Vincent Price Goes Digging—In Technicolor
Vincent Price Goes Digging—In Technicolor
CATCHING UP WITH BLU-RAYS
As I said in my recent post, I’ve been laggard in keeping up to date on this website. The…
Sons of the Desert at 50
The founding “tent” of the international Laurel and Hardy organization Sons of the Desert is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a banquet in New York City on August 8th—but only if enough people sign up to attend. That’s the message that Grand Sheik Jack Roth has asked me to spread. You can learn more at www.sonsofthedesertnyc.org. I’m sorry I can’t travel back East that weekend, but the mere thought of this event makes me nostalgic, as I did attend the 2nd banquet forty-nine years ago; it was one of the greatest nights of my life. I still have some snapshots, overflashed with my parents’ Brownie camera, but they do provide some memories of having met Stan Laurel’s widow Ida, Hal Roach’s business manager…
Sons of the Desert at 50
Sons of the Desert at 50
Disney Is Back…With A Bang…On TCM
Just in time for July 4th weekend, TCM is presenting another selection of goodies from the Disney Vault, and I am pleased to be your host. Tomorrow, July 2nd, the evening kicks off at 8pm EST/5pm PST with three vintage all-star cartoons set in and around the seashore: Hawaiian Holiday (1937), Beach Picnic (1939), and The Simple Things (1953). All the top Disney cartoon stars are represented here : Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto. Then, in observance of Independence Day, comes Johnny Tremain, the 1957 feature with young Hal Stalmaster as a reluctant hero of the Colonial Era who takes part in the Boston Tea Party. Originally planned (and shot) as a two-part episode of the Disneyland television series, Walt Disney decided the material…
Disney Is Back…With A Bang…On TCM
Disney Is Back…With A Bang…On TCM
