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ASTOS Volume 2, Number 1. November 15, 2003
All-Star things-and-other-stuff
Brought to you by things-and-other-stuff
WARM-UPS:
All of a sudden when I was finishing up the last issue I
realized that we were finishing up our first year of the ASTOS newsletter.
I looked around and saw that the last few issues had run a little late and that
our core of freelance writers had all but disintegrated outside of the very
loyal Tammy Stone, and I figured it was time for a re-dedication of efforts.
I'm proud to bring you Volume 2, Number 1 of ASTOS,
complete with a new collectible item featured in a photo essay plus three big
profiles! First, we completed a task that had long been the goal and now
bring you a second feature writer. Ken Lashway will debut his Comedy
Corner in about the best place he could begin, with Charlie Chaplin. Next,
you can see our search for new writers pay off with a contribution by the very
talented Scott D. O'Reilly. Scott brings a treat for you Sherlock Holmes
fans with his profile of Basil Rathbone. Personally, I love Rathbone in
the few movies where he has sword in hand to do battle with Errol Flynn (all
classics!). Then we close with another edition of The Silent Collection by
Tammy Stone. Tammy brings her now familiar, but no less fantastic, style
to us with a portrait of Madge Bellamy.
As always, don't forget to check our
eBay auctions which feature some early Dixie
Premium Photos and a beautiful batch of 8x11 dated supplements from the 1916 St.
Louis Globe Democrat. Each of these items will likely be featured in
future installments of the newsletter.
The
Catalog
is once again
carrying more additions then subtractions as we try to get
the greatest variety of oddball movie collectibles into your hands in time for
the Holidays.
Please also take a look at our
home page for ways you
can contribute to this newsletter and our site even if you are not a collector.
Just scroll down about halfway and have a look on the left. We thank you
for your assistance.
To the time tunnel we go!
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Ken's Comedy Corner by Ken Lashway
Charlie Chaplin
In the long history of movie-making, there has been a whole galaxy of great
actors and actresses, but among them all - who should be considered greatest? In
1995, film critics around the entire world were surveyed and voted the honor to
one of filmdom’s earliest stars, the immortal and beloved ‘Little Tramp’,
Charlie Chaplin.
This is just a teaser--check out
Ken's
entire column with pictures!
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Ken Lashway is a freelance writer from New York. Watch for his regular column on the greats of
early Screen Comedy in each issue of ASTOS.
Charlie Chaplin is Ken's first feature for us.
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BASIL RATHBONE
By Scott D. O'Reilly
Of all the Hollywood
villains during the 1930's and 1940's none made such an indelible impression as
Basil Rathbone. Tall, with strong angular features, impeccable diction, and an
aristocratic manner, Rathbone repeatedly served as the perfect foil - the actor
audiences loved to hate - for screen idols like Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power.
Yet despite frequent typecasting as the ultimate bad guy Rathbone left behind a
diverse body of work, appearing in swashbucklers, comedies, serious dramas,
horror films, and creating, perhaps, the definitive screen interpretation of the
legendary super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes in fourteen films.
This is just a teaser--check out
Scott's
entire column with pictures!
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Scott D. O'Reilly is an
independent writer with degrees in philosophy and psychology. See the end of the
linked Rathbone bio for a more detailed list of Scott's credits.
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1923 M.P.D.A. 8x11" Prints/Photos
Follow the link above for a photo essay about these
neat portraits. We also have prices realized listed on the page, Mary
Pickford topping the list at $132.50. Enjoy!
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The Silent Collection by Tammy Stone
Madge
Bellamy
It continually astounds this author that so
many of the stars who first graced the silver screen – before sound, before
color, when the cameras were massive and awkward and no one knew whether or not
the movies were just a passing fancy – have been all but forgotten. Imagine the
future writers of film history doing their research and digging up someone like Meryl Streep, whom they had never heard of before. Imagine they started reading
her biography, only to discover she was one of the greatest actresses of the
latter half of the 20th century. These are the sort of discoveries
one is privileged to have access to as a writer about eras gone by. And Madge
Bellamy is one such discovery.
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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And that closes out this power packed issue number one of our second year.
Amazing to think a year ago we were giving equal time to baseball stars and even
sprinkling in a little pro wrestling. As owner of the things-and-other-stuff.com
site I will always be indebted to sports cards and memorabilia, as they were
what got me started collecting almost 25 years ago when I was very young.
But it was never as fun, entertaining, and educational as vintage movie
collectibles and the personalities behind them.
I hope you enjoyed this issue and look forward to our next on November 30th.
That issue will feature another Silent Collection from Tammy Stone, the second
entry to Ken's Comedy Corner by Ken Lashway, as well as a profile on Jean Arthur
by another new ASTOS writer, Suprina Frazier. We'll also try to get
another photo essay to you featuring a vintage movie collectible. Enjoy,
and have a great Thanksgiving!
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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