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Hollywood Heritage Museum; Evening @ The Barn
Topic Started: May 14 2009, 12:41 PM (537 Views)
mort bakaprevski	Jul 29 2009, 10:44 AM Post #16
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,429 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	Here's a neat tribute to Carla Laemmle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaVChkMdOqo Carla was at the Halloween edition of Hollywood Heritage last year. Sure hope she makes it this year as she will have just celebrated her 100th birthday!! In the tribute above, they shoulda included her dance footage from THE ADVENTURES OF FRANK MERRIWELL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FibLX55P1yk
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


mort bakaprevski	Sep 13 2009, 12:16 PM Post #17
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,429 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	YAY, the Hollywood Heritage series will re-start on Oct. 14th... with a program on the Selig Polyscope studio. The building which housed this studio is about 1/2 dozen blocks down the hill from where I live. For years, it was utilized as storage for some legitimate theatre's (don't remember which one) sets & props. It's now a U-Stor.
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


panzer the great & terrible	Sep 13 2009, 08:38 PM Post #18
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,326 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	I always eat at Musso and Frank's when I'm in the city. Besides the steak, they do wonderful offal (oh, I'm sooo cute!), and their oysters are great too. Some splendiferous antique waiters as well. You could cut the atmosphere with a knife, and thinking about all the legendary people who regularly ate there is a real thrill. It ought to be on the National Register of Historic Places.
	We Wear Short Shorts Flying Purple People Eater


mort bakaprevski	Sep 13 2009, 09:09 PM Post #19
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,429 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	panzer the great & terrible Sep 13 2009, 08:38 PM Some splendiferous antique waiters as well. Mort sometime in the dank past They also have some of the oldest waiters in captivity. One of them was so obnoxious, we once asked the host to make sure we weren't assigned to a table serviced by him. The host replied, "A lot of people make that request." BUT, the waiter was never fired. Love it!!!
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


panzer the great & terrible	Sep 14 2009, 01:05 PM Post #20
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,326 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	It's such a great joint, and when I'm there I always think about William Faulkner and Howard Hawks chewing the fat in the booth right behind me.
	We Wear Short Shorts Flying Purple People Eater


mort bakaprevski	Oct 3 2009, 08:09 PM Post #21
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,429 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	Here's an interview with Carla Laemmle. She's so damn delightful! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkQUxW3oukA&feature=related And, she's a lovely Libra... like mois!! (She'll be 100 on October 20.)
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Oct 4 2009, 04:03 AM Post #22
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,166 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	mort bakaprevski Oct 3 2009, 08:09 PM And, she's a lovely Libra... like mois!! (She'll be 100 on October 20.) And all this time I was lead to believe it's on February 31st?
	"She's got style, she's got grace She's got long, long legs, she's got... Savoir Faire"


mort bakaprevski	Oct 6 2009, 07:53 AM Post #23
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,429 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	Stony, your memory continues to amaze. However, some of your current vices may come back to haunt you in that department later. Speakin' from experience!!! On the other hand, a lady I know continuously takes me to task on this. When I blame forgetting on my advanced age, she says, "Crap, you never could remember anything, anyway." As Steven Wright once said, "Women! Can't live with 'em. Can't shoot 'em!!"
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Oct 6 2009, 08:04 AM Post #24
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,166 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	mort bakaprevski Oct 6 2009, 07:53 AM Stony, your memory continues to amaze. Amazing, Hell! It's on your profile dude. (See attachment!) Attached to this post: Happy_Birthday_to_me___o.jpg (79.1 KB)
	"She's got style, she's got grace She's got long, long legs, she's got... Savoir Faire"


mort bakaprevski	Oct 6 2009, 08:17 AM Post #25
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,429 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	I KNOW!! But, you remembered it was there. I didn't... at least for a while!!!
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Oct 6 2009, 11:01 AM Post #26
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,166 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	You know how it is. I don't impress myself, or think that I have uncanny memory skills. I can't even remember the name of that Hitchcock movie I love so much, the one with Teresa Wright and Hume Cronyn.
	"She's got style, she's got grace She's got long, long legs, she's got... Savoir Faire"


mort bakaprevski	Oct 6 2009, 11:31 AM Post #27
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,429 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	Isn't that THE SHADOW RETURNS... or is it WITHOUT A DOUBT??? I always get those two damn things confused!!
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Oct 6 2009, 11:55 AM Post #28
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,166 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	mort bakaprevski Oct 6 2009, 11:31 AM Isn't that THE SHADOW RETURNS... or is it WITHOUT A DOUBT??? I always get those two damn things confused!! Sounds like you're tryin' to confuse me
	"She's got style, she's got grace She's got long, long legs, she's got... Savoir Faire"


mort bakaprevski	Oct 15 2009, 02:44 PM Post #29
Soony Roony! Posts: 1,429 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: January 1, 2006	Last nite was the first presentation of the new season (a season starts when the Hollywood Bowl season ends… ‘cause the building is smack in the middle of one of the Bowl’s smaller parking lots). The subject was “Edendale – the Hollywood before Hollywood.” I was particularly interested in this because I think I live in what was Edendale. Unfortunately, the presenter couldn’t give me the current boundaries that made up Edendale. Guess I’ll have to call the Echo Park Historical Society (yes, there actually is such an animal). They probably won’t know either. It seems that Selig Polyscope (from Chicago) came to California and after trying several locations downtown decided to build a studio on Glendale Blvd. (then named Allesandro St. The funny thing is that there still is an Allesandro St., but it ain’t Glendale Blvd). From a topographical standpoint, it wasn’t the wisest choice they coulda made as the site is on a fairly steep hill. Consequently, sets had to be built at an angle to the ground so the set would be flat. Despite the problems associated with the land, other studios, starting a long Hollywood tradition of “follow-the-leader”, began building studios adjacent to Selig. Soon Selig was joined by the U.S. studio of French-based Pathe, Tom Mix, Bison & the Norbig rental studio. At some point (I either shoulda taken notes… or they shoulda handed out more detailed info sheets), Selig sold the studio to Mack Sennett – Keystone. Hokay, so I just went out to Wikipedia & found that the date was 1912 (maybe). In 1917, Sennett severed relations with Keystone & was on his own. For the next decade, Sennett flourished. In 1928, he built a new studio in (ultimately) Studio City & left Edendale for good. However, he didn’t last long at his new address. In 1933 he filed for bankruptcy. His 5 year-old studio was purchased by Nat Levine of Mascot Pictures. And, as you all probably know, this ultimately became the studios for Republic Pictures in 1935. The presentation wasn’t bad… & the historical photos were terrific, but the geographical knowledge of the presenters was somewhat lacking… for my purposes. Another improvement they coulda made was to let us know which direction we were looking when a photo was displayed on the screen. Of course, in SoCal, this is something of a challenge as NO street goes straight north-south or east-west. Everything’s on the bias. To tell the truth, I think most of the audience found the whole thing somewhat boring. I probably would have as well… if it hadn’t been for the fact that I’ve lived in the subject area for quite a few decades now.
	“You’ve got to take the bitter with the sour.”


riddlerider	Oct 15 2009, 11:16 PM Post #30
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 799 Group: Members Member #68 Joined: November 26, 2005	Geez, Mort, wish I'd known you were there...I was there myself. Went out to L.A. last week for the Lone Pine Film Festival and stayed a few extra days to hang out with friends in Hollyweird. Bob Birchard, who gave the presentation, is an old pal of mine.


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