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Movie Profiles & Premiums Volume
3, Number 9.
March 31, 2005 I've done away with a feature of the site and I've added a new feature to the site. I've retired the Prices Realized pages for the time being. I loved having these pages, but they were a lot of work, nearly impossible to keep up to date, and really just so time-consuming that I couldn't do some other things that I wanted to do with the site. If I can figure out an easier way to compile these pages in the future they will be back. As for now the pages are still on the site, but they're kind of tough to find as I've tried removing most of the internal links that led to them. I've saved the information gathered on those pages the past two and a half years, but if you want one last gander before I totally wipe out the web pages, here's the spot to do so: Prices Realized Main Page. Now, the new feature is really just getting started out but I hope to have quite a few more pages done before the next issue a month from now. These are the Collectible Slide Show pages. As of this writing there are only three so far, featuring the stars highlighted in this issue, Baby Peggy Montgomery and Boris Karloff, as well as a much more comprehensive page featuring Blanche Sweet. The Baby Peggy and Karloff pages only feature three images each, apparently that's all I had saved in my image library, so I also composed a page for Blanche Sweet because 1) she'd been featured in a profile in the past; 2) she's relevant to this issue in the "That Girl Montana" review included; and 3) I had a slew of Blanche Sweet images. So that's probably the most enjoyable one to check out at this early juncture of the project. Each Profile Page on the site has been (or in most cases will be) modified to include some key links at the top right side of the page. This is where you will find links to the new Slide Shows, the old Catalog Search link has been elevated to this spot as well, plus other relevant links which will usually include a link to the profiled star's page on the imdb as well as a DVD Search at Amazon.com (and for full disclosure if you buy anything through that link I'll get a very small cut of the proceeds from Amazon). In the e-mailed version of the newsletter I will try to include a direct link to the star's slide show page at the end of each profile. I'm slightly depressed saying good-bye to the Prices Realized feature, but very excited to be adding this Slide Show feature to the site. I hope to add a few more over the weekend, so take a look at the Slide Show Contents Page later on as well if you want to see more. I'm also excited about the auctions ending next week, especially Wednesday, Thursday and even Friday. For Wednesday and Thursday nights I've taken about 130 recently acquired 1920's 5x7 Fan Photos and split them up over the two nights. These are very nice looking fan photos, mid to high grade with most falling into EX+ or 6/10 or EX-MT or 7/10 groupings. Please do check out the scans and read the descriptions though as some of these beauties do unfortunately have some spotting on the surface (always mentioned when they do). Friday night completes next weeks auctions with 99 relists of 5x7 Fan Photos I've already had in stock, some of them at all new cheaper opening bids. Remember, I only charge one shipping fee for however many items you buy from me (in this case it's a $2.50 fee) plus there's free insurance on domestic orders over $100, so if interested please feel free to bid on a lot of these to save on shipping! What I'll likely do is not invoice anybody until after Friday night's auctions end. To get the shipping discount you need to pay for all items being combined for shipment in one payment--this simplifies matters for those paying by check or money order and saves me unnecessary fees through PayPal for those of you who chose to pay by that method. So please check out these photos at the ebay link immediately below, there's some cool ones (including the first I've seen of Rin-Tin-Tin!). Most of the items I had up for sale on ebay have now shifted back to the Catalog, which can be found here: That's business, but now it's time to see
what's lined up this issue in the ways of entertainment. In summary, here are the opening credits... Wow, pretty packed, eh? We lead off with a new puzzle from Carly Svamvour and then as has become the policy the solution to last issue's puzzle immediately after that. I've had some detailed communication with Carly this week and want to send out a special plug in this section for her Wild City Times message board, which you may find interesting for some chat if you're a Writer, Reader or even Gardener! It looks like a pretty active community over there and I plan on becoming a member myself as soon as things calm down a little here. Diana Savage returns for a second issue in a row with another review of an early film, this time it's "That Girl Montana" starring Blanche Sweet. Susan M. Kelly is back as well with a really great piece on Boris Karloff (this is the first of a few horror-themed pieces Susan has submitted), and Tammy Stone brings an infusion of youth to her Silent Collection where she profiles Baby Peggy Montgomery. Okay then, to the time tunnel we go! 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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