Ford West

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Sherlock, Jr. (1924).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Houdini: 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowed magic bits) · through Sherlock, Jr. (1924), which they acted in: Houdini ⇒ Sherlock, Jr. (the host's read). The dream sequence let Keaton use vaudeville and Houdini-style magic bits in a movie grounded in reality.
    “there were magic bits that he knew from vaudeville, from Houdini and other magicians”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 0:53:54 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Merton of the Movies (stage play): 1 line

  1. lineage (possible source) · through Sherlock, Jr. (1924), which they acted in: Merton of the Movies (stage play) ⇒ Sherlock, Jr. (the host's read). Keaton had seen a satiric play that may have given him the idea of a story set around a movie theater.
    “there's a satiric play apparently called Merton of the movies.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 0:53:06 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Rudolph Valentino: 1 line

  1. unmapped (namesake) · through Sherlock, Jr. (1924), which they acted in: Rudolph Valentino ⇒ Sherlock, Jr. (the host's read). The villain is called the Sheik after Valentino.
    “the sheik's so named because a la Rudolph Valentino.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:07:31 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

What's Up, Doc? (1972): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through Sherlock, Jr. (1924), which they acted in: Sherlock, Jr. ⇒ What's Up, Doc? (the host's read). The Chinese-dragon bicycle chase in What's Up, Doc? is a complete homage to the stag-party sequence.
    “The bicycled Chinese dragon sequence and what's up dog is complete homage to this sequence.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:38:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (1) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

No claims join them to a film or another person.

Fun items about them

None.