Topic: THE SUCCESSFUL SIGNING AND OTHER STORIES (Read 4963 times)

TCB · « **Reply #120 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:02:13 PM »

Page Five!

TCB · « **Reply #121 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:04:58 PM »

Thank you Jrand for the info on Orson Welles' other possible son.

Dan M · « **Reply #122 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:05:19 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 17, 2015, 09:46:23 PM

How are you feeling, Dan?

Not too bad. Getting a bit worried for Wednesday's tests. Blood work, EKG and cardiology exam.

TCB · « **Reply #123 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:05:33 PM »

However, Jrand, I must correct you on one thing.

Dan M · « **Reply #124 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:06:38 PM »

Watching MeTV. "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." is on now.

Guest stars:
PHYLLIS NEWMAN
MICHAEL ANSARA

TCB · « **Reply #125 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:07:28 PM »

Ward Bond was the original wagon master on WAGON TRAIN. John McIntire joined the show after Mr. Bond's death.

Dan M · « **Reply #126 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:07:48 PM »

Soon will be the Summer of Me(TV)

and Laverne & Shirley will be back on

Cindy Williams and Eddie Mekka have been on air a lot promoting its return to MeTV.

TCB · « **Reply #127 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:08:27 PM »

I always enjoyed THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.

TCB · « **Reply #128 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:09:12 PM »

I don't believe I get ME TV.

Dan M · « **Reply #129 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:09:23 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 17, 2015, 10:07:28 PM

Ward Bond was the original wagon master on WAGON TRAIN. John McIntire joined the show after Mr. Bond's death.

Ward Bond was part of the unofficial John Ford repertoire company, which overlapped the John Wayne rep company.

TCB · « **Reply #130 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:10:24 PM »

I'm very glad to read that BK's book signing went well.

TCB · « **Reply #131 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:10:53 PM »

I enjoyed the one I attended in Portland a few years ago.

Dan M · « **Reply #132 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:11:30 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 17, 2015, 10:09:12 PM

I don't believe I get ME TV.

I don't have cable. Phone and internet is expensive enough for me, so I have a over-the-air digital channel I bought at Radio Shack for $12. It's very light and I can move it around to get the reception I need.

The old antenna I had was given to me, but it's this big clunky metal thing that is not that easy to move around.

Dan M · « **Reply #133 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:12:23 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 17, 2015, 10:10:24 PM

I'm very glad to read that BK's book signing went well.

I would like to catch up on BK's books. I feel like such an outcast.

Dan M · « **Reply #134 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:13:01 PM »

I also need to brush up on shows, like musical theater and such.

TCB · « **Reply #135 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:13:41 PM »

It would be interesting if Orson Welles' illegitimate children were both boys. His four natural children were all girls.

Dan M · « **Reply #136 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:15:33 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 17, 2015, 10:13:41 PM

It would be interesting if Orson Welles' illegitimate children were both boys. His four natural children were all girls.

I think that would be too. There have been many mythologies built up over the years about him. Some were started by Orson himself. But I've read that John Houseman grew to dislike him and would spread negative stories to hurt him.

TCB · « **Reply #137 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:15:35 PM »

Well, when you start to read BK's books, you should start with the Benjamin Kritzer trilogy first.

Dan M · « **Reply #138 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:16:04 PM »

Quote from: TCB on May 17, 2015, 10:15:35 PM

Well, when you start to read BK's books, you should start with the Benjamin Kritzer trilogy first.

OK.

Dan M · « **Reply #139 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:19:58 PM »

I think Orson's daughter Beatrice (mother: Paola Mori) is trying very hard to keep going with restorations of his movies as well as righting some wrongs. I applaud her for that. He was a very complicated man, but at the same time undeserving of some of the negatives about him.

Dan M · « **Reply #140 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:20:31 PM »

CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT has been restored and may be released in the US by Criterion:
http://www.wellesnet.com/tag/chimes-at-midnight/

Dan M · « **Reply #141 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:22:31 PM »

Oh boy, I missed Orson Welles's birthday on May 6^th. What kind of fanboy am I?!

bk · « **Reply #142 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:22:57 PM »

Did my radical thing - a jog. I'm done being a blob - DONE.

TCB · « **Reply #143 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:27:31 PM »

Interesting how when you search for things on the internet, you end up with some strange combinations. The search for Orson Welles children, keeps bringing up Marc McKerrow who was Rebecca son that she gave up for adoption. I don't believe Orson ever knew anything about Marc.

TCB · « **Reply #144 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:28:37 PM »

Quote from: Dan M on May 17, 2015, 10:22:31 PM

Oh boy, I missed Orson Welles's birthday on May 6^th. What kind of fanboy am I?!

That was my grandmother's birthday.

TCB · « **Reply #145 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:29:49 PM »

Good night, Dan. Good night blob.

George · « **Reply #146 on:** May 17, 2015, 10:51:06 PM »

Quote from: bk on May 17, 2015, 09:23:19 PM

Mad Men is over, of course. I think there was probably no way for them to make anyone really happy - it's been a long journey and how do you just wrap it all up? So, as with many episodes of the last two seasons, some of it worked and some of it was a little irritating, but in the end the final shot of Don and then what follows it was kind of perfect. I must not have been paying that close attention this season, as a few people on the Internet guessed exactly what the ending would be. Peggy had an interesting end of journey - perhaps too quick and pat, but it was fine and she was and will always be my favorite on the show, thanks to the superb playing of Elizabeth Moss. The episode was also very Joan heavy.

You watched it already? It's just on right now in my area. There is just about a little less than a half hour left.

George · « **Reply #147 on:** May 17, 2015, 11:04:25 PM »

Quote from: Dan M on May 17, 2015, 10:20:31 PM

CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT has been restored and may be released in the US by Criterion:
http://www.wellesnet.com/tag/chimes-at-midnight/

There's a Kickstarter campaign to Finish Orson Welles' Last Film. They need $2,000,000 and they've so far raised $195,375 (10%). They still have 29 days left.

George · « **Reply #148 on:** May 17, 2015, 11:18:07 PM »

Well, that was an interesting ending.

George · « **Reply #149 on:** May 17, 2015, 11:18:16 PM »

And since we're so close...

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