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A member of the International Buster Keaton Society,
Blinking Buzzards - The British Buster Keaton Society, and the Sons of the
Desert Laughing Gravy Tent, Wichita Kansas, I fell in love with movies when I
was six. Since then, I've viewed more than 17,700
features.
Wichita's Biggest
"Phantom Menace Fan!! with 168 Viewings
Want to know something
about movies? Ask me.
- I've met such celebrities as Mrs. Buster Keaton, Douglas
Fairbanks, Jr., Leonard Maltin, James Karen, Kenneth Mars, Gaylord Carter, Edie
Adams, and Dan Kamin. Film historians I have met are Kevin Brownlow, Russell
Merritt, Bruce Lawton, David Shepard, John C. Tibbetts, and Wichita film
notables, J.B. Kaufman and Jim Erickson.
- My special interest is the film period 1888-1935. D.W.
Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) is my favorite film, and I
believe that Griffith is the finest director in film history. His
Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down
East (1920) still amaze and thrill audiences today.
- I have worked as a production assistant in Kansas on
My Name is Legend with Duke Kelly, and watched the Long Beach,
California filming of Robert Mitchum's Farewell My Lovely (1975). I have
attended all thirteen Keaton Film Festivals in Iola, Kansas, and eight silent
film festivals in Topeka, Kansas, plus the Parsons, Kansas ZaSu Pitts Festival
in April 1998 and 1999.
- I have spent many hours researching film history and am
currently looking for work in the film industry.
- I am available for film festivals or lectures.
I
have given a lecture at Georgetown Retirement Village in Wichita, KS on "The
Silent Film: A Lost Art"
What's Wrong With Today's
Film
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