I was happy to use a similar photo of the crowd at the Albuquerque station on March 31, 1939 in my book. When was the last time you saw an old-fashioned perimeter directory used to ID the
folks? Click on images!
Have fun,
Topper
— Topper
Archive for the ‘Topper MacKay’ Category
Faces in the Crowd! Dodge City!
25
May
More Wicked, Wicked Ways Paperback Covers!
04
Jul
The Dead Ringer article was fun.
Here are a few more examples of his book from different years and places.
Just for fun,
Ada
Enjoy your 4th!
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— Topper
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle! First Appearance!
30
Aug
All Flynn followers are familiar with the brief appearance of Errol and Lily in Pirate Party on Catalina Island, but there was always a little confusion about when this quiet little short subject appeared. To help quell any more questions, here is a clip from the Los Angeles Times newspaper of Feb. 12, 1936, page 11.
It premiered with the Charlie Chaplin film Modern Times.
Enjoy,
— Topper
A Premier Date! The Sea Hawk!
04
Oct
I am sure many of us use several sources to confirm the movie premiere dates for Flynn’s films. One of the largest, and generally reliable, is is IMDb. But it is always good to double check.
As an example I checked the date for The Sea Hawk with IMDb and it is listed as July 1, 1940 with a second listing of August 10 in New York City. Wellll, that’s not quite right.
After filming was completed on April 19, 1940 there was no release date set. On July 4th there was a special sneak preview of the film in Pomona, Cal. and still no release date set. On July 17 there is an all day preview of the film at Warner’s Hollywood theatre with guests anD reporters and a tentative premiere date was announced to be the Labor day wekend, but not printed. Read the rest of this entry »
— Topper
