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RSVP Productions Saturday was one of those leisurely days that just kind of passes and you ask yourself, “What did I do?” and have difficulty coming up with the answer. Just what I needed. Lovely lunch at Lulu’s with my friend Gail – I don’t know what I enjoyed more – their current exhibition of…
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The Loose Canon Theatre Company, a troupe made up mainly of recent Theatre Arts graduates from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, comes to campus Aug. 25-27 to present Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.” Held in the August Wegner Studio Theatre, Loose Canon will present two evening performances and one matinee show. “‘Loose Canon’ focuses on presenting…
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*The name of Maurice Seymour probably has appeared in more theaters than those of the entire Barrymore family put together. It appears, somewhat small but with a distinctive flourish, in the lower left-hand corners of publicity photographs for the stars, and it’s one of the best-known names in show business.”www.mptv.net/main/main_elements/seymourbio.html
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Across the U.S. and elsewhere, film festivals have been recognized as key cultural institutions on par with museums and performing arts organizations. As Wisconsin’s only eleven day international film festival and one of the fastest growing events of its kind in the nation, the mission of the non-profit Milwaukee International Film Festival (MIFF) is to…
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BEST LOCAL FESTIVAL! Wednesday, February 1, 2006Milwaukee Short Film FestivalLocation: Milwaukee, WI Wednesday, February 1, 2006. When one thinks of great moviemaking hotspots, Milwaukee may not be the first city that springs to mind. But thanks to a growing moviemaking community and a hunger for creative art, Beer City is making its mark in the…
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Motion Pictures, 1896-1963 Motion pictures were first publicly exhibited in the United States at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois in 1893. While the films exhibited there were technically crude with little to no plot or story and far from the polished product of today, they immediately caught the…
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This is the “Souvenir” piece from W.D. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation, the epic movie that changed the history of moviemaking and set a new course for film productions to come. The movie premiered on February 8, 1915, at Clune’s Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles. This is the “program” or “souvenir” that went with the…
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Movie Classic, the monthly Screen Magazine which reported on the lives of movie stars and kept us up-to-date on the latest gossip, is presented here in part, from August, 1933. Here are some snippits from the magazine; some articles, newsreel photos and a good selection of advertisments, giving us a nostalgic glimpse into some of…
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The Famous Comedy Routine by Abbott and Costello Who’s on First? is a comedy routine made famous by Abbott and Costello. The premise of the routine is that Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team to Costello, but their names and nicknames can be interpreted as non-responsive answers to Costello’s questions. In this context, the…
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