11,726 stories by "Trav S.D."
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…
Today Turner Classic Movies is showing canine related films most of the day. As a digestif, they have also devoted Silent Sundays to the same theme. The fun starts at midnight. Love My Dog (…
“Stand clear, and keep your eye on this ball!” We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian call…
Today is the birthday of Florence Lake (Florence Silverlake, 1904-1980). Lake started out in 1910 in a vaudeville act called “Family Affair” with her parents and her brother Arth…
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…
Tomorrow on Turner Classic Movies: Most of the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies: 6:30am (EST): Roberta (1935) The original Broadway stage production (with songs by Jerome Kern and Ot…
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: Comedians, Comedy, Comedy Teams, HOLIDAYS/ FESTIVALS/ MEMORIALS/ PARADES, Laurel and Hardy, Thanksgiving, Three Stooges, W.C. Fields Tagged: Chester Conklin, Laurel and Hardy, p…
A magical time was had by all at last night’s Fields Fest screening of W.C. Fields’ The Bank Dick at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, L.I., introduced by special guest Dr. H…
I’ve been in Jack London head-space for months, initially because I was in UTC#61’s adaptation of The Iron Heel but secondarily because that experience spurred me on to read and …
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…
Today is Harpo Marx’s birthday (for more on the great silent clown, see my biographical post on the Marx Brothers). Today’s post has been germinating for a long time. It grew out…
My sister seems to be missing. Today is her birthday and I have no way to wish her a happy one. I haven’t heard from her in nine months. She has no phone; she has no computer. Her own …
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…
Tomorrow night (Nov 22) at 7:30pm, Fields Fest resumes with a screening of the immortal Fields classic The Bank Dick (1940) at the Cinema Arts Center in Huntington, Long Island, introduced b…
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 …
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…
It was a lovely day in NYC for yesterday’s W.C. Fields History Walk, led by Kevin Fitzpatrick, which focused on the places where W.C. Fields lived, worked and recreated in the Broadway…
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…
Saturday, Nov. 19, 1:00-3:00 PM:Â W.C. Fields History Walk Walk in the footsteps of W.C. Fields and see where he lived, worked, and socialized. This two-hour walk is led by Kevin C. Fitzpa…
Filed under: BROOKLYN, Hollywood (History), Movies, PLUGS, VISUAL ART Tagged: animation, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Shoestring Press, Tommy Jose Strathes, vintage cartoons
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 Fi…
Opening tonight at the Film Forum in New York: Daughters of the Dust . Julie Dash wrote, produced and directed this film, which was the first movie by an African American woman to get a …
