Cinema Arts Centre screens old-time film comics
Russian singer-comedienne Lyubov Orlova, a favorite of former Russian leader Joseph Stalin, is shown in a poster for her 1934 film "Moscow Laughs." Audiences unfamiliar with Orlova can learn about her in film scholar Glenn Andreiev's Rediscovered Rare Comics program at Cinema Arts Centre on Nov. 18, 2013. Credit: Handout
Who could forget the big-screen antics of Wheeler and Woolsey or Olsen and Johnson? Pretty much everyone, it seems.
Now you can get to know those little-known comedy teams, along with other forgotten funsters, when Kings Park filmmaker Glenn Andreiev presents "Rediscovered Rare Movie Comics," a clip- and story-fest Monday night at Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington. Here are some of the comics on the bill.
Like Jerry Lewis, Olsen and Johnson are pop-culture heroes in France. "When I went to a Virgin Megastore in Paris," Andreiev says, "the way we would have a big cardboard standup for 'Star Wars,' they had one for 'Hellzapoppin'."
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