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We're In the Navy Now, the 1926 A. Edward Sutherland silent Naval military sailor boxing comedy ("Original story by Monty Brice") starring Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, Chester Conklin, Tom Kennedy, and Donald Keith. Note that Tom Kennedy was NOT the older brother of comic actor Edgar Kennedy, as is often mistakenly noted (and we are guilty of having passed on that falsehood innocently!). Tom was a former amateur boxing champion, who turned to acting in the middle 1910s, primarily playing large oafish characters. He often acted with Edgar Kennedy (which is likely why they were mistakenly identified as brothers), and he appeared in a series of 11 Columbia two-reel comedies alongside Monty Collins in the middle 1930s, and he had a major role in the "Torchy Blaine" detective movies. He stayed active in movies all the way through the 1960s! Also note that in 1926, Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton appeared in "Behind the Front", and the public loved the comic antics of this very large man with this very small man, and they went on to make a series of similar movies, including this one. They were so popular that there was also an imitation series of similar movies starring Karl Dane and George K. Arthur. Note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving complete copies are thought to exist.
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Important Added Info: The Kodascope Library was Kodak's film rental library system. In the mid-1930s, it had a catalogue of approximately 700 1920s silent movies (mostly films from Paramount, Warner Bros. and First National) that were available for rental with a paid subscription to the service. The movies were copied from the original negatives and were produced on a stable non-nitrate, high-quality film, and were typically available in 5 reels, and individuals would rent these silent movies (and likely show them to organizations, perhaps in schools, churches or other public venues). There was also a simpler children's version of this called "Kodatoy" that wealthier families could buy so that their kids could watch silent movies at home! We were consigned 28 different groups of keybook stills which were used with the Kodascope Library (they were surely shown to prospective renters of movies, to help them choose which movies they wanted to rent). Each of the groups of keybook stills has a black cover sheet that comes with them that has information from the Kodascope Libraries together with the rental price (and in many cases, the listed price has been lowered by hand). While these keybook stills were used in the mid-1930s, we believe that they are originals from when the movies first came out in the mid-1920s. Note also that these keybook stills have been mounted to a linen type material and have an extra 1" at the top or left of the still, along with punch holes in that extra area (see our images).

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