I guess I would be best described as a MOPO lurker. I do not personally
collect or sell movie memorabilia but several years ago I had occasion
to sell several lots of lobby cards, press books and stills for a friend
who had worked as an usher in the 60's and needed to part with the
moderate collection he had acquired. I joined this group to help with
those sales and subsequently stayed on the list due to the various
discussions, observations, rants and other communications that often
prove to be very ah, interesting.
I had two (that I recall) encounters with celebrities. We had moved to
Los Angeles in 1959 and in 1960 my parents and I attended a church on
West Hollywood Blvd. After Sunday services I remember my folks talking
to an interesting gentleman who turned out to be Jonathan Winters. I was
about 13 or 14 and found his stories and sound effects to be quite
interesting for a grown up. I probably saw him on and off for about a
year and recall that he and his wife were both very nice people.
My second encounter, and more interesting to me at that time, occurred
around 1962. A buddy from high school and I went to a Saturday evening
screening of a Three Stooges movie in Glendale, CA. The movie was, I
believe, "The Three Stooges Meet Hercules". As luck would have it the
Stooges appeared live on stage just before the movie started. Moe, Larry
and the last Curly (De Rita?). After about a 10 minutes of dialog with
some slapstick they departed, leaving the theater by way of the main
isles. Since I was at an end seat I had the opportunity to shake Larry's
hand as he went by.
There you have it. Perhaps not as exciting as some of the other
responses to this query but my contribution non the less.
-WS
On 11/05/14 07:23, Tommy Barr wrote:
Just wondering who among the Mopo membership has had any sort of
relationship with movie stars. In the Summer of 1970 I spent a few
days drinking with Roddy McDowall in a pub in Kew, London (he drank
pints of Bloody Marys). Liam Neeson lived round the corner from me for
many years and my wife and his sister were very close friends - she
cuddled him as a baby. Who did (do) you know?
Tommy
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