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O C T O B E R, 2005
VOL. 2
ISSUE Nº 1
The Internet Noiseletter of Looser Than Loose Publishing
LOOSER THAN LOOSE
373 South Willow Street Nº 227
Manchester, New Hampshire
03103
www.looserthanloose.com
JUST RELEASED!
Glass Slide Disc Available
as of October 27th, 2005
We proudly inaugurate our all-new Welcome to
the Picture Palace series with this disc featuring more
than 200 glass slides from the collection of Mark
Johnson. Many of the images from these vintage
advertisements have been digitally restored and all are
presented in high resolution for your viewing pleasure.
Additionally, the mechanical attributes of the original
slide projection equipment have been replicated so that
the images enter and exit your screen, “pushing” each
other alternately from the left and right, exactly as they
would have done in the theater so very many years
ago. Completing the picture palace environment are
the soundtracks, which have been compiled from
authentic theater organ recordings - some dating from
the 1930s. Each musical element has been painstakingly remastered and in most cases the resulting restorations feature the full dynamic range of the original
instruments. A number of “extras” are present on this
disc and those details are outlined below.
This is the first of at least three volumes of
glass slides that will be issued as a part of the Welcome
to the Picture Palace series. It is our hope that each
entry brings to life some aspect of the early moviegoing experience. Volume two is due some time in
mid-January and will feature another 200 slides.
Some of the St ars to be Found on this Disc...
Buster Keaton, ZaSu Pitts, Charley Chase, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Ethel Barrymore, Charlie Murray,
Marion Davies, Victor McLaglen, Billy West, Larry Semon, Mae Busch, Wallace Reid, Greta Garbo, Norma
Shearer, Harold Lloyd, Richard Dix, Thelma Todd, Our Gang, Lloyd Hamilton, Lupino Lane, Edna Marion
and many, many more.
Plus: Fox Sunshine, Mack Sennett, Christie, Hal Roach and Educational (to name just a handful)
“Extras” on the
Fabulous Glass Slide Show
Christmas P resentation
Slides, stills, magazine cuts and film set to Holiday
swing music. Features many favorite silent and early
sound stars.
Wonder B ar (Air T railer)
Radio trailer for this 1934 Warner Brothers musical
Sunkist M usical C ocktail
April 8th, 1931 radio interview
T echnical S pecifications
HQ mpeg-2 encoding with minimal compression
(Uncle and Aunt of actress Thelma Todd), set
against a background of 1920s Christmas images
P lus:
Special opening montage, restoration notes
and unique “audio system test”
Color
Digitally restored audio tracks
Stereo
Full menus
Top shelf DVD-R used only
Region free
Approximate running times
Film: 60 minutes
Audio: 25 minutes
All original material copyright 2005 by Looser Than Loose Publishing
Ordering Information
$19.99 (U.S.) + $5.00 S&H domestic ($7.00 foreign)
LOOSER THAN LOOSE P UBLISHING
188 Seames Drive, Manchester, NH 03103, USA
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COMING
The Hudson River
Day Line
NTSC
English language
(Louella Parsons and Ruth Chatterton)
Christmas R ecordings
Restored 78rpm discs from the collection
of Alec and Alice (Todd) Raymond
Aspect ratio: 4:3
SOON
Relive the heyday of steam on the
Hudson river
Join us for some wonderful excursions on the
Hudson river via film, photos and audio materials, all
carefully restored and assembled into a 90-minute
DVD. Visit Bear Mountain, West Point, and Poughkeepsie with Albany at one end of the line and
Manhattan at the other. We’ll take you back to a time of
sidewheel steamboats with graceful walking beam
engines and up through the age of the diesel-powered
MV Dayliner. With the aid of photos, brochures and
timetables, tickets, postcards and fact sheets, we’ll put
you on the decks of fondly remembered steamers like
the Alexander Hamilton, the Hendrick Hudson, the
Albany and the Mary Powell. Watch them work, read
their stats and learn their fates. Please join us for this
voyage back in time. Some of the features are:
Steamer Alexander Hamilton in summer 1971
Beautiful Kodachrome footage
A Trip up the Hudson (1902)
American Mutoscope shot from the deck of the Albany
A Trip Down the Hudson (1938)
Shot entirely aboard the Alexander Hamilton
An Excursion on the MV Dayliner (1976)
Visit all the sights from Manhattan to the Poughkeepsie Bridge
A Tour of New York Harbor (1902)
Early Edison film
+ Newsreels, Interactive Menus & Illustrations
Additional Forthcoming
DVD Releases
The Lost Magic of Lloyd Hamilton
Four two - reel shorts from an of ten overlook ed
and under rated silent clown
Crushed , Nobody’s B usiness ,
Jonah J ones & Careful P lease
plus
Bonus Ham ‘ n ’ Bud Disc
featuring:
Ham i n a H arem , Raskey’s R oadshow ,
The L ove M agg net , Ham t he D etective &
The S ausagg e F actory
All 16mm source materials (ex
(ex cept The Sausage Factory)
New pure digital transfers
DVDs Presently Available from
Looser Than Loose Publishing
Five comedy shorts
featuring or costarring a
true master of physical
comedy. This disc is the
first in a series that will
present all of Stan’s public domain work in the
order of its shooting.
Visit our website for
ordering info and a more
complete description.
A Stan Laurel Reference Library, Vol. 1
Coming in January!
The Larger World of Laurel & Hardy
Vol. 2
Highlighting appearances by
Babe London & Edgar Kennedy
with an ample dose of Stan Laurel
and Oliver Hardy thrown in
for good measure
featuring
Call the Wagon
Neal Burns & Babe London
Four Times Foiled
Snook y the Humanzee with Edgar Kennedy
Love and Bullets
The first volume in a
series highlighting the
work of Stan Laurel,
Oliver Hardy and their
many costars. This disc
contains six shorts starring some of the greatest
characters in comedy
film history. You’ll find
more details and direct
ordering info at our
website.
The L arger W orld o f L aurel & H ardy, V ol. 1
A Mack Sennett Comedy with Charley Murray
and Edgar Kennedy in support
Th
h e H o boo
A King Bee Billy West
West Comedy
Billy West
West and Babe Hardy
Striking New Source Material!
plus
Stan L aurel rarities, Audio files
& Interactive menus
Coming in February!
On The Drawing Board...
The Continuing Adventures of Snub & Marie
A Stan Laurel Reference Library, Vol. 2
Klondike (with Thelma Todd)
Welcome to the Picture Palace Vols. 2 & 3
An Evening of Silent Fox Comedies
Snub Pollard and
Marie Mosquini in five
silent comedy shorts produced by Hal Roach and
featuring a lot of familiar
faces like those of Jimmy
Finlayson, Noah Young,
Billy Engle, Eddie Baker,
William Gillespie and
Glenn Tryon. Visit our
website....
well, you know the drill.
Hollywood’s Other First Couple
Audio CDs Coming Soon from
Looser than Loose
NBC A cetate R ecordings
Decorate Your Home Theater
With These Unique Items
Prints & Autograph Reproductions
Matted ~ frames not included
Radio Recordings from 1939 - 1945
A collection of broadcast segments, public
addresses, music, bumpers and even auditions taken
directly from the original acetate recordings. This CD
offers exceedingly obscure radio material once intended by NBC for broadcast on the west coast. Some of
the material, however, was never intended for the air,
as in the case of the audition materials or the unique
performance of Frenesi by Woody Herman which was
recorded privately for an NBC executive. These discs
are presently being restored and the CD will be available shortly.
Highlights Include:
President Roosevelt on Defense Savings Bonds
Roscoe Arbuckle $12.99
+ $5.00 S&H domestic ($7.00 foreign)
11”x14” with matte
For ordering info visit www.looserthanloose.com
April 30th, 1941
General John J. Pershing on National Defense
August 4th, 1940
Walter Winchell Segment
December 17th, 1939
Chase and Sanborn Show with Bergen & McCarthy
(opening segment)
December 31st, 1939
plus
Big Bands, Unidentified Chico Marx Appearance,
Commercials, Bumpers & Much More
Watch for it Next Month!
Thelma Todd
Charlie Chaplin
With Autograph Replica
11”x14” with matte
No Autograph
11”x14” with matte
+ $5 S&H domestic ($7 foreign)
+ $5 S&H domestic ($7 foreign)
$12.99
$9.99