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ASTOS Volume 1, Number 14. May 31, 2003
All-Star things-and-other-stuff
Brought to you by things-and-other-stuff
WARM-UPS:
Welcome back everyone to a brand new issue of ASTOS!
Things have been slow here lately, though mostly by choice. Have so many
items to list that I think they're intimidating me a little and making me
somewhat lazy! On the items that have made it to eBay lately sales have
been decent, so the listings will continue. Right now there are some Dixie
Premiums, 1920's Post Cards, and some 1946 Movie Magazine Premiums listed, feel
free to
take a look!
Last time I mentioned our
Classified Advertising
page, and the month of May saw seven new ads placed, so I figured I'd mention
that page again. All ads are free and the ground rules are pretty simple, so whether
you're buying or selling, send your ad(s) today!
Tammy Stone once again leads off our articles, this time
focusing her Silent Collection on legendary comedienne Mabel Normand.
Mabel's stuff always sells great so we don't have a lot available, but there a
couple of things still listed in the catalogue. The Intermission takes a
look at a post card-sized collectible from about 1920 or so, Cinema Chat
Supplements. All that we had (admittedly a small sample) are depicted on
the Photo ID Page. Then Kendahl Cruver returns with a profile on beautiful
Gene Tierney. Enjoy!
To the time tunnel we go!
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The Silent Collection by Tammy Stone
MABEL NORMAND
In an era that had the first ever movie stars, publicity,
media and ad people were fond of coming up with defining characteristics for all
of their favorite divas of the silent screen. Mabel Normand quickly became “The
Queen of Comedy”, and for many years was considered the funniest woman working
in the movies. In fact, many considered her the “male Charlie Chaplin” –
considering Chaplin is still one of the most legendary comedians, this was not
such a bad label to have! One has to wonder why Mabel is not as much of an
enduring icon as Chaplin is; as with many of her peers, hers is a story that
deserves to be told, and remembered.
This is just a teaser--check out
Tammy's entire
column with pictures!
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Tammy Stone is a freelance writer and journalist based in Toronto. Watch for her
regular column on the greats of the Silent Screen here in ASTOS twice monthly.
Tammy invites you to write her at
stonetamar@hotmail.com
with any questions or comments on her column.
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INTERMISSION:
Cinema Chat Supplements measure 3-1/2" X 5-1/2"
and resemble a standard post card at first glance, however when you flip them
over their backs are blank. They all mention "Cinema Chat" in the upper left corner,
with the Bonnie Hill card going so far to read "Supplement to Cinema Chat," thus
Cinema Chat must have been some sort of 1910-20's publication which released these
as either inserts or mail-away premiums. Internet and eBay searches for
"Cinema Chat" came up empty. These are the only six that we had, acquired
with a collection of standard post cards from a seller in England (thus these
and the Cinema Chat publication itself are likely British in origin). If you have
any information please drop an e-mail to
things@things-and-other-stuff.com.
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GENE TIERNEY
by Kendahl Cruver
Gene Tierney was one of the great
beauties of classic Hollywood and an actress of somewhat underrated ability. She
was born into a society family on November 19, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York. Her
father, Howard, was a successful insurance broker. He and his wife Belle were
extraordinarily attractive and Gene, her brother and sister all inherited their
good looks.
This is just a teaser--check out
Kendahl's entire article with pictures!
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Kendahl Cruver is a writer based in Seattle, Washington. She also writes about
classic actresses for
Suite101.com.
Kendahl's previous things-and-other-stuff
submission was
Mae West.
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END CREDITS:
With Father's Day coming maybe Dad's a little
stubborn and refuses to junk that VCR for a DVD player. Well then, don't
forget to check out our offerings on
things-and-other-stuff at Half.com
to find Dad that rare and out-of-print classis movie.
Just over 120 previously viewed VHS titles listed at this time.
(How 'bout that for a shameless ad, I do apologize!).
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CURTAINS:
That wraps another issue, hope you liked it! I'm glad that after all of
the work and trial and error experiments that have gone into ASTOS, we can now
look at a somewhat stable and ordered publication. I've always gone by the
adage that as long as I like it someone else is bound to like it to. In
this case "it" is ASTOS and I want to thank you for continuing to read and enjoy
this little oddball newsletter. Talk to you again June 15.
As always feel free to e-mail any thoughts or ideas
to us at
things@things-and-other-stuff.com, we're always
willing to listen.
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