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by Archie Waugh
Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:25 pm
Forum: Music For Silents
Topic: Rosa Rio
Replies: 1
Views: 2989

Rosa Rio

I just wanted to say a word or thirty about Rosa Rio. Last weekend I attended the screening of Cops and Sherlock Jr. at the Tampa Theatre. The real event at this point is seeing Rosa play...she is, after all, 105 years old, and I am guessing the oldest living, performing silent film organist. I am s...
by Archie Waugh
Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:02 pm
Forum: Talkie News
Topic: Star Ledger: Master of 'message' movies, Kramer made audienc
Replies: 2
Views: 2458

Kramer has a truly eccentric body of work...from A Child Is Waiting to A Mad Mad Mad Mad World to The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. He was always willing to really take chances, both in subject matter (mentally challenged children?!) and casting (27-year-old Julie Harris as 13-year-old Frankie in Member o...