tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3649107278672728999..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Talk about your passionNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75740392959606332942023-03-18T05:32:50.863-05:002023-03-18T05:32:50.863-05:00Twenty three days, to be precise, and he made a mo...Twenty three days, to be precise, and he made a movie, singular: "His New Job." I tell the story on the last page of my new book.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-4787396455807713072023-03-17T22:23:42.277-05:002023-03-17T22:23:42.277-05:00Chaplin spent a brief time (about a month) in Chic...Chaplin spent a brief time (about a month) in Chicago, during the winter of 1914-15 (December 23 through January 20). He stayed at 1027 W. Lawrence Ave. while making movies at the Essanay Studios, 1343-45 W. Argyle. The studio buildings, now home to St. Augustine College, are still standing. <br /><br />In the mid-Eighties, a buddy of mine lived in the apartment building just to the west of Essanay. His huge Persian tabby prowled the former studio grounds and the nearby St. Boniface Cemetery, but mostly a dead-end alley next to the studio. He was a tough kitty and a superb mouser, and he brought home the carcasses of huge rats, depositing them on the third-floor porch that overlooked the studio's rooftops. Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-86735685720535628112023-03-17T17:21:31.498-05:002023-03-17T17:21:31.498-05:00So, you're saying that you didn't know him...So, you're saying that you didn't know him, but you did stalk him for a while? That IS weird! ; )<br /><br />Seriously, Franco, it's remarkable how many of the topics of posts here -- which are so varied -- you have some personal familiarity with, whether the people, the places or the enterprises. Cool. Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3676306493232599342023-03-17T16:50:04.347-05:002023-03-17T16:50:04.347-05:00Thirty-six, unless I miscounted. Hired March 23, 1...Thirty-six, unless I miscounted. Hired March 23, 1987. Sometimes I include freelance work, which began in 1984. Publishers? Bob Page. Sam McKeel. Adler and Shaykin. Conrad Black. Cyrus Freidheim. Jim Tyree. Bruce Sagan. Michael Ferro. Edwin Eisendrath. Chicago Public Media. I'm probably forgetting somebody. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59090655001912194392023-03-17T16:48:27.802-05:002023-03-17T16:48:27.802-05:00Let’s see if Mr. S. can tell us about Charlie Chap...Let’s see if Mr. S. can tell us about Charlie Chaplin’s short residency in the Windy City, pinpointing where he lived. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7268300179935882512023-03-17T15:41:37.429-05:002023-03-17T15:41:37.429-05:00Nice pieces. I look forward to his discussion of L...Nice pieces. I look forward to his discussion of L A as the film mecca and Chicago as a "location". In that respect, he'll be preaching to the choir. I'm a 76 year old life long Chicagoan, leaving only for army service and college afterward. I love this city, but this silly striving to wish ourselves into "world class" status just drives me nuts. Europe and other continents house countries full of regional capitols, all of which have great values, as does our fair burg. Reaching to be more than we are makes us look like nothing more than hicks surrounded by tall buildings. <br />Anyway, I like it when you stray off the beaten path.<br />(btw, i thought i'd set up a google account, guess i'll have to try again)<br />paul w, roscoe vil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-25004508364817881252023-03-17T15:27:14.498-05:002023-03-17T15:27:14.498-05:00“People move nowadays from job to job,” which remi...“People move nowadays from job to job,” which reminded me that you, Mr. S., are an exception to the rule. This month you’re marking 37 years at the S-T. Congratulations, I bet you can’t name all your publishers. Cheesecake for all your loyal readers? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48108331082681151892023-03-17T10:45:51.467-05:002023-03-17T10:45:51.467-05:00As I read these two articles over the last couple ...As I read these two articles over the last couple days I thought to myself I know this guy. I couldn't figure out from where but I thought I got to know this guy.<br /><br />I also thought yeah. Sure pal. Don't all Asian people look the same? Hey that's a self deprecating joke.<br />When I looked at the photo and the practiced indifference that all the workers were exhibiting around Lady Gaga I thought man totally pro Way to go guys and girls.<br />And I thought I don't know this guy. He's just famous. <br /><br />Then this morning I read that he's a graduate of Lane tech. And I'm like yeah, him and 100,000 other people well. Turns out we graduated the same year. Haven't looked in the yearbook yet but yeah, no wonder he looked familiar.<br />And it's not exactly like I knew him in high school. But I was standing within 100 feet of him 100 times. WeirdFranconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47655621648509971582023-03-17T07:49:23.404-05:002023-03-17T07:49:23.404-05:00Marvelous
Marvelous<br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com