[UC] UC, W. Philly, Art Deco, Movies, Liz Lemon

2011-07-15 Thread Richard Moreau
Hey Liz (Campion, not Spikol), I'm curious about your statements, "The Art Deco movement may have started here, moved to Paris and then back to New York. Movies were made here before Hollywood." If you have the chance I'd be interested, as a bit of a history buff, in hearing more details. Any r

Re: [UC] UC, W. Philly, Art Deco, Movies, Liz Lemon

2011-07-15 Thread Amara Rockar
Liz Campion intended Tina Fey whose character on 30 Rock is Liz Lemon. "It's leaving me thinking: Will I have to change the name of my show from '30 Rock' to 'Industrial Park on the Schuylkill'?" - Tina Fey on the merger of NBC Universal and Comcast Amara On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Richard

Re: [UC] UC, W. Philly, Art Deco, Movies, Liz Lemon

2011-07-15 Thread Brian Siano
It's doubtful that Art Deco started here in Philly. We have a few examples of the style (30th street has the train station and post office, and there's that wonderful courthouse at 8th street), but we certainly didn't incubate the style before Paris or New York. Movies were made in Philly before H

Re: [UC] UC, W. Philly, Art Deco, Movies, Liz Lemon

2011-07-16 Thread William H. Magill
On Jul 15, 2011, at 9:36 AM, Richard Moreau wrote: > Hey Liz (Campion, not Spikol), > > I'm curious about your statements, "The Art Deco movement may have started > here, moved to Paris and then back to New York. Movies were made here before > Hollywood." If you have the chance I'd be interest

Re: [UC] UC, W. Philly, Art Deco, Movies, Liz Lemon

2011-07-17 Thread Richard Conrad
WAS there a moving picture studio near the Hot dog place @ ~~~Washington & Grays Ferry? 'Liz Lemon' on 40 Rock is portrayed as sweet but/home-oriented and soured by circumstances such as by her employees shenanigans...??? rc On Jul 16, 2011, at 3:56 PM, William H. Magill wrote: > > On Jul 1

Re: [UC] UC, W. Philly, Art Deco, Movies, Liz Lemon

2011-07-17 Thread William H. Magill
On Jul 17, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Richard Conrad wrote: > WAS there a moving picture studio near the Hot dog place @ ~~~Washington & > Grays Ferry? Not that I'm aware of. But I was surprised in tracking down Lubin, to discover that his Studio was all the way out in Valley Forge. I could have swo

Re: [UC] UC, W. Philly, Art Deco, Movies, Liz Lemon

2011-07-17 Thread Dave Axler
Old Original Levis Hot Dogs was (and still is) just across 6th Street from the Starr Gardens playground at 6th & Lombard. On summer nights in the silent era, movies were projected on Levis' roof. People would sit in Starr Gardens to watch them. Abe Levis, the founder of the company, also opened o

Re: [UC] UC, W. Philly, Art Deco, Movies, Liz Lemon

2011-07-17 Thread maruca
On Jul 17, 2011, at 12:11 PM, William H. Magill wrote: I suppose I'll have to contact Sharon Pinkenson directly and see if she knows "the facts." She heads up the Phila Film Office, that books movie companies into the city. The Jewish Museum ran a big, deluxe exhibition on Lubin some time

Re: [UC] UC, W. Philly, Art Deco, Movies, Liz Lemon

2011-07-17 Thread Dave Axler
20th & Indiana. Fire was in 1914. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubin_Manufacturing_Company On Jul 17, 2011, at 2:32 PM, mar...@netaxs.com wrote: > > On Jul 17, 2011, at 12:11 PM, William H. Magill wrote: > >> I suppose I'll have to contact Sharon Pinkenson directly and see if she >>