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Michael De Angelis
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1261
From: USA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted April 05, 2009 05:07 PM
Gian Luca Mario,
I too, am a huge Rascals fan.
Nice line-up of Rascals short films.
I have all of these with the exception of Framing Youth.
Too Too Young is great and the firecracker scene is hilarious.
Do you have Pigskin Palooka? This is a fun and fast moving
one reel Rascals short film.
Fifteen years ago, I was very pleased to have met
Rosina Lawrence. She was a very sweet, kind, delightful and dear lady;
the same as she was in the Rascals films. I also met, Dorothy De Borba, Jerry Tucker, Pineapple Jackson, Jackie Lyn, Tommy "Butch" Bond, and Shirley Jean Measures, who unfortunately passed away away.
Jerry Tucker lives about thirty minutes from my home,
and a great guy.
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Isn't it great that we can all communicate about this great
hobby that we love!
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Gian Luca Mario Loncrini
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1948
From: Verona (Italy)
Registered: Jan 2009
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posted April 05, 2009 06:10 PM
Hi Michael. How nice to read all this!
Well, I still miss a lot in my collection, but I do have FRAMING YOUTH, that is one of my favorite. Well, I always laugh like a fool when I screen THE KID FROM BORNEO, HEARTS ARE THUMPS, LITTLE SINNER and, my God, SPOOKY HOOKY. So, so funny!
I do have THE PIGSKIN PALOOKA too, even if it is not one of my favorite. I'm actually getting crazy to find FISHY TALES: cannot stop laughing (almost crying) when all those cats follow Buckwheat carrying that big, huge fish!
Here in Italy the whole series has been dubbed and aired in the late 70's. It has never been released in 8 mm, and I was the happiest man in the world when I discovered that in USA it did! I started to look for those episodes immediately. And I'm still doing it.
I was a little kid, during the 70's, and I remember those afternoons waiting for those little, funny kids who were absolutely and tenderly terrible.
Wow. You have met Rosina Lawrence... And Jerry Tucker lives close to you. Cannot believe. You live next to a piece of American Cinema History. My compliments. Really.
And thanks for making me so happy with your post. Just let me know if, in your collection, you have more than one copy of the same episode. I would be really happy and pleased to buy them.
Thanks once more. And nice to meet you, of course.
Gian Luca
Oh, I forgot: tonight I have screened OUR GANG FOLLIES OF 1936 that has just arrived as a present from Mike. Great. And in great condition. Thank you!
[ April 06, 2009, 08:38 PM: Message edited by: Gian Luca Mario Loncrini ]
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I remember when I was (super) 8 years old...
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Michael De Angelis
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1261
From: USA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted April 05, 2009 10:28 PM
Gian Luca Mario
The following year after meeting Rosina, we had learned
of a very nice restaurant that is close to where I live.
The name of the Restaurant is Crabtrees, and it is with
fond memory of The Rascals.
The story goes that the owner of Crabtrees' father, grew up in Greece, and loved the Rascals. This father was in the restaurant business too, and he shared stories with his son, how he loved the Rascals.
Years later the son opens this restaurant and inside he adorns the walls with huge original posters from the Gang's films. The posters are printed on linen, but happen to be the releases after 1938. Thus, the titles are from the
MGM released shorts.
When we learned of the restaurant and his affection for the films,
The Sons of the Desert appreciation society here in N.Y., contacted John McCabe and Rosina Lawrence.
Jack McCabe ( the Laurel and Hardy biographer, and he also has an
interview on the deluxe set of Yankee Doodle Dandy) and
Rosina were on their second marriage after their spouses had
passed.
Rosina had a home in Brooklyn, N.Y., because her first husband was a Judge in the N.Y. area and where Rosina eventually raised her family after leaving Hollywood.
Jack and Rosina were delighted to attend our group again, as we were all to be there and she autographed one of the linen posters.
We paid for the limousine, but they could not stay for the evening. Rosina was not well, and had Physician appointments in the morning.
The weather was stormy and terrible, and she was sick but did not want to disappoint us.
Truthfully speaking she was extremely ill, and about a year or so, - not quite
two years - she had left us.
These two events, The first at the N.Y. 1994 Convention and at the restaurant
bring fond memories.
When they greeted us at the N.Y. '94 Convention and as they walked in, it was
as we experienced Royalty. Both were very gracious, and Rosina was an exceptional gift to us all.
Check out the picts and the posters.Crabtrees's Restaurant
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Isn't it great that we can all communicate about this great
hobby that we love!
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David Pannell
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1072
From: Horsham, West Sussex, UK
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted April 12, 2009 07:39 AM
Hi Michael,
I am embarrassed to say that I can't remember if I bought High Noon from a fellow Forum member, or from one of our suppliers here in the UK. I've had it for quite a while, and can't even remember how long ago I last screened it. Perhaps I should start keeping records of these transactions and screenings.
The print, however, is absolutely flawless with excellent sound quality. Projected on my Elmo ST1200HD and using my Ampro Stylist Major 12 inch extension speaker. The vocal by Tex Ritter took me back to my youth when my parents took me and my brother to see a wild west show at Harringay Arena, London, where Tex was the star of the show. I must have been about 8 or 9 years old at the time, but I can still remember that. - Funny how some things stick and others don't.
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Dave.
Valves and celluloid - a great combination!
Early technology rules OK!
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