THE 4TH IS STRONG...

STAR WARS CELEBRATION 2007 LONDON

I HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE LONDON STAR WARS CELEBRATION IN 2007.
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS.  SITTING WITH GARRICK HAGON WHO PLAYED BIGGS DARLIGHTER IN A NEW HOPE.

VII

EPISODE 7

NOT SO LONG AGO...IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY

MORRIS ANKRUM DAY

The Vermilion Heritage Foundation/The Fischer Theatre in Danville, IL was originally a Grand Opera House, built in 1884, and later a movie theater that entertained generations of Danville residents. While they have not begun restoration of the theater's auditorium itself, they have created the beginnings of an Entertainment Museum in the theatre lobby to recognize the many wonderful entertainers who have called the Danville area home.
The museum opened in 2012 with displays featuring the entertainers who had been included on a mural opposite the theatre the year before: Dick Van Dyke, Jerry Van Dyke, Gene Hackman, Bobby Short, Donald O'Connor and Helen Morgan. As a starting point, they also included a wall of photos of a few of the other many wonderful people in the entertainment industry, including my father, Morris Ankrum, who was from Danville.
This year, they expanded the display honoring my father's work. Saturday, September 27th was Morris Ankrum Day. Very cool. They included a life size cut out of him that stood in the lobby. They also had 1950's soda pop tasting and screenings of a couple of his old sci-fi films.

YODA TRUCK

IMPERIAL WALKERS

Amazing stop-motion work on the Imperial Walkers. Mr. Beswick (far left in background), alongside Jon Berg and Phil Tippett animated these models frame-by-frame, unimpeachable work that stands alongside any visual effects made since.

LYNN REDGRAVES WEDDING RECEPTION

 

THIS IS A PARTIAL LIST OF LYNN REDGRAVES WEDDING RECEPTION THAT WAS HELD AT MY MOTHER'S ART GALLERY IN 1965. I WAS SIXTEEN AND IT WAS SUCH A THRILL TO MINGLE WITH HOLLYWOOD'S BIG STARS!

 

AT THE BEWITCHED FANFARE WITH ERIN MURPHY WHO PLAYED TABITHA ON BEWITCHED AND BRUCE KIMMEL ON THE RIGHT WHO PLAYED ADAM STEPHENS IN THE UNSOLD TABITHA PILOT FOR ABC. I PLAYED ADAM ON THE TABITHA SERIES THAT RAN ON ABC ONE SEASON IN 1977.

...AND HERE IS A PICTURE WITH ALL THREE ADAMS. BRUCE KIMMEL PLAYED ADAM IN THE UNSOLD TABITHA PILOT. I PLAYED ADAM IN THE TABITHA SERIES ON ABC. AND DAVID LAWRENCE PLAYED ADAM ON BEWTICHED. HE AND HIS TWIN BROTHER GREG BOTH PLAYED THE PART. A BIT OF HOLLYWOOD TRIVIA. THE TWINS WERE ADOPTED IN REAL LIFE. THEIR BIRTH FATHER WAS ACTOR TONY CURTIS.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEWTICHED

BEWITCHED 50 YEAR REUNION!

DARTH AND CHEWIE

GREAT PICTURE OF DAVID PROWSE AND PETER MAYHEW.

STAR WARS EPISODE VII

SUPERMAN SET

THE SET OF SUPERMAN WITH ACTOR CHRISTOPHER REEVE...

GAME OF THRONES SIGHTING

MAISIE WILLIAMS WHO PLAYS ARYA STARK IN GAME OF THRONES WAS VISITING A HOLLYWOOD COFFEE HOUSE RECENTLY. CAFE ETC. THIS COFFEE HOUSE IS AROUND THE CORNER FROM MY OFFICES ON HOLLYWOOD AND VINE.

THE WALTONS

HERE I AM ON THE FAR RIGHT. THE WALTONS. JOHN BOY'S FIRST DAY AT COLLEGE.

A very cool Star Wars trailer....I did the voice of Wedge Antilles..."Look at the size of that thing"!! check it out...

The Coolest Star Wars Trailer Ever Created

thesoundla.com

It even has good music to it. :)

BEWTICHED FAN FARE 2014 WEBSITE--CHECK IT OUT!

www.bewitchedfanfare.com

BEWTICHED FAN FARE 2014!!

Time is going fast!!

We've got 3 months until the event!! It's important that you make your contribution and purchase your Day Passes TODAY!! Please don't wait until the last minute!!

If you're a Bewitched fan, do your part to make this important 50th anniversary event a success!!

checkout the site---!      http://bewitchedfanfare.wix.com/bewitchedfanfare2014
 

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF LINKS TO A VERY COOL PLAY I'M PRODUCING.

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CLASSIC STAR WARS GROUP PHOTO