Hellapalooza! A Private Screening Event for Paid Subscribers Only

AN EVENING WITH OLSEN & JOHNSON - MONDAY SEPT 2 @ THE TRIAD

nvitation to a private screening!

The Triad Theater
158 W 72nd St
Monday Sept 2 @ 7:00PM

The new (German) bluRay of the all-time comedy classic HELLZAPOPPIN' starring OLE OLSEN & CHICK JOHNSON! Plus a whole evening of inspired insanity with OLSEN & JOHNSON!

The Triad now has a thoroughly state of the art, 4K+ full theatrical projection system - so we are going to share the spectacular new (German) bluray of one of the zaniest, swingin’ est comedies ever, the 1941 HELLZAPOPPIN’! I doubt that many of you will be around in NYC on Labor Day - but just in case!

very important: this s a free event for paid subscribers of SLOUCHING TOWARDS BIRDLAND (and other friends-of-Friedwald) but please write me in advance to let me know you’re coming, and if you’re bringing someone. (The Triad needs to know, hey!)

The complete program:

JAN SAVITT & HIS TOP HATTERS in
SERENADE IN SWING
featuring MISS MARTHA TILTON
(1942 Universal two-reeler) (master quality print)

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OLSEN & JOHNSON in HELLZAPOPPIN"
(1941 Universal Pictures)
directed by H. C. Potter

featuring : Martha Raye, Hugh Herbert, Jane Frazee, Robert Paige, Mischa Auer, Shemp Howard, and Scratch the Wonder Crab.
Musical Specialties: Slim & Slam (Slim Gailliard, piano, guitar; Slam Stewart, bass, Rex Stewart, cornet: Elmer Fane, clarinet: Jap Jones, trombone; Cee Pee Johnson, drums) with “The Harlem Congeroo Dancers” featuring Frankie Manning & Norma Miller.

(this is from the new bluRay issued only in Germany... spectacular!)

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OLSEN & JOHNSON in CRAZY HOUSE
(1943 Universal Pictures)
directed by Edward F. Cline

featuring: Cass Daley, Shemp Howard, Edgar Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn, Billy Gilbert, Richard Lane, Andrew Tombes, Chester Clute, Hans Conried, and Stumpy the Wonder Mule.

cameos: Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, Robert Paige, Leo Carrillo, Johnny Mack Brown, Percy Kilbride, and Andy Devine

Musical specialties: Count Basie & his Orchestra with Jimmy Rushing, Marion Hutton & the Modernaires, Allan Jones, The Dancing DeMarcos, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Martha Tilton (dubbing for Martha O'Driscoll)

(from DVD)

plus a special featurette: "A hell of a Heritage - A Video Essay by Andrea Meroni" (a bonus item from the new bluRay)

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coming next:
The Dinah Washington Centennial -
A Complete Annotated Filmography

Part One:
The Showtime at the Apollo Films (1954)

Part Two:
Bandstand Revue (1955)
Crescendo (1957)

Part Three:
Jazz on a Summer’s Day (filmed 1957, released 1958)

Part Four
Here’s Duffy (CBC 1959)
The Singin’, Swingin’ Years (1960)

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Very special thanks to the fabulous Ms. Elizabeth Zimmer, for expert proofreading of this page, and scanning for typos, mistakes, and other assorted boo-boos!

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