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Post by eatemup on Mar 5, 2005 6:03:40 GMT -5
That's fascinating. I'll have to look for you the next time I watch those films. Did you ever work with Laurel and Hardy or Charley Chase?
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Post by follies38girl on Mar 28, 2005 11:17:46 GMT -5
HELLO, OUT THERE, ALL YOU LITTLE RASCALS AFICIANADOS! JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE IN THE L.A. AREA, I WILL BE GIVING TWO LIBRARY TALKS IN EARLY MAY, SIGNING MY BOOKS AT THE SAME TIME. I WOULD BE SO DELIGHTED TO MEET YOU IN PERSON! MAY 4, AT 6:30 P.M., I'LL BE AT THE EAGLE ROCK LIBRARY BRANCH, THEN ON MAY 7, AT 2:00 P.M., I'LL BE AT THE ARROYO SECO REGIONAL BRANCH LIBRARY. HAVING BEEN A READING TEACHER FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, AND HAVING LOVED TRIPS TO THE LIBRARY AS A CHILD, YOU KNOW I LOVE TO VISIT LIBRARIES AND SHARE MY BOOK WITH READERS. Y'ALL COME! LAURA JUNE KENNY
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Post by zootmoney on Apr 9, 2005 14:35:14 GMT -5
ANYBODY HERE WHO KNOWS THE BURIAL PLACE OF MARY ANN JACKSON, WHO DIED DEC. 17, 2003? I LOOKED ON FINDAGRAVE.COM BUT TO NO AVAIL. I FOUND THAT SITE QUITE USEFUL WHEN WRITING "FLEEING THE FATES OF THE LITTLE RASCALS." ESPECIALLY SO WHEN RESEARCHING THE FATE OF "FROGGY." IT SEEMS A MAN IN PAHRUMP, NEVADA, NEAR MY ONCE DESERT HOME, HAD BEEN PASSING HIMSELF OFF AS "FROGGY" FOR YEARS. I PUT THAT IMPOSTERHOOD TO REST WHEN I DID A BOOK SIGNING AT THE PAHRUMP LIBRARY AND WAS ASKED IF I KNEW THE LOCAL "FROGGY." I WAS ABLE TO SITE WHERE THE REAL "FROGGY" WAS BURIED AT THE AGE OF 16, IN 1948. LAURA JUNE KENNY According to an auction listed by Jean Darling yesterday, MaryAnn is still alive: "About this picture.... "So many times I have been asked, which of The Kids are still alive, so here we are, Mary Ann Jackson and myself, just the two of us from "my" Gang still above ground. Farena, Joe Cobb, Wheezer and Harry Speer have all left for another playground. Mary Ann was very talented and cute, a real "10" personality except for two things: she was always playing Jacks and eating sen-sen (tiny little black breath-fresheners, very popular back then). As for our Moms, mine was pretty, blond and lady-like. Mary Ann's Mother was dark-haired with sparkling eyes and a ready smile."
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Post by follies38girl on Jun 24, 2005 12:47:33 GMT -5
HELLO, RASCAL AFICIANADOS! JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW I WILL BE IN SACRAMENTO DOING BOOK-SIGNINGS JULY 7-12, REDDING JULY 13,(BOTH CA), THEN IN MEDFORD, OR, JULY 16, KLAMATH FALLS, JULY 17, AND ASHLAND, OR ON JULY 19. SOME SIGNINGS ARE AT BOOK-STORES, SOME AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES. WRITE A MESSAGE TO ME IF YOU WANT MORE DETAILS.WOULD LOVE TO MEET AND GREET FELLOW RASCAL LOVERS. LAURA JUNE KENNY
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Post by follies38girl on Jul 24, 2005 20:10:17 GMT -5
BOY, YOU FOLKS, THAT LOVE THE LITTLE RASCALS, REALLY COVERED A LOT OF TERRITORY WHILE I WAS OUT SIGNING BOOKS AND TALKING AT LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES THESE PAST TWO WEEKS. AM HOME NOW AND GETTING READY FOR MEETING SOME OF YOU, PERHAPS AT THE HOLLYWOOD COLLECTIBLES SHOW, THIS COMING WEEKEND AT THE BURBANK HILTON. DO STOP BY MY BOOTH AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF, SO I CAN PUT A FACE TO ALL THE COMMENTS THIS WONDERFUL SITE ELICITS. ILOOK FORWARD TO THE AIR-CONDITIONING OUR SAN FERNANDO VALLEY NEEDS DURING THIS HOT-SPELL. MET AT LEAST FOUR RELATIVES OF FORMER CAST MEMBERS OF THE LITTLE RASCALS. SEE YA', LAURA JUNE KENNY
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Post by Jojo on Jul 25, 2005 1:53:22 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Ms. Kenny. What are your fond memories of Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas??
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Post by follies38girl on Aug 28, 2005 22:58:41 GMT -5
YOU KNOW, I ONLY REMEMBER BUCKWHEAT BEING A CUTE LITTLE GUY THAT DIDN'T EMBARRASS PEOPLE, LIKE ALFALFA DID ON THE SET. HE CERTAINLY WAS CUTE IN "FOLLOIES OF 1938," BOTH LEADING THE BAND AND WHEN HE WAS ALL DRESSED UP LIKE A VERY YOUNG CAB CALLOWAY. AS FAR AS I REMEMBER, HE WAS ACCEPTED AS WERE ALL THE KIDS.
SORRY I DIDN'T ANSWER THIS SOONER, BUT I RETURNED AT THE END OF JULY FROM A LONG AND FUN BOOK-TOUR OF NO. CALIF. AND SO. OREGON. HAVE SPENT THIS MONTH PLAYING CATCH-UP ON MAIL AND SOMETHING VERY DOMESTIC I HAVEN'T DONE SINCE BEFORE I WROTE MY BOOK--I MADE RED-PEPPER RELISH, AND IT IS DELICIOUS. I AM AN OLD-FASHIONED AS WELL AS AN "OLDER WOMAN." IT'S FUN TO KEEP UP WITH THIS SITE. LAURA JUNE
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Post by Jojo on Sept 1, 2005 0:24:51 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply. That's good stuff to know. He sounds a lot like myself!
Joel
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Post by follies38girl on Sept 6, 2005 11:36:55 GMT -5
HI, GUYS AND GALS WHO LOVE THE GANG OF LITTLE RASCALS! IF ANY OF YOU ARE GOING TO THE LONE PINE FILM FESTIVAL, IN LONE PINE, CALIFORNIA, DURING OCTOBER 6-9, PLEASE STOP BY STATHAM HALL TO SAY HELLO. IN THE MEANTIME, I'M FLYING EAST TO BE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND ONTARIO, CANADA. TALK TO YOU LATER, AND HAVE A GREAT BEGINNING OF FALL. THAT'S WHY I GO EAST, THIS TIME OF YEAR, TO SEE THE FALL COLORS AT THEIR VERY BEST. LAURA JUNE
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Post by sidewayscap on Sept 6, 2005 12:04:54 GMT -5
Ms. Kenny you were in "Mike Fright", correct? Scotty Beckett was in that episode. Do you remember him at all?
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Post by follies38girl on Sept 9, 2005 10:23:08 GMT -5
"SIDEWAYSCAP:" WHAT MY BOOK IS ABOUT IS THE STORY OF A GIRL GROWING UP IN HOLLYWOOD, BEING FORCED BY THE ECONOMY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION INTO APPEARING IN MOVIES JUST TO PUT FOOD ON MY FAMILY'S TABLE. MY BROTHERS AND SISTER DID THE SAME, AS DID HUNDREDS OF OTHER CHILDREN WHO CAME TO LOS ANGELES IN THE 1930S. BUT I DIDN'T "WANT TO BE IN PICTURES." I WANTED TO BE WITH THE LOVE AND NURTURE OF THE TWO FOSTER-FAMILIES THAT HELPED TO RAISE ME. ONE OF THOS FOSTER FAMILIES HAD GREAT HOLLYWOOD CONNECTIONS SO I WAS PRIVILEGED TO SEE HOLLYWOOD IN ITS GOLDEN ERA. IN A SHORT PORTION AT THE END OF MY BOOK I RELATE SOME OF THE FATES OF THE BETTER-KNOWN RASCALS, AND I DID LEAVE OUT SOME WELL-KNOWN MEMBERS OF THE GANG. ALSO I EXAMINE, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A TEACHER THAT THERE ARE GREAT LOSSES FOR CHILDREN WHO BECOME CHILD PERFORMERS. HOPE THIS GIVES YOU A THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF MY BOOK'S CONTENTS THANKS FOR ASKING, LAURA JUNE
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Post by follies38girl on Sept 9, 2005 10:24:40 GMT -5
MARK: PLEASE SEE THAT SIDEWAYSCAP GETS AN ANSWER TO HIS QUERY. THANKS, LAURA JUNE
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Post by no1halopfan on Sept 9, 2005 15:46:01 GMT -5
Upstate New York!! I live there too. What part are going to? It would be nice to meet up, if possible.
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Post by follies38girl on Sept 11, 2005 1:02:48 GMT -5
THE WAY OUR SCHEDULE LOOKS NOW WE ARRIVE AT SYR AIRPORT 9/21/05 AROUND 7 P.M, PICKING UP A CAR TO DRIVE NORTH TO WATERTOWN. NEXT DAY WE TAKE OUR DAUGHTER OUT TO WELLESLEY ISLAND FOR A FOUR DAY STAY. ARE YOU ANYWHERE NEAR ANY OF THESE THREE LOCATIONS? YES, IT WOULD BE NICE TO MEET UP, IF YOUR PART OF UPSTATE IS NEARBY. LAURA JUNE
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Post by no1halopfan on Sept 12, 2005 5:26:18 GMT -5
I live about 2 hours south of Syracuse. Will you be back in Syracuse for a period of time before you go home?
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