filmlover Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 *When you hear the following line from "Trouble" in The Music Man, "Is he starting to memorize jokes from Captain Billy's Whiz Bang?",* have you ever just thought with a title like that it must be some kid's magazine? I did. However, I recently came across some issues and I admit I was stunned...and I certainly understand why the kid would get punished for having it. Here is a sample cover The Music Man was set in 1912, but, in actual fact, the magazine wouldn't come into existence until 1919. The magazine had several stories and, of course, jokes, but I also discovered there was Hollywood gossip of that silent era. I am going to print several different of these over the next while. Here's today's entry (from May 1922) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldbestar Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Thank you, filmlover! Only through TCM could we have gone back into history and discovered what "Professor Hill" was singing about. As an even older book tells us "There is nothing new under the sun" but this was treat as well as a look at times past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capuchin Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Thanks for posting this! I had no idea it was a real magazine and pictured something of a cross between a comic book and Boy's Life.. The magazine folded in 1927, and the movie was made in 1950. I wonder how many parents in the audience remembered reading it when they were their kid's age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 > {quote:title=Capuchin wrote:}{quote} > The magazine folded in 1927, and the movie was made in 1950. I wonder how many parents in the audience remembered reading it when they were their kid's age. Actually, the movie was made in 1962. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 Today's Hollywood gossip is from June 1922 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 This is great stuff, filmlover. You have done it again! Capt. Billy is going all out to defend Mary Miles Minter but is far less enthusiastic about Mabel Normand. Will we ever be able to see the St. Francis Hotel in SF and not think of it as the "St. Frantic"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 From July 1922 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 From February 1924 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 From Oct. 1920 From April 1921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 From Aug. 1921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValeskaSuratt Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 filmlover, ThankyouthankyouTHANKYOU for scanning and posting these excerpts !!!! They're fascinating !! -- especially one of the items about the Roscoe Arbuckle scandal: {font:Times New Roman}Then—some people have too much gosh darn luck—somebody left Mrs. Maude Delmonte $25,000. The authorities said she couldn’t be trusted to tell the truth during two consecutive moments, so they wouldn’t let her testify at Fatty’s trial. She should worry, however. Whenever Wiz Bang’s investigators visit Tiajuana, the home of the open drinking bouts in the northwest corner of Mexico, Mrs. Del- monte and “Al” (Semnacher) are seen propping the bars. Mrs. Delmonte now gowns herself like Mrs. Astor’s pet horse and treats “Al” just swell.{font} Though Arbuckle had never met her, Bambina Maude Delmont, former madame and con artist who specialized in extorting money from wealthy men, accompanied Al Semnacher and Virginia Rappe to Roscoe's infamous Labor Day party. *The reptilian Mrs. Delmont* Author David Yallop revealed in his book about the scandal, The Day the Laughter Stopped, that within days of Rappe's death, Delmont sent two telegrams to attorneys with whom she'd pulled some scams in the past. The telegrams read: *HAVE ARBUCKLE IN A HOLE HERE CHANCE TO MAKE SOME MONEY OFF HIM* It was Delmont who personally swore out the murder complaint against Arbuckle and yet, by the time his trials rolled around, the S.F. District Attorney trusted her testimony and character so little that he never even put her on the stand ! If anyone is responsible for the Arbuckle scandal -- and the barrage of disgusting publicity -- it is she. *An example of the* *tabloid torture* Here, you've posted proof that she did indeed profit from her perfidy. Sometimes, piecing Hollywood history together is like trying to assemble broken pottery shards from ancient Egypt. Thanks for providing a fascinating new piece ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 I am glad you are liking the thread. And thanks for adding in information. You'll be glad to know there is more about Arbuckle coming up in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 From October 1921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 From November 1921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 21, 2012 Author Share Posted September 21, 2012 From December 1921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 In today's entry, you will notice the header is "Drippings from the Fawcett". You might ask yourself, "Why would they call it that and why did they spell 'faucet" incorrectly?" Well, I thought I would just do a quick post to explain that and how this all connects to a famous comic book character called Captain Marvel. Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang was published by Fawcett Publications, which had been founded by Wilford Hamilton "Captain Billy" Fawcett. He was a captain in the Army and worked on their Stars and Stripes publication. He created CBWB ("Whiz Bang" came from a nickame of an artillery shell.) Now how do we get to Captain Marvel? Captain Marvel was a Fawcett Publication comics character. He made his first appearance in Whiz Comics. And his alter ego was Billy Batson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 24, 2012 Author Share Posted September 24, 2012 More from December 1921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 More from December 1921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 From January 1922 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 From February 1922 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gagman66 Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 All very interesting. Never have seen any of this stuff before. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 I wondered where you were? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 From April 1922 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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