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Movie Profiles & Premiums Volume
3, Number 3.
December 15, 2004
Brought to you by things-and-other-stuff
FIRST REEL:
Hi everyone! Okay, going to try to keep the intro brief
this time around because somehow I'm working on this even later than usual this
time around (it's just past 3am EST!) and I still have to head over to the
Topica site to work the e-mailed edition! What I do want to mention in
this space this issue is a call for subscribers: if it isn't too much trouble
for you could you please send the subscription address along to your pals or
family members? All they need do to subscribe is to send a blank
e-mail to:
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and follow Topica's prompts. Or feel free to forward your copy
along if you want to show them a sample. I'd offer something for this
service, but since a subscription is already free and I'm working on very little
sleep I draw a blank and offer my thanks for even considering this, thank you!
I did have some response to
Candy's list of Top 5 Holiday
Movies from the last issue including contributor Scott D.
O'Reilly's own Top 5 list which follows below. Also, Jesuitjim notes
Little Women with Katharine Hepburn as a favorite, though he willingly admits
it's not so much a Holiday film as it is one to sit in front of the fireplace
and enjoy on a cold winter night. Jesuitjim also mentions that he had the
privilege of actually knowing Loretta Young with whom he'd talk about The
Bishop's Wife (Candy's top Holiday pick) during the holiday season. As for
Scott's list, here you go, with comments from Scott:
1. Miracle on 34th Street. (1947) -- Maureen O'Hara and Natalie Wood are wonderful,
but Edmund Gwenn is the the screen's ultimate Santa Claus.
2. It's a Wonderful Life (1946) -- Jimmy Stewart is one of those rare actors who can
make you believe in miracles.
3. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) -- David Niven is on trial in heaven for his
life, and only the great Roger Livesey can save him. No, it's not really
about Christmas, but just one of those perfect holiday movies.
4. A Christmas Carol (1951) -- The Alastair Sim version .
. . the one and only Ebenezer.
5. The Bell's of St. Mary's (1945) -- What would Christmas
be without Bing Crosby.
Since out next issue isn't until the New Year
we're done with Christmas Lists, but looking for any other themed lists of
classic films. Please feel free to send your
thoughts along to
things@things-and-other-stuff.com.
And now that we're all settled in, please
allow me to open up the program for you all:
Opening credits...
1. William Holden by Scott D. O'Reilly
2. Photo ID Guide: 1947 Kwatta Paper-Stock Cards
3. Hollywood Stories: Walt Disney is Coming to Town by Stephen Schochet
4. Photo ID Guide: 1930's-40's Arcade Cards with 50-Image Gallery
5. Ginger Rogers by Susan M. Kelly
6. The Silent Collection featuring J.P. McGowan by Tammy Stone
This is technically a double-issue, but since last issue
was so long it's actually not much longer than that one. I am offering two
Photo ID Guides this issue, plus all of the regulars are here: The Silent
Collection with Tammy Stone takes a reader request and tackles Australian J.P.
McGowan, a Walt Disney tale is in The Hollywood Collection by Stephen Schochet,
Scott D. O'Reilly returns with William Holden and Susan M. Kelly is back with
Ginger Rogers. It's a long and strong issue!
I can easily keep the Auction section short, for the next
week we are offering a few hundred still & publicity photos both old stock and
new. There is some very neat stuff here available at extremely reasonable
opening bids. Here are our active eBay auctions:
All eBay Auctions
Once again eBay is running a special sale on "Fixed Price
Items," so I relisted a large amount of Theatre Programs (included all of the
MAR-VA programs) and a bunch (over a 100) of the popular 5x7 Fan Photos.
The eBay link that I provide here and all over my site only lists items as
auction items (this keeps you from seeing all of the non-movie items in my eBay
store upon first glance), but you'll see the "Buy it Now" option offered on
those items that have it once you click on the item.
As usual, the
Catalog
carries many additions, please have a look at your convenience.
Finally, I do want to mention once again that today
(12/15) was the 50th anniversary of Voluptua
appearing on TV, and urge you to visit her
site.
I don't know how brief that actually was but now it's time to
head to the time tunnel!
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WILLIAM HOLDEN
By Scott D. O'Reilly
William Holden was Hollywood's golden boy. Among America's leading men during
Hollywood's golden age, Holden combined stunning good looks and sheer acting
talent to a degree few, if any, could match. He drew women to
theatres with his sex appeal, and men who sought to emulate his rugged image.
During select years his box office clout eclipsed even America icons like John
Wayne and Gary Cooper. Certainly few actors could match his
range...
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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. His work has been published in The Humanist, Philosophy Now,
Intervention Magazine, Think, The New Standard, and The
Philosopher's Magazine. He is a contributor to the book The Great
Thinkers A-Z (Continuum, 2004) and is working on a book called Socrates
in Cyberspace that examines traditional conceptions of the soul in light of
the latest neuroscientific findings
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Photo ID Guide #1:
1947 Kwatta Paper-Stock Cards
Click the link above for images & details!
Images of 12 different cards plus a couple examples of the
backs of these cards from Belgium.
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Hollywood Stories:
Walt Disney is Coming to Town
By Stephen Schochet
In 1923, twenty-one-year-old Walt Disney arrived in
Los Angeles fresh from the disappointment of his first cartoon studio going
bankrupt in Kansas City. He went to see his twenty-nine-year-old brother Roy in
the Veteran's Hospital were he was recovering from tuberculosis. Roy, a former
bank teller and navy man was concerned about his brother's skinniness. "Hey kid,
haven't you been eating? I'm supposed to be the sick one. So now that you're in
L.A. what are you are going to do with yourself?" "I don't know. I've given up
on animation. But I've got to get into show business somehow. I'll think I'll
try and become a director."
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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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Photo ID Guide #2:
1930's-40's Arcade Cards with 50
Images
Click the link above for images & details!
Information with the help of collector Ladd McIntosh plus 50
images of classic Arcade Cards.
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GINGER
ROGERS
By Susan M. Kelly
You would think being one half of America’s most beloved movie dance team
would be the stuff dreams are made of for any young actress, but Ginger Rogers
wasn’t just any actress and she longed to be known for her own individual
talents. Fortunately for her, those talents were many…and marvelous.
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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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The Silent Collection by Tammy Stone
J.P.
McGowan
...Another such émigré star is J.P. McGowan, whom I
had the good fortune of discovering through an e-mail I received from a South
Australian researching that country’s contribution to Hollywood. His e-mail
reminded me that superstars are often not celebrated in their home countries
nearly as much as they should be, or could be. So, on behalf of one devoted
chronicler of his country’s cinematic history, and in the hopes that we all
learn to take pride in our national treasures, I present the prolific and
talented Mr. McGowan, who will be honored in Australia in February 2005 on the
125th anniversary of his birth...
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
tammystone444@yahoo.ca
with any questions or comments on her column.
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That's all until January 15th. I want to wish everyone
a Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays and sincerely wish you all the Happiest of
New Year's. It's time for me to take a catnap and then get back to work
online!
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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