Friday, September 24, 2010

Uncle Lou (& Earl)

Aloha!

Come in for (what I hope is) an interesting post today:




" A truly heartfelt homage to Dean. . .

Effective use of Louis Clyde Stoumen’s “photo motion” technique to incorporate archival photographs into a documentary film. . .


Must See?
Yes, for its cinematic interest. "

Says FilmFanatic.org

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Yeah, Uncle Lou (actually my husband's uncle)
was an Oscar winning director!
He collaborated with Marlene Dietrich on a documentary once.
As well as many others.



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Louis Clyde Stoumen,
Times Square


But he is also remembered as an important 20th Century photographer
right up there with all the famous names you know.


More HERE



Today,
mostly serious students of photography,
and of film,
remember him:

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Schedule and synopses from 2009

UCLA Film & Television Archives press release:

Thursday, March 26
7:30 p.m.
Preservation funded by The Film Foundation
THE NAKED EYE
(1957, Louis Clyde Stoumen)
Director Louis Clyde Stoumen
’s evocative documentary on the art and history of photography begins with a quote from Ecclesiastes—“Truly the light is sweet…”—before a quick recounting of the medium’s 100-year technical development. From there, Stoumen sharpens focus with extended narrative sequences on key artists. Alfred Eisenstaedt and Weegee are each featured while the second half is largely devoted to Edward Weston. In addition to traditional live-action footage, Stoumen, who taught film production classes at UCLA, brought scores of stills to life using a technique he called "photographic animation," predating Ken Burns’ signature style by decades.


Camera Eye Pictures, Inc. PROD/SCR/CINE/ED: L. C. Stoumen. CAST: Raymond Massey, Weegee, Edward Weston, Brett Weston, Cole Weston.
35mm, 71 min.

Feature preceded by:

Preservation funded by The Stanford Theatre Foundation
THE BRIDGE: A TRUE STORY OF A TROUBLED CHILD
(1958, Louis Clyde Stoumen, Abram D. Murray)
Stoumen's short dramatic film about an emotionally troubled boy.
Camera Eye Pictures, Inc. PROD: Bernice Block. SCR: Alan Marcus. CINE: Edward R.
Martin. ED: Harry Robin. Narrator: Robert Ryan. CAST: Hugh Corcoran, Biff Elliot,
Beverly Dvorett.
35mm, approx. 27 min.

Preservation funded by The Stanford Theatre Foundation
WEDLOCK
(1950, Louis Clyde Stoumen, Ed Spiegel)
An experimental short co-directed by Stoumen while he was a graduate student at USC.
35mm, 4 min.

*IN PERSON: Nancy Mysel, Film Preservationist, UCLA Film & Television Archive.

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My own uncle, Dad's black sheep elder brother, Earl
was a small time Hollywood producer and bar owner.

He is interred at Forrest Lawn next to Al Jolson
and is chiefly remembered for throwing Earl Flynn
out of his bar.

Internet Movie Data Base has nothing on Earl
unless this character in a gangster movie is based on him
(Could be. Who knows?)


I only met Uncle Earl once when I was a young kid.


I remember that he was proud of being a Mason
and got visibly angry when asked about Mr. Flynn
all those years later.

"Asshole!" He'd growl.

Only later did I learn that the actor was reviled by many
as an anti-Semite and all around jerk.

He was no Johnny Depp!


Next week:
A picture of my ancestors fresh off the boat from Europe.
Even the WOMEN had beards!

18 comments:

who said...

Nice Cloudia, you have some very interesting family who sound like fun persons to be around.

I always reserve respect for a person who incorporates swear words as adjectives and interjections :)


Aloha Cloudia!

who said...

so wait I am not sure what it is saying, Did he invent or pioneer actual motion picture or animation?

It sounds like they are saying he invented and developed animation.

BALLET NEWS said...

Interesting as ever ! Have a lovely weekend

Anonymous said...

Cloudia, don't you mean ERROL Flynn, the dashing, romantic actor? I used to love his movies.

Junosmom said...

A study of relatives is always interesting, as long as it isn't held against us (me).

Travis Erwin said...

Cool. I wish I had more interesting characters in my family.

Anonymous said...

INTERESTING



FILM FAN

SandyCarlson said...

Cool story, Cloudia! Some interesting history there. I didn't know that Errol Flynn had that creepy side. That's a shame.

Can't wait to see the ladies off the boat!

Myrna R. said...

Wow. Your ancestry is quite interesting.

Maude Lynn said...

That's really cool!

claude said...

Interesting post, Cloudia !
I love american movie.
Have a nice week-end, my Friend !

Unknown said...

Oh, wow. Fame! I love cinema and photography, so this post is right up my alley!

Betty Manousos said...

I love old movies and I'm spending a lot of my spare time to watch them.

What superb relatives you have, Cludia.

Warm hugs and ALOHA my friend!

B xx

the walking man said...

Where is Hollywood? You do now they make films in Detroit now don't you. We gave them damn near tax free status to get their business.

Marguerite said...

Sounds like a very interesting character! Have a great weekend, cher! Aloha from Cajun country!

Charles Gramlich said...

Even the women had beards. sounds like a woody allen movie

Fireblossom said...

Marlene! sighhhhhhhhhhhh

Anonymous said...

cool
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