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ASTOS Volume 1, Number 16. August 4, 2003
All-Star things-and-other-stuff
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WARM-UPS:
Welcome to the second abbreviated issue of the summer. We'll
get this back on track to two issues per month again eventually.
Once again, in case you missed last issue, here's the
notice that can be found on the things-and-other-stuff.com home page:
"This spot is usually reserved for original movie premiums
and other collectibles from the Silent Age through the 1950's. For a few weeks
please shop for these items in our
Catalog. The next several weeks on eBay will
be dedicated to selling off our large wrestling and baseball inventory.
things-and-other-stuff has decided to focus even more upon movie collectibles
from the first half of the 20th Century. As these sporting items are sold off
so too will the sports sections of our site begin to disappear as
things-and-other-stuff readies for the transformation to moviepremiums.com."
If you're interested in seeing these wrestling & baseball
auctions, here's a quick link to our eBay auctions:
take a look!
This issue sees the second Fay Wray article to appear in
ASTOS, this time regular contributor Tammy Stone covers Fay in her column The
Silent Collection. Not to get ahead of ourselves, but next issue's installment
of The Silent Collection will be a very special one as Tammy will be attending
the Toronto International Film Festival and viewing a special presentation of
Erich von Stroheim's The Merry Widow with live musical accompaniment.
Next issue Tammy will discuss both von Stroheim as well as the film. This issue
we have a little preview with Fay Wray.
To the time tunnel we go!
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The Silent Collection by Tammy Stone
FAY WRAY
Some silent film stars are remembered for their looks.
Some are immortalized for their wardrobe, or attitude, or their best feature.
Not so with Fay Wray, whose name alone is catchy enough to stick in one’s head
forever. But what is she best known for? A scream. That’s right – she was the
“Queen of Scream”. That’s odd for two reasons, in this context. The first is
that outside from some very forgettable horror films, screams are not the stuff
classic cinema is made of. The second is that one can’t scream audibly in a
silent film. This is true. For although Fay Wray started her career in the
silent oldies, she made the transition to sound with ease, and in this sense,
had a wonderfully versatile career.
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 each and every issue
of ASTOS. Tammy invites you
to write her at
stonetamar@hotmail.com
with any questions or comments on her column.
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