Split Reel

08/25/2025

The JOKER COMEDIES BluRay Kickstarter just finished... and at 204% funded! Thanks to those that pledged for your support, you won't be disappointed. The project is still open for late pledges.

08/05/2025

We are funded!

But we are not done. More pledges will mean more content! So if you haven't pledged yet please still do so.

Thanks to all that have pledged and supported this and previous SPLIT REEL projects.

A Blu-Ray with ten silent comedies made by Joker Comedies. All high definition transfers of 35mm prints and with new musical scores.

08/05/2025

We are funded!

But we are not done. More pledges will mean more content! So if you haven't pledged yet please still do so.

Thanks to all that have pledged and supported this and previous SPLIT REEL projects.

08/04/2025

Now live! Joker Comedies Kickstarter!!

A Blu-Ray with ten silent comedies made by Joker Comedies. All high definition transfers of 35mm prints and with new musical scores.

07/28/2025

A Blu-Ray with ten silent comedies made by Joker Comedies. All high definition transfers of 35mm prints and with new musical scores.

07/11/2025

Good news silent film lovers!!! The JOKER COMEDIES Kickstarter is fully funded. That means those that have pledged will see their books arrive at their homes about mid August.
If you have not pledged yet... there is still almost three days left for you to make your pledge.

A detailed study of film director Allen Curtis and the silent comedies he made between 1913-1917.

07/06/2025

Check out the cover for the JOKER COMEDIES PICTURE BOOK. This book is a great addition to Thomas Reeder's new book TEN MINUTES OF MIRTH. Both are available by supporting the current Kickstarter campaign at:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/split-reel/new-book-on-joker-comedies

Just a week to go, so be sure to make a pledge! ...and to those that have already pledged: thanks for your support, you will not be disappointed.

07/03/2025

We are about halfway through the JOKER COMEDIES Kickstarter with 90% funding! Still time to pledge and get this great book. A book not to be missed! Written and well researched by Thomas Reeder.

A detailed study of film director Allen Curtis and the silent comedies he made between 1913-1917.

06/20/2025

A detailed study of film director Allen Curtis and the silent comedies he made between 1913-1917.

06/19/2025

Be on the lookout
new SPLIT REEL Kickstarter
starting very soon!

06/03/2025

SPLIT REEL's first BluRay/DVD release is now available for purchase on Amazon. Also available via SPLIT REEL's website (www-split-reel.com).

​Pokes & Jabbs Comedies were made over a three year period (1915-1917) by Wizard then Vim and finally Jaxon. Bobby Burns as the always acrobatic Pokes and Walter Stull as the plaid clad Jabbs self-directed the comedies made in the New York City area, Jacksonville (Florida) and Providence (Rhode I....

04/10/2025

Well, LUKE isn't so LONESOME! The response to the LONESOME LUKE'S LIVELY LIFE Kickstarter has been fantastic, or should I say amazing, or perhaps wonderful... and for sure absolutely much appreciated. But wait... there is still time to pledge. We have just over three days to go, so if you haven't already done so go ahead and join the fun with a pledge.

LONESOME LUKE'S LIVELY LIFE, a new book by STEVE MASSA that looks at the early years of Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd and the Rolin Film Co.