Tom - I know I'm not the only Wheeler and Woolsey collector out there. Probably the most vocal. I recently sold a few of my duplicates to a fellow WW collector. Someone who likely has a far more interesting collection than I.
Character actors sometimes make a classic movie more entertaining than the leads! Eric Blore is one such actor. Never gave a bad performance and always enhanced any film he was in. Best - Glenn On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 5:57 AM Tom Martin < [email protected]> wrote: > Franklin Pangborn the Still Clollecttoer from Canada and I were talking > about different actors and a wheeler and Woosley > > Glenn is the only one who ever talks about Wheeler an Woosley > > I started thinking about all the actors people ask me for material on > over the years and I know Bruce surgeon Sim has quite a memory of the > old stars as well as many of you on mopo > > Zazu Pitts is another one as well as many of the others my favorite > thing about Hollywood in the early years was character actors when I > think of all the great films they had tremendous character actors that > brought the films to life in contemporary movies many of these people > are model types even though they are good actors there was something > about flood people that really made a film come together especially in > comedies > > So I would love to hear your stories about what characters impressed you > in the movie business what comes to mind are people like Jimmy Durante > Humphrey Bogart and people like Jack Benny who gave Mel Blanc his big > breaks mel was probably one of the best known characters in the history > of animation but yet he also transferred well over onto film if you look > at the cast of it's a Mad Mad Mad world basically the film was about > every character actor that was out there Ethel Merman Terry Thomas > Milton Berle Sid Caesar Phil Silvers just all great comedians with > cameos by some of the best including the three stooges no doubt that is > why it's one of my favorite films end it turns out that Stanley Kramer > did many films with topics that were social topics like his Sidney > Poitier films > would love to hear your thoughts the canada film critic is going to New > york city > Yes he and his wife love Broadway shows and musicals and he mentioned > some old timers like Jerry Olinger so it tickled my memory of thinking > of all the old stars over 46 years that my customers would ask me to > find material on I mentioned to him that nobody is asking me for theca > bara in years when I first started I just saw a big a slave poster of > Theda on the fainting couch I think she was Cleopatra character > ironically she was from Cincinnati Ohio are you still love all the > fascinating back stories and I remember all the books that were done > about character actors I think I still have some the problem with > getting older is that our memories of people start to fade Alzheimer's > or dementia whatever it might be it's kind of like a computer and he has > too much storage unit and it locks up by discussing old film memories it > does help cultivate the brain to stay active always laugh and say > everything I've learned over the last 4650 years and $.10 might get me a > cup of coffee except today it would take five dollars and everything I > know to get a cuppa coffee :-) I'm starting to see why hanging out at a > senior center with people in their 70s 80s and 90s is not a bad idea > I'll be 67 in August > For me it was just fun experiencing all the stuff and I'm so thankful > for the memories when my son brought back my scrapbooks the other day > and some of the memorabilia I had on Adam west it was the trip seeing my > baby pictures and pictures of my grandmother and my mother and uncles > brought back so many memories of when we used to have family gatherings > and picnics when I was a small boy I miss family unity and simple things > like picnics being in the park family gatherings and simple friendship > the movie is the alloweed to peer into lives in situation of drama, > fantasy, and perfect situations also into sci-fi that we can only > imagine even Walt Disney allowed us to see things that we could not even > imagine in real life now with artificial intelligence it's surpassed > anything we could've imagined in the beginning of motion pictures. > > Tom > Hollywood dream factory® > since 1977 > ps one of my fond memories was getting a job from the Mary Pickford > Institute Andi Hicks was the director she was a former June Taylor > dancer for Gleason > I took her and the actress for the Sparrow to wild african safari and we > looked at animals// Fun trip they played the show in Detroit,,so i met > them there..the institute bought my replica hand crank movie cameras i > made when i first got sick to keep me active and eat > > > ---- > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of 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