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Subject : Re: [Anaglyphs] Inventor of FW-Brian, Tim
From : "Brian Wallace"
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Date : Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:56:09 -0500
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Tim,
 
I'm envious!  When I was young, my favorite magazine was "Famous Monsters of Filmland", which was produced by Forrest Ackerman.  In fact, that's where I first learned about Lon Chaney Sr. and tidbits about all those old horror flicks.  I was not close to a magazine store that carried it, so my Aunt who lived in Dover Delaware would occasionally bring me one.  I used to cut the pictures out and tape them above my bed.  My mother became very worried about me!  : )  Later, I had lots of fun making albums with pictures of scenes and creatures found in the magazine.  I would cut out the faces of myself, my siblings and cousins and paste them over the face of the character in the movie, then make up corny captions like Ackerman always had in the magazine.
 
Attached is an example of what I'm talking about.  Long before home computers, this had to be the forerunner to Photoshop.
 
A "still" from "The Hunchback of Nortre Dame".  Left to right... Myself, my brothers Woody, Wally, and my sister Renie.
 
Cheers,
Brian
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Anaglyphs] Inventor of FW-Brian

Thanks Brian. I forgot to resize the image before posting, a bad habit that is now on my list of New year's resolutions! Thanks for the background info on this picture, you know your silent film history! I took the picture from an auction site, they were auctioning the original hat and teeth props.
 
Originally they belonged to Forrest Ackerman and were proudly displayed in his Ackermansion in CA. I was fortunate enough to vist the mansion many years ago and see his vast treasure trove of movie artifacts.
 
Tim
 


--- On Wed, 1/20/10, Brian Wallace <Starg82343(-at-)hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Brian Wallace <Starg82343(-at-)hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Anaglyphs] Inventor of FW
To: anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 1:41 AM

 
I think he also forgot to open the window before he jumped out.  : )
 
"Lon Chaney Sr." (Loved that guy!) in London After Midnight (1927 MGM film). 
 
 
It is also a lost film, quite possibly the most famous and eagerly-sought of all lost films. The last known copy was destroyed in a fire in an MGM film vault in 1965.
 
 
Thanks for the conversion Tim.  It was a bit large, but I resized and saved it.
 
Cheers,
Brian
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 8:09 PM
Subject: [Anaglyphs] Inventor of FW

(lets try this again with pic attatched)
 
I found this rare portrait of Professor Scmekenhiemer, the inventor of the FW!! Sadly he committed suicide by jumping out the 2nd story building of an NSA convention. Talk about the ultimate window violation!!
 
Tim
 


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