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SPRING
2011
THE INTERNET NOISELETTER OF L OOSER THAN L OOSE
V intage Entertainment
VOLUME Nº 5
ISSUE Nº 11
T H I S W E B - D O C I S A B S O L U T E LY F R E E O F C H A R G E
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loose cannon fire
A Rambling Editorial Screed by Dave Stevenson
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C ONTRIBUTORS
Cole Johnson, Mark Johnson, Jeff Rapsis,
Cliff Sawyer, Ali Stevenson, Dave
Stevenson, Chris and Phil Wittmann and
the ever-watchful Crooked Circle.
TABLE
OF
C ONTENTS
MEETING NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SILENT FILM SERIES AND NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
LOUISE FAZENDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
DVD AND EVENT NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2012 SONS OF THE DESERT CONVENTION . . . . . . . . . 7
1947 BROADWAY THEATER PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . 11
JOAN BLONDELL PICTORIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
DEMILLE PICTURE PUZZLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
NEW YORK 1964 IN KODACHROME . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Once upon a time, American popular culture spawned a maniacal, narcissistic freak-show of a man who was thought by many to be a genius, but
known to everyone as a perilously unstable lunatic. He chain-smoked
Marlboro cigarettes, swilled bourbon like water and had a reputation for
abusing recreational drugs. He was known to associate with the worst kind
of reprobates, misfits and malcontents - often leading to violent or confrontational situations. His manner of speaking seemed to be the product
of a racing mind and was characterized by a twisted kind of logic that even
he would describe as being dangerously insane. No, his name is not Charlie
Sheen. It was Hunter S. Thompson - a formerly inimitable figure whose
once-unique troubles have now seemingly found their way into Sheen’s
consciousness. At least, for commercial purposes.
In recent days, Charlie Sheen has spent his spare time amusing us with
a new kind of Punch and Judy show. The cast is comprised of his ego
(Punch) and his less-than-appreciable acting skills (Judy). The results are
far less amusing than the description. Frankly, the whole public meltdown
thing looks to me like a very badly executed impersonation of the aforementioned Thompson on his worst day. Sheen’s internet rants, which he
delivers through something called Sheen’s Korner - you’re either in his
corner, or not - have thus far amounted to a handful of crudely assembled
video recordings principally depicting telephone conversations between
himself and people we suppose to be his “staff.” Between calls, he snarls
into the webcam and tells us things like “[the telephone] is the weapon of
the Trolls. One day I’ll master it and turn it against them.” Yes, we get the
picture, Charlie. Fear and Loathing at Sober Valley Lodge - those of us
who have read the ’60s counter-culture shite get it.
At least ,Thompson believed in his madness. Like him or not, he was
truly an eccentric. He hid in that Colorado compound, shunned almost all
contact and eventually blew his brains out when the strange and terrible
visions burned themselves away. Sheen is a fraudulent and unflattering
imitation. An eyesore on the cultural landscape. He doesn’t give a rat’s ass
about the substantive product of his insanity - if there is any to begin with.
He is, however, banking on the public’s madness. Genuine crazies aren’t
concerned with product placement in their streaming videos or selling you
their lame poetry books. They want you to get the message at whatever the
personal cost. Sheen is neither unique nor eccentric; he’s a barker with a
puppet theater. Here’s a bit of insight for you, Charlie: some of us don’t
care about the meltdown act, we’re just here to see Judy get her ass kicked.
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Only $39.99 + S & H!
Artwork by Cole Johnson
On The Loose tent MEETING
PROGRAM AND SCREAMING N O T E S
Next Meeting: March 19th, 2011
FILMS
7:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Comique Theatre, Manchester, NH
By Invitation Only
SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE
FEATURE PRESENTA
PRESENTATION!
1931
“ PARDON U S ” (Roac
h-MGM; 8-15-1
931);
1); Dir.
(Roach-MGM;
8-15-193
Dir. by
by
James Parr
o tt ; Cast
Parro
Cast : St
St an Laurel,
Laurel, Oliver
Oliver Hardy
Hardy,,
Wilfred
d, June Marlow
er
Wilfred Lucas, Tin
Tinyy Sanfor
Sanford,
Marlow e, Walt
Walter
Long and James Finlay
Finlay son. 56 min.; Colorized.
“ T HE M ALTESE
ALTESE FAL CON ” (Vit aphone Cor p.-W
p.-Warner
Bros.;
931);
1); Dir.
Bros.; 6-13-1
6-13-193
Dir. by
by Ro
Ro y Del Ruth;
Ruth; Cast
Cast : Bebe
Daniels, Ricardo
er Long,
Ricardo Cor t ez, Thelma Todd,
Todd, Walt
Walter
Una Merk
Merk el, Dudley
Dudley Digges, Rober
Rober t Elliot
Elliot and J.
F arrell
arrell MacDonald. 78 min.; B&W;
B&W; Sound.
THE UNDERC
UNDERCARD!
“ N EW S E VENT S OF 1931
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(Various Sources;
Sources; 193
1931);
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still phot
phot os; 10
10 min. B&W;
B&W; Sound.
“ M O THER G OOSE M EL ODIES ” (Walt
(Walt Disney
Disney -Columbia
Pictures
931);
1); A Silly Symphon
Pictures Cor p.; 4-17-1
4-17-193
Symphonyy; Dir.
Dir. by
by
Bur t Gillett
Gillett ; 8 min.; B&W;
B&W; Sound.
“ T HUNDERING T ENORS ” (Roac
h.-MGM; 2-7-193
1);
(Roach.-MGM;
2-7-1931);
Dir.
Dir. by
by James W.
W. Horne; Cast
Cast : Charley
Charley Chase,
Doro
d Dillon,
Doro thy
thy Gr anger,
anger, Lillian Elliott,
Elliott, Edwar
Edward
Elizabe th F orr es t er,
er, Dell Hender son and Lena
Malena. 21
21 min.; B&W;
B&W; Sound.
The latest collection of silent Roach shorts includes
four starring Will Rogers, four starring Harold Lloyd and
Snub Pollard, a pair of Paul Parrotts, a Charley Chase, a Stan
Laurel one-reeler and a handful of oddities and fragments on
this 3-DVD set. Supporting casts include favorites like Marie
Mosquini, Bebe Daniels, George Rowe, Mark Jones, William
Gillespie and many more. There is even an appearance by
Harold Lloyd’s brother Gaylord, who stars in his own 1921
comedy in the guise of “Lonesome Luke.” This is a good
look at the Roach Studios’ “A” and “B” product from 1919
to 1927. The titles on this disc are either new transfers from
prints in our own collection, or older 16mm transfers from
video masters. Nearly all feature newly restored 78rpm
acoustic soundtracks. Wherever possible, we have used original titles and otherwise attempted to replicate originals carefully and faithfully. The cost of this 3-disc set is $39.99 plus
shipping and handling.
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5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Manchester, NH
(603) 647-7100
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Wilton Silent Film Series
JT hU
ST THELMA
e Life and Career of Thelma Todd
2011 Season
ACCOMPANIMENT BY JEFF RAPSIS
A BIOGRAPHY
by Dave Stevenson, Cole Johnson
and Mark Johnson
Proofreading and Editing by
Ali Stevenson
Courtesy of Sunapeenews.com
WILTON TOWN HALL THEATRE
Main Street, Wilton, New Hampshire
Silent Sunday Series - Last Sunday of Every Month
All Shows Begin at 4:30 pm
March 27th
MARK OF ZORRO (1920) & Don Q, SON OF ZORRO (1925)
A double dose of Douglas Fairbanks in one of his
most famous roles: that of the mysterious swordsman Zorro, in both the original and the sequel!
April 24th
BEN HUR (1925)
Celebrate Easter Sunday with one of the great
religious epics of Hollywood's silent film era,
including a legendary chariot race that has
lost none of its power to thrill.
May 29th
SPEEDWAY (1928)
Fasten your seat belts! We mark the traditional
Memorial Day running of the Indianapolis 500
with a vintage race car drama filmed right on
the famed track — at speeds topping 115 mph!
A DMISSION F REE ,
D ONATIONS E NCOURAGED !
SERIES SPONSORS
WILT
WILT ON TOWN
TOWN HALL
THEATRE
THEATRE
The Wilton Town Hall Theatre
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A number of folks have
been asking about the status of this project for several months and we thought
a progress report and
some promotion would
now be in order. The book
is under contract and we
expect to publish soon.
The writing is still in
progress and completion is
taking far longer than originally anticipated, but the
result will be worth the wait. This is the definitive work on Thelma
Todd’s life and career. Much of the material comes directly from
her own scrapbooks, letters, photo collections and articles. Still
more of the information contained in “Just Thelma...” originated
with her family members and friends. Collected from first-hand
interviews with Thelma’s cousins and from the personal collections
of her mother, aunts and uncles, the biographical data presented in
this book will strip away the stale varnish of sensational misinformation and reveal the young woman as she really was. Whenever
possible, we have provided Thelma’s own words to the reader in
textual insets which accompany the narrative and illustrations. No
little detail has been ignored. Every relevant shard of information
has been set into the story - we’ve even managed to include a handful of irrelevant ones in the bargain. This is Thelma Todd, period.
It is not the fabricated tale of some gangster-obsessed young girl
who descends at midnight into the figure of a tragic Hollywood
blonde slumped over the steering wheel of her car, bereft of dignity. This book is not of the variety penned by pulp fiction merchants
who smell money in their ink. Rather, it is being assembled by people who care about her with the help, cooperation and (in every
applicable case) the blessing of those who actually knew and loved
her.
WHAT THE BOOK CONTAINS
Hundreds of Obscure Photographs: Every period of her life is documented in images dating from 1907 to 1935. Many of these photos
come from Thelma’s personal scrapbooks, or the collections of her
mother and aunts.
The Factual Story of Her Life: Beginning with brief biographical
sketches of her father and mother, her life in Lawrence,
Massachusetts and move to New York, through her ten years in the
film industry, the narrative provides an actual accounting of the
facts.
Highly Detailed Filmography: A complete historical record of every
appearance made by Thelma Todd on film. Illustrations and
reviews accompany each entry.
Obscure Facts and Details: Dozens of textual inserts appear beside
the main narrative and convey complementary details relevant to
her living and working conditions, friendships, relationships and
associations. Most of these insets are illustrated and some are in
her own words.
Setting the Record Straight: “Just Thelma...” is not based upon a true
story, it is the true story of Thelma Todd and her parents, John
Shaw and Alice Todd.
COMING SOON
With
Louise Fazenda
We Celebrate The Return of Baseball!
Reprinted from “Film Flashes” (Leslie-Judge C 1916)
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Collection of Dave Stevenson
MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2011
IN PRODUCTION NOW!
No animal star of the silent era was as mean, antisocial or
irredeemably nasty as Snooky. You might even say, that in the
entire pantheon of silent comedy figures (human or otherwise), only the early comedy team of Ham and Bud were as
filthy and violent. We would not have it any other way.
New to DVD is this collection of “Snooky the Humanzee”
two-reel shorts. With the exception of one “extra,” all of the
transfers on this disc are new digital restorations from original
16mm prints in our collection. The six items on this disc have
restored 78 rpm soundtracks and all have either original or
recreated title sets. One title, “Four Times Foiled,” also features veteran comedian Edgar Kennedy.
As always, Snooky is joined by Ida Mae McKenzie and finds
himself having to “save that damn baby again,” whilst doling
out (and receiving) a fair amount of abuse in the bargain. Please
Note: Every animal was harmed during the making of these
films. Therefore we say “Caveat emptor” to you soft touches
out there.
Featuring:
Four Times Foiled (1920) A Tray Full of Trouble (1920)
The One Best Pet (1920)
LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT BY JEFF RAPSIS
NEW RESTORED PRINT OF FRITZ LANG’S
SCIENCE FICTION MASTERPIECE
Tickets: $8.00 G.A.
Available online
http://www.palacetheatre.org
PROGRAM STARTS AT 7:30 PM
PALACE THEATRE
80 Hanover Street
Manchester, NH, 03101
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION VISIT:
http://www.silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com/
EVENT SPONSORS
Plus Extras: Just in Time (1921) The Big Show (1920) and Do You Like
Monkeys? (a ’20s Kodak home-use reel)
Visit us at: http://www.looserthanloose.com for preordering
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MANCHESTER CONVENTION
T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l L a u r e l a n d H a r d y S o c i e t y Vi s i t s N e w E n g l a n d i n J u l y , 2 0 1 2
JULY 19 - 22, 2012
Manchester, New Hampshire
REGIONAL MAP
The Radisson Hotel
700 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, 03101
PHONE: (603)-206-4109 TOLL FREE: (800)-333-3333
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Event Room Rate: $119 per night (+ taxes)
Convention Rate Schedule
Early-Bird Rate: $325.00 (U.S.) per adult
(Price good until July 31st, 2011) *
Standard Rate: $375.00 (U.S.) per adult
(Price from August 1, 2011) *
Please inquire for children’s rates
Checks/Money orders made payable to:
Clifford Sawyer/Manchester 2012
C/O: Cliff Sawyer
64 June Street, Worcester, MA 01602
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MANCHESTER CONVENTION
The International Laurel and Hardy Society visits New England in July, 2012
july 19th - 22nd, 2012 Manchester, New Hampshire
18th International Convention of the Sons of the Desert
BOSTON PRE-CONVENTION
FISHER CATS BALL GAME
A day-trip Pre-Convention to Boston will take place on
Tuesday, July 17th. Buses will leave from the Radisson in the
morning and take attendees for a day-long adventure in Bean
Town. Massachusetts’ capital city is just 50 miles south of
Manchester and getting there ought to be a piece of cake.
The pre-convention costs just $85 per person. The details are
still being worked out, so we can’t tell you exactly what you
get for your money, except transportation, but we are looking into a number of potential activities and will post the
specifics soon. In the meantime, here are a few images to
whet your appetite. Note for those interested: We do plan on
including a visit to the last resting place of Thelma Todd in
Lawrence during the return to Manchester.
On Wednesday evening (July 18th, 2012) we are planning
to open the convention (informally) with an evening at the
home stadium of Manchester’s AA baseball team. Merchants
Auto.com Stadium (yes, we think the name is foolish, too) is
the domain of the Fisher Cats - an affiliate of the Toronto
Blue Jays. We have been speaking with the park’s management about hosting our party and will know within a few
months if the team’s schedule is going to cooperate. If so, we
hope to interest them in an “old time comedy” night with,
among other things, a live performance of Who’s on First by a
team of Abbott and Costello impersonators. We can tell you
this: It will not cost you anything extra and you’ll get a free
soft drink and hot dog with your convention ticket.
A View of olde boston
The Union Oyster House from the Gateway to the North End
(Above) The Boston city skyline as it appears looking across the
Charles River from Cambridge, Mass. A “Duck Tour” boat is seen
heading upriver. (Below) Faneuil Hall Marketplace, home to some of
the best shops and restaurants in the city, is seen here at the height of
the summer season.
Collection of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau
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(Above) This would be your view of the Haymarket section of Boston
as you returned from the North End. The world-famous Union Oyster
House can be seen in the background.
MANCHESTER CONVENTION
The International Laurel and Hardy Society visits New England in July, 2012
july 19th - 22nd, 2012 Manchester, New Hampshire
18th International Convention of the Sons of the Desert
Open Mic Nights
Films Being Scheduled
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, test your musical talents and everybody else’s patience at one of our three
planned open mic nights. We welcome your participation in
these talent showcases. Whether you sing, play an instrument, slam poetry or otherwise perform publicly acceptable
acts, we welcome you to our stage. Even as we speak, the convention staff is lining up pubs within easy walking distance
of the hotel for after-hours entertainment. Two back-up
bands have been enlisted, each with a vast knowledge of contemporary popular music (there may even be a Charley
Chase song, or two, in those repertoires), so if you are moved
by the spirit, please to join in.
Our Curator, film historian Cole Johnson, is compiling a
schedule of silent and sound film rarities that you will not
want to miss. Wherever possible, we are attempting to secure
the best available 16mm prints around. In addition to the
Laurel and Hardy shorts with which we are all familiar, these
also include some very obscure titles which showcase the Hal
Roach stock company - at Roach and other studios. Special
segments will be devoted to L&H alumni Thelma Todd and
Walter Long, who have local origins. Other familiar faces to
be showcased will include Arthur Housman (in at least one
starring role from his own silent comedy series at Fox), Anita
Garvin and Blanche Payson. Films will run all day - every day.
Yes, we know it’s a Laurel and Hardy convention! In keeping with our pre-code Joan Blondell theme, however, we just couldn’t resist throwing in
(or up - depending upon your own interpretation) a somewhat modified image from “Convention City.” According to some sources, this was the precode film that, having been made in such bad taste and moral effrontery, led single-handedly to the establishment of the infamous motion picture code
and the film was, subsequently, deemed unfit for public exhibition. Apparently, no prints of the film currently exist and according to Warner Brothers’
records the original negative was “junked” in 1948 owing to nitrate decomposition.
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monetarily or otherwise for any fees loss or injury incurred while traveling to attending or
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A PAIR OF 1947 THEATER PROGRAMS
Here are a couple of covers and titles pages from New York and Boston handbills featuring two old favorites. It may be of interest to note
that while Bobby Clark was appearing in “Sweethearts” at the Shubert Theatre in April, 1947, “The Chocolate Soldier” with Billy Gilbert
had finished its Boston run and was being staged at New York’s Century Theatre.
Courtesy of Phil and Chris Wittmann
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RED HOT TOMATOES
Vintage Screen Stars and Pre-Code Pin-Ups
Joan Blondell
The images contained in this two-page pictorial date from the
early part of her career as a hot new property of Warner
Brothers’ Studio. These photos were taken between 1930 and
1932 when the studio was dumping a ton of money into promoting the 1931 WAMPAS Baby star. During this period she
was given a great deal of work and appeared in no fewer than
twenty-two features, including Public Enemy and Three on a
Match , and at least four Vitaphone shorts. The familiar “bathtub” shots reprinted below come from the 1931 feature Blonde
Crazy (known as Larceny Lane in the UK) in which she shares the
screen with another young Warner hopeful of this period, James
Cagney. Though she would appear opposite Cagney eight times,
it is probably her role in the pre-eminent depression era musical
Gold Diggers of 1933 for which she is best remembered. She also
had key roles in the infamous Convention City (First NationalW.B. ’33), Topper Returns (Hal Roach ’41) and A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn (20th Century-Fox ’45). Her TV credits include everything from a 1952 episode of The Schlitz Playhouse to an appearance on The Love Boat. Joan Blondell worked steadily in
Hollywood from 1930 until her death from leukemia in 1979.
The last film in which she appeared, The Woman Inside (20th
Century-Fox), was released in 1981. Though our only contemporary memories of her may be rooted in films like Grease
(Paramount ’78) or mid-seventies television staples like Starsky
and Hutch or Medical Center (remember that hideous carnival of
pills and amputations?), your editor prefers to think of Joan
Blondell as the 25-year-old WAMPAS Bombshell depicted here.
The three shots here (left and above), and top two on the next page, were
taken during the same session. They were general publicity items and not
used for the promotion of any specific film.
Editor’s Collection
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The shot immediately above is a general publicity item and not related
to the two shots at left from Blonde Crazy (’31).
Editor’s Collection
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Conversions between all of the following:
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Starting at $10 per 1 hour tape
Looser Than Loose can offer you the same level of
quality for home movie and video transfer as we
achieve in our commercial DVD products. Preserve
your valued movies and add them to your digital collection for a reasonable cost. Starting at just 15 cents per
foot for 8mm, Super-8mm and 16mm film conversions
and $15 per two-hour video tape, your media will be
preserved in digital form with easily accessed menus.
For an additional cost we can add soundtracks to silent
materials, offer restoration services like image stabilization or color correction, and make multiple copies of
the finished discs. Your home movies or videos will be
in safe hands with us and the DVD transfers will be
returned in standard armory cases along with your original materials. Additionally, if you have silent or early
sound films that you would like us to transfer to digital
media, please ask us for a quotation.
Looser Than Loose Publishing
188 Seames Drive, Manchester, NH 03103
http://www.looserthanloose.com
Looser Than Loose works only with material in the public
domain. We are unable to duplicate copyright materials.
Quotations: info@looserthanloose.com
A VISUAL PUZZLE
The staff of the DeMille Studio gathers for a group portrait.
Can you spot Mr. DeMille?
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New York City and The 1964 World’s Fair
We Bid A Sad Farewell To Kodachrome With A Simple Photographic Tribute
Taken in 1964, the photos on this page give us a look at both
the city of New York and the World’s Fair as they appeared that
year. The images come from 35mm transparencies shot by a
New Hampshire family. It is our hope that the digital reproduction does not take away too much from the original
Kodachrome quality. As you may already be aware, the
Kodachrome process was discontinued in recent years with the
very last processing lab stopping all service in 2010. Nothing will
ever match the unique qualities of Kodachrome.
The Unisphere (above) on the main concourse of the 1964 World’s Fair.
Note the relative tininess of the suspended cable cars in the background.
Another view of the World’s Fair grounds (above), though a lot less
spectacular in content. Rockefeller Center (Below) has changed very little in the last forty-seven years
The Statue of Liberty stands against a Kodachrome sky (top). A view
from the Empire State building (above) looking towards the upper east
side. The PanAm building in the right foreground is now named for
MetLife.
For Additional Information
Please Follow the Links Below
World’s Fairs
Earth Station 9
http://www.earthstation9.com/index.html?worlds_2.htm
Kodachrome
The Kodachrome Project
http://www.kodachromeproject.com/pages/contents.html
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