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ASTOS Volume 1, Number 17. September 3, 2003
All-Star things-and-other-stuff
Brought to you by things-and-other-stuff
WARM-UPS:
Welcome back to the September issue of ASTOS! Hope the
blackout went well for all those in the northeast. Me, I left my day job
in Manhattan early that day at 3:30 in anticipation of a summer weekend getaway
to upstate New York. I made it home by about 1:30 am. Oh well, still
managed to depart the next morning and had a great weekend, so I can't complain
too much...can I?
Like movies? Have a VCR? Just tonight I
continued the things-and-other-stuff moving sale (got to get rid of those bulky
items!) by listing 113 different classic VHS titles. All have the original
cases, most are previously viewed though there are a few new and sealed titles,
and most were under private ownership (though again, a few were former rentals
but they are labeled as such). The auctions are running through the
evening of September 10th, enjoy:
eBay VHS auctions
The
Catalog
continues to be pared down, but most of our movie items
remain. Sports items and non-movie magazines have been being moved out the
door over the past few months as we begin to concentrate on movie collectibles
only.
Speaking of movie collectibles, we have a
brand new photo gallery coming to you this issue (below). Also, as always,
Tammy Stone has a contribution this issue, though not her usual Silent
Collection profile. As promised, Tammy takes a look at Erich von
Stroheim's The Merry Widow, which is being screened at the 2003 Toronto
International Film Festival. Very excited about this piece, enjoy it!
To the time tunnel we go!
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Photo Feature:
The link above and the one following will take you to a page featuring images of
our recently acquired
1920's Ghirardelli's Milk Chocolates cards.
These rare cards are oversized 2-7/8" X 5-1/2" and blank-backed. I
couldn't find any information whatsoever on these when doing a general internet
search, if you know anything at all about them please feel free to write us at
things@things-and-other-stuff.com. Thank you.
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SPECIAL EDITION:
The Silent Collection by Tammy Stone
The Merry Widow
Screens at 2003's Toronto International Film Festival®
Movies,
unlike the arts that came before it, have always been for
everyone, and modern technology made moving images the fastest spreading form of
entertainment in history. This is why early film enthusiasts, in addition to
dubbing cinema the Seventh Art, also acknowledged it as the most democratic one.
With so many people flocking to the movies, a revolution was born: mere
entertainers became stars with previously unimaginable levels of popularity;
books, plays and operas that few ever got around to familiarizing themselves
with became the inspiration for moving image works projected to millions;
authors, because they now had to work with whole teams of film producers and
crews, became notorious figures; and best of all, the success of cinema led to
more and more movies made, and more and more stories told.
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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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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