Friday, August 12, 2016
Filed under: PLUGS, VISUAL ART Tagged: art models, Brickhouse Brewery, burlesque, drawing, Patchogue, sideshow sketch night
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:09AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 11, 2016
It’s that time again! Theater for the New City’s annual summer street production is under way. Read all about it in my article in this week’s Villager. As an added bonus, h…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:20AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Today is the birthday of Allen Hoskins (1920-1980) best known for his groundbreaking role as the character “Farina” in Hal Roach’s Our Gang shorts. Hoskins literally grew u…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:14PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 7, 2016
Who knew it was International Day of Friendship in Brooklyn today? I didn’t until I was walking through Fulton Mall on my way today’s performance of The Iron Heel and passed a pa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:52PM[SHARE]Friday, August 5, 2016
Filed under: BROOKLYN, Comedy, Hollywood (History), Movies, PLUGS, Silent Film Tagged: City Reliquary, Henry Lehrman, Nelson Hughes, Pathe Lehrman, silent comedies, Williamsburg
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:48PM[SHARE]Tonight at New York’s IFC Center: opening night of the re-release of John Waters’ fully restored 1970 trashterpiece Multiple Maniacs! (With Waters there himself tonight) Wa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Today is the birthday of Claude Gillingwater (1870-1939). Trained as a lawyer, Missouri native Gillingwater worked first as a wholesale vinegar salesman before David Belasco gave him the cha…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 1, 2016
Originally posted on Ethan Kanfer: Based on the novel by Jack London Adapted and directed by Edward Einhorn A committed socialist, Jack London took occasional forays from adventure novels to…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:31PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 31, 2016
Sorry this may be hard to read…it’s 4600 words and digressive and contains no pictures! I may add some later but couldn’t think what to insert. Was just eager to hit “…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:49PM[SHARE]Friday, July 29, 2016
Filed under: Dime Museum and Side Show, PLUGS Tagged: Adam RealMan, Cardone
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:25AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Today happens to be the birthday of both Fleming W. Ackerman (a.k.a “Colonel Speck”) and Major Edward Newell (a.k.a. “General Grant, Jr.”). (Click on the links to lea…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:37AM[SHARE]Tomorrow is the birthday of Joe E. Brown . What will you do to celebrate? Will you open your mouth really wide and make a really strange noise? I will, but I do that every morning upon arisi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:27AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 26, 2016
OK, here’s our latest vacation slide show post! By now, it’s become a regular content stream here. Â We’ve done Ireland (Galway & Dublin), New Orleans (a 5 part serie…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:55AM[SHARE]Even as we speak we are in the midst of  Day #7 of Turner Classic Movies month long salute to the Hollywood western (see yesterday’s post here). Every Tuesday and Wednesday in…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:55AM[SHARE]Monday, July 25, 2016
Every Tuesday and Wednesday in July Turner Classic Movies will  be showing westerns the entire day, for a total of 100 movies in all. Here is tomorrow’s line-up.  The times below…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:45PM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of radio and screen comedian and voice-over artist Harold “Hal” Peary (1908-1985) Peary is best known for creating the popular radio character Throckmort…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:31AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Alison Skipworth (Alison Mary Elliot Margaret Groom, 1863-1952). London born Skipworth was best known for playing big-boned, hearty grand dames in Hollywood, most no…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:22AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 24, 2016
Today is the birthday of playwright-actor-director-producer William Gillette (William Hooker Gillette, 1853-1937). I am proud to say that I am distantly related to this important man of the …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:01AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 23, 2016
Today is the birthday of Leonore Ulric (1892-1970). Ulric was a creature of booth stage and screen, zigzagging between both throughout her entire career. She began with midwestern stock comp…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:16AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Janet Reade (Helen Dorothy Rulton, 1910-1943). Beginning as a chorus girl for Flo Ziegfeld, her lucky break was a featured part in Ballyhoo of 1930. This led to a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:16AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of pivotal American playwright, producer, and critic Augustin Daly (1838-1899). The son of a North Carolina sea captain. He moved to New York as a young child with his …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:15AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Even as we speak we are in the midst of  Day #5 of Turner Classic Movies month long salute to the Hollywood western (see yesterday’s post here). Every Tuesday and Wednesday in…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:57AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of the late Arthur Rankin, Jr (1924-2014), one half of the famous animation production duo Rankin-Bass. I would have blogged about him anyway, being such a huge fan of …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:57AM[SHARE]Monday, July 18, 2016
Every Tuesday and Wednesday in July Turner Classic Movies will  be showing westerns the entire day, for a total of 100 movies in all. The times below are all Eastern Standard Time, and be…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:27PM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Lupe Velez (read more about the talented and gorgeous Latin star here). A fitting day, we think to do this little post on her last (and today, best known) care…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:14AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of Jane Frazee (Mary Jane Frehse, 1918-1985). Jane started out in show business at age six in a vaudeville act with her older sister Ruth called the Frazee Sister…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:14AM[SHARE]Today is the birthday of illustrator, cartoonist and animator Henry “Hy” Mayer (1868-1954). Originally from Germany, he began his career as an illustrator in Munich, then worked …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:13AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 17, 2016
Tomorrow is comedian Red Skelton’s birthday. Turner Movie Classics will mark the occasion by screening his films throughout the day. I am grateful for this particular line-up, as it co…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:04AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 16, 2016
Today is the birthday of Floyd Gibbons (1887-1939). Gibbons is an example of the true scope of variety possible in big time vaudeville. He was a a journalist (most famous as a war correspond…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:33AM[SHARE]Friday, July 15, 2016
Exciting things afoot for comedy fans in NYC. My buddy Steve Massa has helped organized a series of screenings at MOMA of films by the great comic auteur Leo McCarey, starting tonight with L…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:22AM[SHARE]Tickets for the 20th annual New York International Fringe Festival go on sale today. My hat goes off to its co-founder and director Elena K. Holy at this auspicious benchmark. My admirati…
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