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Post by follies38girl on Feb 14, 2007 15:11:57 GMT -5
HI, RASCAL FANS! PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR HONORING HAL ROACH'S GRAVESITE NEXT SEPTEMBER, AND WILL BE POSTED AS THEY UNFOLD. JUST WANTED RASCAL FANS TO KNOW THAT I, ALONG WITH PATSY BARRY, RENE BEARD, HUGH CHAPMAN, AND JOY LANE WILL BE APPEARING AT THE HOLLYWOOD COLLECTIBLES AND CELEBRITIES SHOW THIS COMING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT THE BURBANK MARIOTT HOTEL. THE SHOW'S SPONSORS ARE DUBBING IT "AN OUR GANG REUNION" OR "LITTLE RASCALS REUNION". HOPE SOME OF YOU CAN TURN OUT AND TELL US HI! HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, EVERYONE! LAURA JUNE KENNY
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Post by follies38girl on Mar 23, 2007 10:47:01 GMT -5
HELLO, RASCAL LOVERS! LAST NIGHT AT THE HOLLYWOOD HERITAGE MUSEUM--C.B. DEMILLE'S OLD BARN,-- PEOPLE WERE ALMOST HANGING FROM THE RAFTERS, ME AMONG THEM, TO SEE AN 85TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE "OUR GANG." FILM PRESERVER STAN TAFFEL BROUGHT US "FIRE FIGHTERS" (1922), "JUBILO, JR."(1924), "BARNUM AND RINGLING, JR." (1928), AND THAT GREAT "THE KID FROM BORNEO" (1933). THE LAUGHTER ALMOST SHOOK THE BUILDING AND SENT US ALL HOME FEELING HAPPY ABOUT LIFE. WE SAW MARC WANAMAKER'S SLIDES OF THE OLD ROACH STUDIOS--HOW WELL I REMEMBER THEM--AND IT MAKES ME MORE THAN EVER PLAN TO GO AND LAY A WREATH UPON HIS GRAVE NEXT SEPTEMBER IN ELMIRA, NEW YORK! WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON DETAILS! LAURA JUNE
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Post by follies38girl on Mar 26, 2007 9:35:42 GMT -5
SATURDAY NIGHT WE WENT TO OUR "EARLY TO BED" LAUREL AND HARDY (SONS OF THE DESERT) TENT AND SAW THE USUAL HILARIOUS ANTICS OF STAN AND OLLIE, BUT THIS TIME THERE WAS A FILM, CALLED "NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE," STARRING CHARLEY CHASE, ROSINA LAWWRENCE--THE TEACHER IN SEVERAL "LITTLE RASCALS,"-- AND ADORABLE DARLA HOOD, AS THEIR LITTLE GIRL. IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE OLD "BANK NIGHTS" WE HAD IN THE THIRTIES AT MOVIE THEATERS, WHERE AN AUDIENCE MEMBER COULD WIN CASH-COLD, HARD CASH. REMEMBER, THESE WERE THE DEPRESSION YEARS (1936)! SEE IT IF YOU CAN SOMETIME. YOU'LL ENJOY! LAURA JUNE
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Post by Mark on Mar 26, 2007 10:29:36 GMT -5
I really want to see "Neighborhood House."
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Post by follies38girl on Apr 24, 2007 0:11:39 GMT -5
HI! SPRING HAS SPRUNG, AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT AND ABOUT TO BOOK FAIRS. THIS INCLUDES MYSELF. SATURDAY I WAS SIGNING BOOKS AT THE WEST COVINA (CA) LITERACY FAIR AND MET AGAIN SO MANY BABY-BOOMERS WHO REMEMBER WITH JOY MANY RASCAL EPISODES. GREAT CONVERSATIONS ENSUED. THIS NEXT SATURDAY, APRIL 28, FROM 4-6 P.M. I'LL BE SIGNING BOOKS AT THE U.C.L.A./L.A.TIMES BOOK FAIR ON THE CAMPUS OF U.C.L.A. CHECK OUT THE MYSTIC SISTERS BOOK BOOTH, #156 IN ZONE A, WILSON PLAZA, IF YOU ARE IN THE L.A. AREA. THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BOOK FAIRS IN THE U.S.A. AND I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND TALK TO MORE RASCAL FANS. LAURA JUNE KENNY
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Post by follies38girl on May 12, 2007 23:08:57 GMT -5
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, A DATE HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR LAYING A WREATH AT THE GRAVESITE OF THAT WONDERFUL MOVIE PRODUCER, HAL ROACH. HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OUR GANG/LITTLE RASCALS FILMS, FOR HAROLD LLOYD'S FILMS AND FOR THE LAUREL AND HARDY SERIES, AS WELL AS FOR THE FEATURE-LENGTH "ONE MILLION, B.C." THE DATE IS SEPTEMBER 6, IN ELMIRA, NEW YORK. GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE WILL COME FROM SEVERAL RASCAL FANS, ONE OF WHOM LIVES IN ELMIRA, AND FROM MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND AS WELL AS FROM SOME TENTS OF SONS OF THE DESERT IN CALIFORNIA AND IN GERMANY-THESE ARE LAUREL AND HARDY FANS. I WAS MERELY AN EXTRA IN 7 EPISODES OF THE LITTLE RASCALS, NEVER A STAR, AND CONSIDERED A "PERIPHERAL" FACE IN THE CROWD, BUT AFTER TALKING TO HUNDREDS OF RASCAL FANS AT BOOK FAIRS ALL OVER THE U.S.A. AND IN CANADA, I WANT TO HONOR MR. ROACH, IN THEIR BEHALF, FOR ALL THE JOY HE BROUGHT TO MILLIONS OF YOUNGSTERS. JUST TODAY, AT THE L.A. UNION STATION, I SPOKE TO A MAN WHO SAID WHAT SO MANY HAVE SAID TO ME, SOME WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES, "I GREW UP WITH THE LITTLE RASCALS." THAT MEMORY TOUCHES A SOFT SPOT IN MANY HEARTS. MORE INFORMATION ON THE LAYING OF THE WREATH TO FOLLOW. LAURA JUNE KENNY
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Post by follies38girl on Jun 13, 2007 13:11:58 GMT -5
THE AIRPLANE TICKETS ARE BOUGHT, THE CAR RENTED AND WE'RE FIRMING UP PLANS TO HONOR HAL ROACH'S GRAVESITE, IN ELMIRA, N.Y., ON SEPTEMBER 6, BY LAYING THERE A WREATH OF RED, WHITE AND BLUE (BECAUSE HE WAS VERY PATRIOTIC). MY OWN SONS OF THE DESERT TENT, THE EARLY TO BED TENT, WILL BE REPRESENTED THERE IN SPIRIT AS WILL THE ONE GOOD TURN TENT FROM GERMANY. I WOULD LIKE TO COMPILE A LIST OF THOSE WHO WANT TO SAY THANKS TO HAL ROACH FOR THE JOY HE BROUGHT TO THE WORLD BY HIS PRODUCTIONS OF THE LITTLE RASCALS AND THE LAUREL AND HARDY FILMS, AS WELL AS CHARLEY CHASE'S FILMS, ONE OF WHICH I SAW LAST SATURDAY AT A SILENT FILM SCREENING. A GREAT RASCAL FAN FROM ELMIRA WILL BE AT MY SIDE THAT DAY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ADDING YOUR NAME TO A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE HAL ROACH'S CONTRIBUTION, SEND ME A MESSAGE, AT THIS SITE, WITH YOUR NAME AND CITY WHERE YOU LIVE (NO ADDRESSES PLEASE) AND I WILL COMPILE A HUGE THANK YOU CARD TO BE LEFT WITH THE WREATH. WE MUST NEVER FORGET THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT LAUGHTER TO OUR WORLD. LAURA JUNE KENNY
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Post by follies38girl on Jul 4, 2007 11:48:02 GMT -5
GREAT NEWS! STYMIE'S YOUNGER BROTHER, RENE, WHO WAS IN ROACH'S "CURLEY," CALLED ME THE OTHER NIGHT AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS WEB SITE, AND THAT HE MIGHT WANT TO JOIN IN THE CONVERSATION FROM TIME TO TIME. HE HAS A COMPUTER BUT IS AN AMATEUR AT USING IT, SO I TOLD HIM TO GET A FRIEND TO HELP HIM HOOK UP WITH THIS WEB-SITE. HOW WOULD HE GO ABOUT THAT, MARK? HOW DOES HE JOIN? WHAT CAME OUT OF OUR LONG GAB-FEST IS THAT HE AND I WILL APPEAR AT THE UPCOMING HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES SHOW (IN BURBANK), SIDE-BY-SIDE, ON JULY 20 AND JULY 21. WE DID MEET EACH OTHER THIS WAY, AND I WILL BE SO GLAD TO SEE HIM AGAIN. HE LOOKS A LOT LIKE HIS OLDER BROTHER. AND HE HAS GREAT STORIES TO TELL ABOUT STYMIE! HOPE SOME OF YOU IN THE L.A. AREA CAN TURN OUT TO TALK TO BOTH OF US. LAURA JUNE
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Post by mtw12055 on Jul 4, 2007 12:41:21 GMT -5
Wow, that's great news! Thanks for the information Laura June Kenny.
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Post by Mark on Jul 5, 2007 16:47:50 GMT -5
I just got back home from my 4th of July vacation and found the latest posts. That'd be great if Rene could join us! He could either join up himself by clicking the "Register" link at the top of the page (current users who are signed in, of course, won't see that "Register" link) or I could create a username and password for him to use. Maybe you could tell me which of the two would be best for Rene, Laura.
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Post by follies38girl on Jul 15, 2007 20:22:12 GMT -5
Hello, Mark and thanks for your response about Rene Beard's joining the site! I'll be seeing Rene this coming Friday and Saturday at the Hollywood Collectibles Show, so I'll share with him the print-out of what you suggested above. I hope his grandson or good friend will get him into the loop. He'll appreciate your offer to help! Was just reading the topic- WHAT GOT YOU INTO THE LITTLE RASCALS--and found the responses wonderful and touching. Last night my husband and I were watching the zany Marx Bothers on TCM in "A Day At The Races," a picture full of their craziness, but showing off the great talents of Chico at the piano and Harpo at the harp. Chico used to play cards with my foster-dad and so I saw him often. He invited me to the Hollywood Premiere of that movie the week I turned six, later that year giving me my first Brownie camera. What I didn't remember about the movie--I probably had fallen asleep in my theater seat --was that there was a whole segment of gospel and jazz music and dancing with a black cast. The Marx Bros., like Hal Roach himself, were not afraid to feature black entertainers in their movie. That was quite something for that day, almost very daring! Anyway, thanks again for the message for Stymie's little bother--I'll pass it on gladly. Laura June Kenny
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Post by follies38girl on Jul 27, 2007 2:12:33 GMT -5
If anyone at this site is vacationing in So. Calif. this hot July and you can make it to Barnsdall Park in the east Hollywood neighborhood on Saturday, I'll be meeting and greeting folks and signing my book from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. There's an historic Frank Lloyd Wright house nearby, and the park is considered an art park. I'll be at TCA Productions booth and would be delighted to show you my scrapbook. Hope all are enjoying their summer! Laura June Kenny
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Post by follies38girl on Aug 25, 2007 12:33:16 GMT -5
13 DAYS TO GO (SEPT.6) UNTIL I VISIT WOODLAWN CEMETERY IN ELMIRA, NEW YORK, THERE TO LAY A RED-WHITE-AND-BLUE WREATH ON THE GRAVE OF THE CREATOR OF THE LITTLE RASCALS/OUR GANG FILMS, AS WELL AS GIVING US LAUREL AND HARDY, CHARLEY CHASE AND HAROLD LLOYD FOR FILM POSTERITY. WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANY OF YOU FANS OF THE RASCALS WHO LIVE IN THE FINGER-LAKES AREA OF NEW YORK STATE JOIN US FOR THE OCCASION AT 10:30 A.M THE PREVIOUS NIGHT--SEPT.5- I'LL BE AT THE STORYLINES BOOKSTORE AND CAFE IN WATKINS GLEN FROM 7-9 P.M. SIGNING MY BOOK AND GREETING FOLKS WHO REALLY TREASURE ALL THAT LAUGHTER AND HUMOR MR. ROACH GAVE THE WORLD! WISH US GOOD WEATHER FOR THE DAY! LAURA JUNE KENNY
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Post by follies38girl on Sept 23, 2007 20:03:26 GMT -5
HI, FRIENDS AND FANS AT THIS SITE! JUST WANTED TO SHARE WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT WAS TO STAND AT THE GRAVE OF HAL ROACH, WITH A FAN I MET AT THIS SITE, AND PAY TRIBUTE TO THE CREATIVE GENIUS AND GOOD BUSINESS SENSE OF PRODUCER HAL ROACH. THEN AFTERWARDS WE WENT TO ONE OF THOSE GREAT ITALIAN RESTAURANTS THAT NEW YORK STATE IS SO FAMOUS FOR, AND OVER LUNCH, SHARED WHAT WE COULD ABOUT OUR LOVE OF OLD MOVIES. ROB WAS A GREAT HOST, AND SHOWED MY HUSBAND AND ME AROUND ELMIRA, TAKING IN THE GRAVE OF WRITER MARK TWAIN ALSO. IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO, DON'T FAIL TO VISIT ELMIRA, NEW YORK, AND SEE ALL THAT IT HAS TO OFFER. A GREAT PLACE AND NO WONDER HAL ROACH WANTED TO RETURN THERE, EVEN IN DEATH. BY THE BY, SOMEONE HAL ROACH STARTED OUT IN THE BUSINESS--HAROLD LLOYD,-- WAS IN A GREAT MOVIE LAST NIGHT ON TCM. ROACH COULD SURELY SPOT AND PROMOTE COMEDIC GENIUS. TODAY'S THE FIRST DAY OF FALL, SO HAVE A GOOD ONE, EVERYBODY! LAURA JUNE
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Post by follies38girl on Oct 12, 2007 0:24:29 GMT -5
SAY, I NEED SOME HELP! WHEN I WAS SIGNING BOOKS IN OREGON SOMETIME BACK, A GENTLEMAN CAME INTO THE BOOKSTORE AND SAID HE WAS BUILDING A TREEHOUSE JUST LIKE THE ONE SEEN IN A LITTLE RASCALS FILM. ASKED ME IF I KNEW WHAT THE SIGN SAID THAT WAS POSTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TREEHOUSE. I DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE, BUT SAID I WOULD ASK ALL YOU EXPERTS OUT THERE ON RASCAL FILMS. SURELY ONE OF YOU CAN GIVE ME THE EXACT WORDS AND SPELLING, SO I CAN PASS THE INFORMATION ON TO HIM. HE BOUGHT A BOOK FROM ME AND GIFTED THE LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY WITH THAT COPY. WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMING TO THE RESCUE HERE. THANKS. LAURA JUNE
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