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ASTOS Volume 2, Number 10. April 30, 2004
All-Star things-and-other-stuff
Brought to you by things-and-other-stuff
WARM-UPS:
Welcome back, a few days late, but here we are. We've
been light on our new offerings lately, but that's mainly due to trying to get
250 or so lots of movie cards ready for the auction at the end of May.
Clicking on the Photo ID Guide this issue will bring you to the Preview Page for
this offering, which in turn links to images of the fronts and backs of each
card in the auction. Well, this is actually a work in progress so feel
free to check in for additions as the days go by. We do still have some
original articles for you this issue...
...here's what's featured:
1. Hollywood Stories: Hollywood Humor: Cary Grant's
Muffins by Stephen Schochet
2. Donald O'Connor by Susan M. Kelly
3. Photo ID Guide: Various Trading Card Sets in Auction Preview
4. Hollywood Stories: Wild, Wild West by Stephen Schochet
5. The Silent Collection featuring Anna May Wong by Tammy Stone
We have
eBay auctions up and running right now
featuring a wide assortment of international movie magazines from the
1920's-1940's. These have been available in our catalog, but never at
prices as low as the current minimum bids.
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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Hollywood Stories: Hollywood Humor: Cary Grant's
Muffins
By Stephen Schochet
In 1853 in Saratoga Springs, New York, American Indian Chef George Crum was
preparing his specialty French fried potatoes in the upscale resort he was
working at, when he received word that one of the patrons complained they were
cut too thick. An annoyed Crum decided to slice the delicacy razor thin to teach
the customer a lesson. To his surprise the guest loved it, and that’s how we got
potato chips.
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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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DONALD
O'CONNOR
By Susan M. Kelly
Being born into a family of acrobats, it was only fitting that Donald O’Connor’s
most beloved and enduring performance would be one of the most spirited and
physically taxing in movie history, the classic “Make ‘Em Laugh”, from Singin’
in the Rain.
This is just a teaser--check out
Susan's entire column with pictures!
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Susan M. Kelly has been working as a freelance
writer for the last 12 years, during which time she has written everything
from press releases and brochures to newspaper articles and web text. She
currently lives and works in Dunellen, NJ and can be contacted at
smkwriter@worldnet.att.net.
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Photo ID Guide:
1920's-40's Movie Star Trading Cards
Follow the link above to reach the main preview page for our big auction
planned for the end of May/start of June. This main page will in turn link
to Photo ID Guides for each of the different cards represented in the auction
(over 225!). The cards will be featured both front and back. Be sure
to bookmark the main preview page as we will be adding different cards to it
constantly over the next month!
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Hollywood Stories:
Wild, Wild Westerns
By Stephen Schochet
In the early days of Hollywood, for studios like Universal Westerns were the
easiest films to make. They required very few props and made use of the
wide-open spaces available in the area.
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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
Anna May
Wong
Anna May Wong goes down in movie history as the first
bona-fide Asian-American film star. But she can't
be known solely for this--her popularity, talent and appeal complemented her
unique appearance and situated Anna among the foremost celebrities of the age.
Known alternately as "Lotus Girl", "Dragon Lady" and "China Doll", and endowed
with skin described as "a rose blushing through old ivory," she fought for
every success and triumph she had, and her story is truly a fascinating
chapter in film history.
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 dated May 15.
That issue will feature more great work from Tammy Stone and Stephen Schochet,
as well as the return of Scott D. O'Reilly, who profiles Ronald Reagan's career,
pre-politics. After that we're going to skip the scheduled May 31 issue so
we can get this auction we keep talking about ready to go. We will return
June 15 though (which actually had not been a scheduled date) and already have a
Susan M. Kelly profile scheduled on one of my all-time favorites, Veronica Lake.
Talk to you soon!
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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