BEST PIE FIGHT?

[The Atom]

Could somebody tell me the movie/short with the best pie fight? I'm doing some
research on this long overlooked "art form>"

Regards,
Jason Ward

[E 5th RCT]

Cant recall the name, but the best I've seen are in Chaplain's movies.
Others are in Keystone Cops. Check Blockbuster for their old films.
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The Atom wrote in message <19990529135425...@ng66.aol.com>...

>Could somebody tell me the movie/short with the best pie fight? I'm doing
some
>research on this long overlooked "art form>"
>
>Regards,
>Jason Ward

A very good pie fight in hte movie "THE GREAT RACE" - Natalie Wood gets
pied real good.

Also, Laurel and Hardy's "Battle of the Century" episode features a huge
pie fight

[MDec500157]

>Subject: Re: BEST PIE FIGHT?
>From: "The AGA!" <a...@interlog.com>
>Date: Mon, May 31, 1999 12:44 EDT
>Message-id: <7iue1l$1ij$1...@news.interlog.com>

There was also a terrible movie recently called, variously, "the Nutty Nut" or
"The Nutt House". Great pie fight. Bad movie.

Also, interested pie fans *might* want to check out this site:
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/3759/

Following the links, one can get a lot of information.

[damf...@my-deja.com]

In article <19990529194352...@ng-ca1.aol.com>,

e5t...@aol.comnos (E 5th RCT) wrote:
> >Could somebody tell me the movie/short with the best pie fight? I'm doing
> >some
> >research on this long overlooked "art form>"
> >
> >Regards,
> >Jason Ward
>

> Cant recall the name, but the best I've seen are in Chaplain's movies.
> Others are in Keystone Cops.

Pies were thrown in a variety of Chaplin's earliest films, particularly
at Keystone (1914), but, IMO, there really aren't any especially
distinguised pie battles in any of Chaplin.

The consensus opinion on the definitive pie throwing film is indeed
Laurel & Hardy's silent "Battle of the Century" (1928). Among sound
short subjects, the 3 Stooges' "Hoi Polloi" and "Sweet Pie and Pie" also
deliver the goods, though the battles aren't nearly as elaborate as in
the Laurel and Hardy film. There was also a late 1930's sound short
called "Keystone Hotel" that brought together the likes of Ben Turpin,
Ford Sterling, and other Keystone veterans for old times sake. The
battle in this film is also nicely presented.

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In article <7jj9uc$me8$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, damf...@my-deja.com wrote:

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> There was also a late 1930's sound short
> called "Keystone Hotel" that brought together the likes of Ben Turpin,
> Ford Sterling, and other Keystone veterans for old times sake. The
> battle in this film is also nicely presented.

Sounds like something I need to see. Is it available on video?

--
Lisa

[SRydzewski]

Lisa...
"Keystone Hotel" was a 1935 two-reeler made by Warners Bros. It reunited
Turpin, Sterling, Chester Conklin, Bert Roach, Hank Mann, Marie Prevost, Bobby
Dunn, Baldy Belmont, Joe Bordeaux, Patsy O'Byrne and others in a recreation of
a Sennett film of an earlier era.
The film does still survive, it's around. But I don't think it's been
committed to vhs. You could check Jack Hardy of Grapevine Video in Arizona, he
might have it.

Steve Rydzewski (Phila)

[theprop...@gmail.com]

On Saturday, May 29, 1999 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-7, The Atom wrote:
> Could somebody tell me the movie/short with the best pie fight? I'm doing some
> research on this long overlooked "art form>"
>
> Regards,
> Jason Ward

I was the head of the Ballistic Bakery on the Nutt house. We shot for a week and went through 5,500 pies. Long gooey fun days. Tracy Lords is really cool. You're right. It's a terrible movie. It was originally supposed to be directed by Scott Spiegel (Evil Dead 2)At least the pie fight is in the beginning so you don't have to watch the whole movie.

-Joanne