I will be one of 5 playwrights writing 10 minute plays in 3 hours Sunday at the Ruskin Theatre in Santa Monica. We write from 9-noon, the actors and directors come, rehearse and
memorize during the afternoon, and at 7:30 and 9:00 the plays are performed. It's a high-wire act but great fun and very unpredictable. Come join the fun.
Here's where you go for info and tickets. See you there.
I can't be there but break a leg.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you need any last minute refreshers, consult this 18 page pamphlet
ReplyDeleteAl E Christie- The Elements of Situation Comedy (1920)
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Alfred Ernest Christie was born in London, Ontario, Canada. One of a number of Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, he began his career in 1909 working for David Horsley's Centaur Film Company in Bayonne, New Jersey. In 1910, Christie began turning out one single-reel, Mutt and Jeff comedy every week.
The following year, Christie moved to Southern California to manage Centaur's West Coast unit, the Nestor Film Company. Nestor established the first permanent movie studio in Hollywood, opening on 27 October 1911. Christie then created a partnership with his brother Charles to form Christie Film Company.
Christie Comedies, as they were known, were different from the fast-paced slapstick efforts of other producers. They relied more on humorous situations and embarrassing moments, and the action was slower and subtler. Christie's stars of the 1920s were former Mack Sennett juvenile Bobby Vernon, Neal Burns, Jimmie Adams, Walter Hiers, and sailor-suited comic Billy Dooley.
Christie's own studio lasted until 1933 when the company went into receivership. Christie was then hired by Earle Hammons of Educational Pictures as a director, where he worked with The Ritz Brothers, Bob Hope, and Buster Keaton. Christie's last feature film was Half a Sinner (1940), originally produced by Hammons for Grand National Pictures and ultimately released by Universal Pictures.
Christie died in 1951. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6771 Hollywood Boulevard.
I wish you had given us more notice. I wasn't expecting a second, Saturday blog post. And you don't do a Sunday blog, so I didn't read this one until Monday morning. Therefore, I missed the play. Too bad. I've enjoyed the Cafe Plays in the past.
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ReplyDeleteA little more notice, please, on plays.
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