And here's a link to a song I wrote, inspired by a college paper that
Christy Quintana wrote. Search down the page for "Whispers of Floyd".
http://www.caves.org/committee/ballads/Recent_Winners.html
If anyone knows how we can see a video of the Floyd musical, let us
know.
I have the CD of the mus
: Texascavers@texascavers.com; pns_...@bellsouth.net; Fritz Holt
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Floyd Collins House
Yeah! And it's really hard to push those dead, overweight soul singers
around in cave passages until you get to the water. Just can't figure
out why he
o: Louise PowerCc: Texascavers@texascavers.com; pns_...@bellsouth.net;fh...@townandcountryins.comSubject: RE: [Texascavers] Floyd Collins House- Wade in deep water, wade in deep mud, get gravel in his boots, crawlin mud, breath methane-laden air, and sleep in the cave
His loss!
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- Wade in deep water, wade in deep mud, get gravel in his boots, crawl
in mud, breath methane-laden air, and sleep in the cave while James
Brown did the
When I first heard about Billy Bob Thorton making a film about the Floyd
Collins tragedy, I went to his Web site and sent him an e-mail, inviting him to
go caving here in Texas to find out what caving's all about. I told him that
it would be done low profile, no press, and just one person would
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Fritz, et al.
Check out the site below, apparently Billy Bob Thornton wants to star as
Floyd Collins in a m
Fritz, et al.
Check out the site below, apparently Billy Bob Thornton wants to star as Floyd Collins in a movie based on Trapped: The Story of Floyd Collins by Robert Murray and Roger Brucker.http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070722/COLUMNIST0405/707220301/1116/FEATURES
The mov
ferring to the Baby Jessica rescue near
Midland some years ago.
Fritz
From: Katherine Arens [mailto:k.ar...@mail.utexas.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:21 AM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Floyd Collins House -- MOVIE
Actually, the movie is directed by Bil
1:21 AM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Floyd Collins House -- MOVIE
Actually, the movie is directed by Billy Wilder, and was released
twice, once under the title "Ace in the Hole" (like "ace reporter")
and then as the "Big Carnival". 1951. St
ber a Simpsons episode that paralleled
> the baby in the well in Midland and it seemed to depict the "circus" that
> surounded the Floyd deal as well
>
>
> >From: "Fritz Holt"
> >To: "Preston Forsythe"
> >,
> >Subject
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Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Floyd Collins House -- MOVIE
The Baby Jessica rescue was more of an organized circusThis
coming October makes 20 years ago...
Did you know several cavers were there?
Pat, Terry and Tom Hill,
RE: [Texascavers] Floyd Collins House -- MOVIE The Baby Jessica rescue was
more of an organized circusThis coming October makes 20 years ago...
Did you know several cavers were there?
Pat, Terry and Tom Hill, Jerry Atkinson, Pat Kambesis, and me...
Bill
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go.
Fritz
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From: Katherine Arens [mailto:k.ar...@mail.utexas.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:21 AM
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Floyd Collins House -- MOVIE
Actually, the movie is directed by Billy Wilder, and was released twice,
once under
Ace In The Hole, re-released as The Big Carnival did indeed star Kirk
Douglas.
Corky
Fritz Holt wrote:
Having read early accounts of Floyd Collins being trapped and dying in
Crystal Cave and Preston�s post reminds me of the cave related movie,
�The Big Circus�. This movie is from the 5
Actually, the movie is directed by Billy Wilder, and was released
twice, once under the title "Ace in the Hole" (like "ace reporter")
and then as the "Big Carnival". 1951. Starring Kirk Douglas. Was
JUST released on DVD for the first time (never was available before).
The script (also by Wild
Sand Cave it was, my memory dims. More on the movie tomorrow.
Fritz
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From: Tim Kohtz [mailto:tko...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:14 AM
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Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Floyd Collins House
t the "circus" that
surounded the Floyd deal as well
From: "Fritz Holt"
To: "Preston Forsythe"
,
Subject: RE: [Texascavers] Floyd Collins House
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:05:59 -0500
Having read early accounts of Floyd Collins being trapped and dying in
Crystal Ca
Having read early accounts of Floyd Collins being trapped and dying in
Crystal Cave and Preston's post reminds me of the cave related movie,
"The Big Circus". This movie is from the 50's or maybe 60's and is a
take-off of what went on above ground during the rescue attempt. I'll
check my movie book
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