ASTOS Volume 2, Number 6.  February 15, 2004
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WARM-UPS: 
As promised, we're on time this issue!  Welcome back to another packed edition of ASTOS, the things-and-other-stuff newsletter, and a special welcome to all of our new subscribers since last issue.

Here's what's featured in this all new issue:

1. Ken's Comedy Corner featuring Our Gang by Ken Lashway
2. Photo ID Guide: Special Revised Page for 5x7" Fan Photos
3. Olivia de Havilland by Suprina Frazier
4. Photo ID Guide: 1930's Lucky Strike Bridge Tallies
5. Hollywood Stories: Don't You Know Who I Am? by Stephen Schochet
6. The Silent Collection featuring Dolores Costello by Tammy Stone

We have eBay auctions up and running right now featuring 1925 Lambert & Butler Tobacco Cards from New Zealand as well as original 1916 Supplements from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.  Look for some Silent Era stills to crop up on eBay as well this week. 

As usual, the Catalog  carries many additions, please have a look at your convenience.

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
OUR GANG
The idea to make a group of kids the stars of a series of comedy shorts was conceived originally in 1922 by the great Hal Roach. Sitting in his office, he observed some youngsters playing outside his window, and was himself amused by their antics - if he was so amused, he reasoned, why wouldn’t the rest of America find the idea just as charming? The rest of America did find the idea charming, right from the moment they first appeared on screen, and on through the still-showing reruns of the present time.

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. 
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1920's 5"x7" Fan Photos
Revised, and boy did this take a good amount of time, so please go have a look.  The original Photo Identification page had 12 images, now there are well over 80!  Please scroll slowly, as this page will likely take some time to load.
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OLIVIA de HAVILLAND
By Suprina Frazier
Born Olivia Mary de Havilland on July 1, 1916 in Tokyo, Japan to a British patent attorney and his actress wife, Olivia was the first of two children to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Her one-year younger sister Joan (de Havilland) Fontaine became a renowned actress as well. In fact, Joan even beat Olivia out for a Best Actress Oscar one year, receiving the coveted award several years before her sister did. How’s that for sibling rivalry?

This is just a teaser--check out Suprina's entire column with pictures!
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Suprina Frazier is a freelance writer from Augusta, Georgia.  This is her second submission to ASTOS, her previous piece covered Jean Arthur.
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1930's Lucky Strike Bridge Tallies
This item was not in our immediate possession, but actually something that I came across on eBay that I really liked (though could not purchase).  This item was listed by, and permission to use photos came from, eBay seller wendyhur.  They are 1930's Bridge Tallies and feature some of Hollywood's most popular actresses in vivid colors.  These measure approximately 5-1/2" in height. Enjoy!
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Hollywood Stories: Don't You Know Who I Am?
By Stephen Schochet
One dilemma that the super famous face is balancing the needs of privacy and recognition. One time in New York an unnoticed Marilyn Monroe was walking down Madison Avenue accompanied by Eli Wallach. “ My God, don’t these people know who you are?” Wallach asked her. Marilyn, whose application of make-up took nearly as long Boris Karloff”s Frankenstein Monster, grinned at him. “I’m only recognized when I want to be. Watch this.” She began to swing her hips and walk in a way that was familiar to movie goers and was eventually mobbed by adoring fans.
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This is just a teaser--check out Stephen's entire column with pictures!
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Stephen Schochet is the author and narrator of the audiobooks Fascinating Walt Disney and Tales Of Hollywood. The Saint Louis Post Dispatch says,” these two elaborate productions are exceptionally entertaining.” Hear RealAudio samples of these great, unique gifts at http://www.hollywoodstories.com.
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The Silent Collection by Tammy Stone
Dolores Costello
Goddess of the Silent Screen. Clearly Dolores Costello was much admired in her day, as she, like so many of her peers, turned away from the theatre to that new, elusive and magnetic new industry of the motion pictures. A wise decision for Miss Costello, whose beauty enraptured her fans ... and the major players in the business. Not only was she a huge star of the silent screen, but her legacy lives on through more than just her films ... all these years later, her genes are still in the movies, in the form of her granddaughter, the equally enduring Drew Barrymore and in the famed Abbott and Costello name (the second part of the name was inspired by a meeting with Dolores). Intrigued? Let’s move on ...

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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Just two short weeks until the next issue!  The Silent Collection and Ken's Comedy Corner will return (I believe Ken mentioned something about Fatty Arbuckle!), and we will have a couple of Hollywood Stories for you.  Also, Scott D. O'Reilly is back, and having previously covered swashbucklers Basil Rathbone and Tyrone Power, this time he'll take on one of my favorites, the legendary Errol Flynn.  I can hardly wait!  'Til then, take care!

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