit parts to supporting roles in Keystone comedies, including Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) with Charles Chaplin. Kennedy had good roles in other Chaplin movies, but when his contract expired in 1921 he went freelance, though he did occasionally return to Sennett. After leaving Sennett Kennedy established himself as a first-rate supporting comic, and made a career out of playing harassed businessmen, next-door neighbors, cops, etc. By the late 1920s his craft was most prominently featured in comedies for Hal Roach, Sennett's arch-rival, where he flourished in support of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It was with Roach that he developed his mastery of the "slow burn", a routine for which he became famous. He often played a none-too-bright policeman brought to the boiling point by the absurdities of Laurel and Hardy. He also directed the two in From Soup to Nuts (1928) and You're Darn Tootin' (1928). RKO hired Kennedy to appear in a series of comedy shorts called "The Average Man," in which he played the head of a family. The shorts had very tight shooting schedules, often as few as three days, but Kennedy was always a pro and delighted the audience by giving them his all. He made over 200 short subjects and appeared in over 100 feature films, still in demand right up to the day he died of cancer on November 9, 1948. Spouse Patricia Violet Allwyn(1924 - 9 November 1948) (his death) 2 children Trade Mark 'The Slow Burn" - he would show great comic frustration by drawing the palm of his hand down his face before exploding. Trivia Comedian acknowledged as master of the "slow burn" when antagonized. An example of Kennedy in his prime is as the lemonade vendor who has the dubious pleasure of encountering Harpo Marx in Duck Soup (1933). Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA, Section D, Sacred Heart, Grave 7, Lot 193. Children: daughter Colleen, son Larry. Had two children, Colleen and Larry. Colleen Kennedy married Ivan Deach and had four daughters: Wendy, Linda, Teresa, and Robin. Larry Kennedy had four offspring, 2 sons and 2 daughters: Mark, Glenn, Erin, and Donna. His agent, for most of his career, was Fralick Management, owned by Freddie Fralick, whose associate was Mike Connolly. Kennedy's business and financial adviser was Bo Roos. Fellow silent screen comedian Chester Conklin was not only Kennedy's close friend, he also served as his career adviser and manager. His most regular golfing partner was Mickey Rooney. He was part of a card-playing quartet whose other members were Charles Coburn, Lewis Stone and director W.S. Van Dyke. As a character actor, he rarely smiled on-screen, but in real life, he was jovial and friendly and would talk to fans as though they were best friends. Died on November 9, 1948, two days before a scheduled testimonial dinner planned in his honor by his fellow actors wishing to toast his career. One of the original Keystone Kops. He was not, as is often reported, the brother of actor Tom Kennedy. Shipping & Handling Priority mail shipping plus delivery confirmation is required. If you want to hear a great traditional gospel song go to YouTube and search The Whites-He Took Your Place, Great tune.

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Location: El Reno, Oklahoma

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