File puptcrit/puptcrit.0802, message 203


From: "Rick Morse" <rmorse21-AT-comcast.net>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:43:38 -0500
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Frank Paris video on youtube


Rolande, though your question about Frank Paris's home wasn't addressed to
me, I'll jump in and hope Alan won't mind my presumption.

Frank's address was 12 Gay Street in the Village.  The house is, if I recall
correctly, a three-story townhouse built in the 18th century.  You may
already know Frank's house was reputed to be haunted and was written up in
several books about ghosts.  (Believe It or Not!)

In October 2001, when Bob and Judy Brown's daughter Krista was married at
the Sullivan Street Theatre in the Village, we males were banished for a few
hours in the morning while the ladies prepared for the wedding.  Bob took a
few of us (including Pady Blackwood) on a walking tour of the Village and
made sure we saw Frank's former home.  I remember standing outside it
somewhat awestruck, taking in the house's classic architecture and imagining
Frank living and working there.  Another memorable stop on that walking tour
was Bil Baird's former theatre on Barrow St.  This Midwesterner was quite
impressed!

Rick Morse

-----Original Message-----
From: puptcrit-bounces-AT-puptcrit.org [mailto:puptcrit-bounces-AT-puptcrit.org]
On Behalf Of Rolande Duprey
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:49 PM
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Frank Paris video on youtube

Alan,
I was in NY's  West Village recently, and passed by some town houses  
which looked like one that Frank Paris bought with the proceeds of the  
Howdy Doody suit....
Do you (or anyone) happen to know the exact address?
Rolande


On Feb 5, 2008, at 2:38 PM, Alan Cook wrote:

> If you check this one on youtube, note posted comment from Scott  
> Land, one of our best marionette performers.
>
> There was a copy of this little movie in the audio-visual collection  
> of Puppeteers of America.
>
> It was made pre TV for a movie jukebox, I guess in 1940s. You  
> plunked in a quarter (25 cent coin) and on a small screen watched a  
> rear-projected image.
>
> If the film were front-projected on a standard movie screen, the  
> letters and images were seen in reverse or mirror image.
>
> Scott Land mentions that for the film, they painted Frank's hands  
> black. (First they wanted him to wear black gloves, then cut the  
> tips off the glove fingers, but full tactile contact between the  
> marionette strings and the puppeteer's hands was necessaty for best  
> results .)
>
> The first variety number is  bicycle rider. Frank worked on occasion  
> with Red Skelton noted American comedian  who starred on radio,  
> movies & TV.
>
> It was Red Skelton who suggested to Frank that he should do a  
> marionette bike rider act.
>
> Frank found an antique miniature bike, I think in an English shop,  
> which was said to have been used in a French circus, either by a  
> clown or a midget. He bought it circa 1940.
>
> It has been exhibited by me in a number of galleries and museums  
> over the years.
>
> ALAN COOK
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rolande Duprey
> Sent: Monday, February 4, 2008 8:36 PM
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Subject: [Puptcrit] Frank Paris
>
> Something for fans of Frank Paris:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ0u6sfuO-Y&feature=related
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