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THE WIND 1928

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Collector Highlight Lou Sabini, Stamford Connecticut USA
Lou has been an avid film enthusiast ever since he could first read a book. Having grown up in the midst of the "television age" of the 1950s, he was first introduced to the great comedians of the silent and sound eras.  Today, he has become an expert on film comedy and teaches various film history courses throughout the northeast USA. His love of Laurel and Hardy has a practical outlet as head of the Stamford, Connecticut chapter of the International Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society, Sons of the Desert since 1999. Lou has been adding to his personal 16mm film archive for over six decades and has amassed over 1,000 titles, as well as accumulating a rather sizable DVD and Blu-Ray collection. While attending college at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan in the early seventies, he quickly became friends with Professor William K. Everson, whose film classes became a source for viewing some of the most obscure films from the past. For years, Lou and Bill Everson kept in close touch and would visit each other’s homes on a monthly basis, screening many ‘unseen gems’ that have been out of circulation for decades. Lou has been teaching film courses since 1993 and like Bill Everson, writes classroom notes for each and every session. Lou has also conducted various film series at Vassar College and has participated in film festivals such as Cinefest, in Syracuse, NY, Capitolfest in Rome, NY and Cinecon, in Los Angeles, CA.  He has also lectured at the Library of Congress. In the past, he has taught numerous courses on such topics as Alfred Hitchcock’s British Period, Great Directors of the Past, Social Dramas, Screwball Comedies, the ‘Pre-code’ Era and many more. He has written columns about classic cinema for Bottom Line Personal and was a film critic for The Stamford Patch. More recently, Lou has participated in several documentaries, including one about the Hal Roach Studios which received the Gold Medal Award.  He authored the critically acclaimed book “Behind the Scenes of They Were Expendable” as well as a book focusing on pre-code movies, “Sex in the Cinema: The Pre-Code Years (1929-1934).
MANTRAP 1926
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THE LAST COMMAND 1928
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LAFFS IN THE AFT
FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE
A Man About Town
Assistant Wives
Plane Crazy
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