11,725 stories by "Trav S.D."
Today is the birthday of James Michener (1907-1997). I am astounded to discover today that I hadn’t blogged about Centennial before. I feel like I must have posted something about it s…
Hey Brooklyn! Tomorrow (Sunday, December 4) at 4pm, Flicker Alley is presenting three classic Chaplin shorts from the Essanay period at the Alamo Drafthouse, with Ben Model at the keys! On t…
This new series of posts came out of the stunning realization that I have family in all 50 U.S. states. My ancestors lived in 14 of them, all on the eastern seaboard or adjacent, and I have …
Today is the birthday of Maria Mosquini (1899-1983). Lucky Los Angeles native Mosquini stepped right out of high school directly into roles in Hal Roach comedies. She started out in bit part…
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
As promised, here’s a little photo record of Thursday’s talk at the NYPL main branch on “W.C. Fields in Vaudeville”. As they say on social media, “Pictures R…
Today on Turner Classic Movies at 4:45pm Eastern, a movie well worth setting your DVR for. My good buddy Bob Greenberg first put me on to this one. It’s Show of Shows, Warner Bros. …
I am a huge fan of early Eugene O’Neill and so was much excited to learn about these two new offerings. Last night, Target Margin launched The Unseen O’Neill Lab at our old stomp…
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
A good time was had by all last night at Noah Diamond’s “Marx Brothers on Broadway” talk at the Morbid Anatomy Museum, sponsored by Zelda Magazine. The capacity crowd was f…
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
Thursday, December 1, 6:30pm: "W.C. Fields in Vaudeville" Tonight! Trav S.D. talks about the great comedian’s early years in show business as a juggler in vaudeville and a revue comedi…
Today is World AIDS Day. Last year at this time I took a quick inventory of artists and scholars whom I admire, or matter to me, or whose work I enjoyed, or who even simply interest me, who …
I stumbled across this image the other day and got curious. I could only find a few facts: this troupe of little people was managed by German born Oscar Klinkhart (ca.1897-1975). They …
Filed under: Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Anna Copacabanna, Bingo-a-Go-Go, Ethyl's
As part of Fields Fest, on November 17, your humble correspondent appeared on Rachel Cleary’s “Hear and Now” show on Radio Free Brooklyn to talk about the festival and the …
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
Filed under: FOOD & DRINK CULTURE, HOLIDAYS/ FESTIVALS/ MEMORIALS/ PARADES, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: New York City, Scotland, St. Andrew's Day
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
Originally posted on cinematically insane: "What was the first movie?" my 9-year-old niece asked after a recent trip to the multiplex. I hate questions like that. Because I'm a "movie guy," …
Tomorrow on TCM, starting early and throughout the day, several films by Alfred Hitchcock (warning: we always include spoilers!) 6:00am (EST): Young and Innocent (1937) I'm astonished I'd…
Fields Fest continues this week into mid-December with three informative and entertaining talks shedding light into lesser known aspects of the early career of beloved screen comedian W.C. F…
We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fe…
I’ve touched on this subject once before, and had originally intended to do more two weeks ago (November 13) for all sorts of reasons. In fact, I probably would have hit it in two post…
