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From
Charly Lagostie, Editor
| A Chinese Watercolor by Maven's Mother |
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For those who wonder about
the watercolor at the top of this home page . . . it was done by Maven's late and honorable Mother who learned to do watercolors
in the Chinese manner by Allison Stilwell Cameron. Cameron learned it while her father, General Joseph ("Vinegar Joe")
Stilwell was stationed in China in the thirties.
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This excerpt from Jackie Cooper's
autobiography is just one of the items that Maven has put as a tribute to all our military and their families at
Remember Pearl Harbor Day!
Please Don't Shoot My Dog by Jackie Cooper (An Excerpt from His Autobiography)
GONE WITH THE WIND
Everybody here at The Old Movie Maven
would like to
give a little surprise for readers
for Christmas at
Merry Ho Ho Hos!
And may you all have health, happiness, family around you and a very generous Santa Claus coming down your
chimney. . . .
NOTE
TO SANTA: please fix our computer!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Maven has come across
a Christmas gift to get for old movie lovers! Two of her prize possessions are the two autobiographies by Mary Astor
(MARY ASTOR).
One is Film on Film
that focuses on her Hollywood career and well worth finding if you enjoy names like Humphrey Bogart and The Maltese Falcon; and Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten and Olivia de Haviland in Hush
. . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
The other that is is
My Story: An Autobiography and makes a great companion piece that you can find free online at http://www.archive.org/details/mystoryanautobio001183mbp. Maven’s humble opinion is that Astor’s talent as an actress telling
stories in movies and on the printed page stems from a lifetime of trying to escape a private life that would emotionally
bankrupt a lot of people while still children.
Mary Astor should have
gotten some kind of award for just growing up and still making such an incredible career for herself in Hollywood!
And if you run out of Christmas Carols,
try our own version in honor of Charlie Chan!
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHAN-DOM!
by Maven
Lowel (2010)
On the first day of Chan-dom, my true love gave to me . . . # One Son in the Charlie Chan Tree.
On
the second day of Chan-dom, my true love gave to me . . . Two Sons in Charlie’s Family Tree and One Son on top
of the Chan Family Tree.
On the third day of Chan-dom, my true love gave to me . . . three Sons Hanging in
Charlie’s Family Tree, Two Sons wrapped in Charlie’s Family Tree and # One Son in the Charlie Chan Tree.
On
the fourth day of Chan-dom, my true love gave to me . . . four Chan Daughters stacking dishes on the dining table, three Sons
hanging in the Chan Family Tree, Two Sons wrapped in the Chan Family Tree and One Son on the top of the Charlie Chan Tree.
On the fifth day of Chan-dom my true love gave to me . . . FIVE CHAN ACTORS ringing the bells for dinner,
four Chan Daughters stacking dishes, three Sons hanging from the Chan Family Tree, two sons wrapping round Chan Family Tree
and one Son on the top of the Charlie Chan Tree.
On the sixth day of Chan-dom my true love gave to me . . . six Earl
Derr Biggers Chan Stories . . . and FIVE CHAN ACTORS, four Chan daughters, three Sons hanging, two Sonwrapped up and
One Son in the top of the Charlie Chan Tree.
On the seventh day of Chan-dom my true love gave to me . . . seven Charlie
Chan Movie Eras, six Earl Derr Biggers Chan Stories, and . . . FIVE CHAN ACTORS . . . four Chan daughters, three Sons
haning, two Sons wrapped and One Son in the top of the Charlie Chan Tree.
On the eighth day of Chan-dom my true love
gave to me . . . eight modes of transport, seven Charlie Chan Movie Eras, six Earl Derr Biggers Chan Stories, and . . . FIVE
CHAN ACTORS . . . four Chan daughters, three Sons haning, two Sons wrapped and One Son in the top of the Charlie Chan Tree.
On
the ninth day of Chan-dom my true love gave to me . . . nine oversea countries where Charlie traveled, eight modes of transport,
seven Charlie Chan Movie Eras, six Earl Derr Biggers Chan Stories, and . . . FIVE CHAN ACTORS . . . four Chan daughters, three
Sons haning, two Sons wrapped and One Son in the top of the Charlie Chan Tree.
On the tenth day of Chan-dom, my true
love gave to me . . . ten Chan assistants, nine oversea country Charlie traveled, eight modes of transport, seven Charlie
Chan Movie Eras, six Earl Derr Biggers Chan Stories, and . . . FIVE CHAN ACTORS . . . four Chan daughters, three Sons haning,
two Sons wrapped and One Son in the top of the Charlie Chan Tree.
On the eleventh day of Chan-dom, my true love gave
to me . . . 11 cities in the Americas that he saw, ten Chan assistants, nine oversea countries Charlie traveled, eight modes
of transport, seven Charlie Chan Movie Eras, six Earl Derr Biggers Chan Stories, and . . . FIVE CHAN ACTORS . . . four Chan
daughters, three Sons haning, two Sons wrapped and One Son in the top of the Charlie Chan Tree.
On the twelfth day
of Chan-dom, my true love gave to me . . . twelve Charlie Chan Maps, eleven cities in the Americas he saw, ten Chan assistants,
nine overseas countries Charlie traveled, eight modes of transport, seven Charlie Chan Movie Eras, six Earl Derr Biggers Chan
Stories, and . . . FIVE CHAN ACTORS . . . four Chan daughters, three Sons haning, two Sons wrapped and One Son in the top
of the Charlie Chan Tree.
Maven invites you to a quickie--
NO!
NOT THAT KIND!!
A Quiz about John Wayne!
And it's only ten questions!
Of course there are also trivia
Okay, The Old Movie Maven will go
from bad turkey jokes to completely off holiday subjects!
If you need such a break then check
into what Maven hopes will be a page that will be added to periodically at
In case anybody is missing Thanksgiving
. . . anybody know why the turkey crossed the street?! . . . Because he heard Vegetarians lived over there!
Now it's time for some serious fun time for the Holiday Season!
Tequila Christmas Cake
Ingredients:
1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
= cup of brown sugar
Lemon
juice
4 large eggs
Nuts
1 bottle tequ=la
2 cups of dried fruit
Sample the tequila to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the tequila ag=in. To be sure
it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink. =epeat. Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in=a large fluffy bowl. Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again. At
this po=nt it's best to make sure the tequila is still OK. Try another cup... just =n case. Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break
2 leggs and add to the=bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.
Pick the frigging fruit up off floor. Mix on the turner. If the fried druit =ets stuck in the
beaterers just pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the=tequila to check for tonsisticity. Next, sift two cups of salt.
Or somethin=. Check the tequila. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add on= table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink.
Whatever you can find. Greash th= oven. Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don't forget=to beat off the
turner. Finally, throw the bowl through the window. Finish =he tequila and wipe counter with the cat.
CHERRY MISTMAS!
| Time For Yummy Mummy and Assorted |
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| Other Hallloween Goodies! |
Halloween Recipes
Halloween Fun!
Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Halloween 2011
REAL GHOST STORIES?!
Don't you love real
life ghost stories . . . or would that be “real dead ghost stories”?!
So Maven is mixing and matching everything from
real and possibly faked photos to a documentary that Maven saw quite some years ago. It does mix fact with movies made in Hollywood but . . . the host is John Carradine and it’s great
fun, especially for Hollywood!
Maven also has a link to a calendar, Halloween 2011, for
a month full of goodies, most of which just might bewitch you and yours for Halloween.
There is also a link to a series of pictures that may be
ghostly in origin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6trH81xpko
There is one part at about
2:00 minutes in of something floating around what Maven thinks was a car impound. Maven
saw this clip debunked on some show back in the 90s but . . . . The rest
are still interesting to look and wonder . . . ?!?!?!?!
William Peter Blatty on
"Hollywood Ghost Stories"
Video:
This is a clip of William Peter Blatty
on a documentary about Hollywood Ghost Stories and, yes, he is talking about some unusual activities on the sets
of the movie. Perfect for Halloween!
Ever hear of a ghost blimp?!
Neither had Maven but . . . .
Come on, admit it!
Besides, we have to start getting
ready for Halloween sometime!
You know you want to check it out
along with
other legends and ghosts!!
Ghost Blimp:
http://www.unsolved.com/legends.html#
and Legends: http://unsolved.com/ajaxfiles/leg_ghost_blimp.htm
I have added two new articles about the Ennis-Brown House in Los Angeles, CA, that was the exterior at the beginning
of House on Haunted Hill with Vincent Price.
One is an announcement of
the house being sold . . . and you’ll never guess for how much!
ARCHITECTURE IN HOLLYWOOD: The Ennis-Brown House
Maven was lucky enough to exchange some letters
with Margaret Sutton who was then in her ninties. Ms. Sutton was some punkins, being the only author (at least of girls'
mystery stories) who wrote the entire series of Judy Bolton.
Nancy Drew's "Carolyn Keene" origninally farmed
Ms. Drew out to ghost writers like Mildred Wirt Benson. Nancy had her own cookbook but there were also recipes
in Judy's books:
| Margret Sutton |
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| Author of the Judy Bolton Mystery Series |
Lamb Stew with Vegetables
Butter Milk Biscuits and Honey
Grandmother Smeed's Apple Pie
Dainty Sandwiches
Chicken Salad
Fruit Punch
FROM
EGYPT TO SHANGHAI
Aunt Battie wanted to go off in a different area
and discovered a website at www.shanghai.gov.cn/. She found three interesting little articles there .
. . about nasal indexes, problem boys and eating mooncakes:
City's New Nasal Index May Get a Clean Wipe
Boys Present a Problem for City's Future
Eat that mooncake or It May Spoil
THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS
ARCITECTURE: Ancient Egypt
The Valley of the Kings in Egypt has fascinated the world for millennia and been the setting for such movies as The Valley of the Kings, (1954), and Charlie
Chan in Egypt (1935).
Many still feel drawn to Egypt today, regardless of religion, politics or ethnic background.
Egypt’s antiquity doesn’t always come across accurately like the opening of the tomb scene at the beginning
of . . . Egypt.
These articles are just a few on the internet you can check out but be sure you scope out the ones about removing Tutankhamun’s
coffins. You’ll never be able to watch it the same way again or how
his bust (at the top of the page at ARCITECTURE: Ancient Egypt) was finally reconstructed!
| One of King Tut's Tombs Being Raised |
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Excavating Tut's Tumb
Entering KingTut's Tomb, 1923
Howard Carter and the Curse of the Mummy
King Tut's Golden Shrines
I have now upgraded King Tut's Golden Shrine.
One improvement is that it is much shorter, not to mention cutting out the redundancies!
So it's even better now how Howard Carter and company
got to Tut's final final resting place.
| This Picture Is Why the One Above Is Deceptive. |
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| Tut's Actual Tomb Only Had Room for HIs Coffins and a Few Extra Inches |
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