On my day off!

Something is in the works. Thanks!

Those two short films took nearly five years to complete and really wore me out. It seemed like a tremendous amount of time and stress to give over to short films, so I decided to tackle a feature. My friend Eric Whittington and I wrote a screenplay about messed up kids in a bleak urban environment....

Thank you Ark and ChiO; this one is near and dear to me, mainly because there were so many problems that cropped up on a daily basis. It was also a very challenging time for me personally, with more distractions than were really needed at the time. And thank you too, Maven! Compared to the first fil...

So here comes my second movie: THE TWISTED CORRIDOR, completed in 1982. I'd been
reading a lot of Woolrich at the time and perhaps it shows.
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Great to see you finally uploading this... sez Mr. Ark. I'm pretty bereft of computer skills beyond the simplest tasks, and I kept resisting, but finally caved when tech savvy friends came to the rescue! I'm strictly analog! I loved your actors, both spot on type...or so sez Jack Favell. I got luck...

After much procrastination I've finally managed to upload some of the short films I made in the 1980s onto YouTube. I thought I'd share the first of them with you here, on the film noir thread. This is BLIND ALLEY , a 12-minute noir short film I completed back in 1981. I hope you enjoy it. BLIND ALL...

Today being Friday and what with the weather warming up, the Oakland branch of the Record Party hereby pronounces this day as the first day of False Spring! SPANKY & OUR GANG "I'd Like To Get To Know You" [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj7mNfF9AlQ[/youtube] THE MILLENNIUM &quo...

Into the late night ethers with our Record Party memorial bash for the departed Don Cornelius... THE JACKSON 5 "I Want You Back" [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWNzb0B4AI[/youtube] KOOL & THE GANG "Jungle Boogie" [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJzRNwe5dg&...

As DJ-ChiO has pointed out, Don Cornelius is gone. But SOUL TRAIN is forever with us... Soul Train Dance Mix [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVoKjbzEh3c[/youtube] JAMES BROWN "Cold Sweat" [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wztjtD4i02k&feature=related[/youtube] GLADYS KNIGH...

Yes, I think this show should be a wild success, given the public's ongoing fascination with lascivious pre-code entertainment! Hey Nancy , nothing would give me greater pleasure than to tote this whole shebang out to Kansas! How great would THAT be for a pre-code show?! Kansas! And Kevin , just thi...

Hey Pre-Coders! I'm happy to announce my first Hollywood Pre-Code Festival in nearly fifteen years! On Friday, March 2 and for a full, solid week I'll be presenting FOURTEEN great pre-code films on SEVEN astonishing double-features at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco. Here's the link to our websit...

Astounding assortment of wax, DJ-ChiO, simply outta this world!! 45s never wore out their welcome at little Dewey's house back in Detroit. And he was encouraged from an early age to "buy local." DEL SHANNON "Runaway" [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S13mP_pfEc[/youtube] M...

Hey now DJ-Maven, thanks for sharing those memories of early 45 rpm treasures! I'm not sure what these things say about us in the final analysis, but personally, I can't think of anything groovier than spinning these little donuts til the wee hours of the morning. I began buying (and collecting) 45...

Yowza! Doo-Wop rules the day here at the Record Party!! THE CHIMES "Chop Chop" [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP5q2RiCeZw&feature=related[/youtube] THE SILHOUETTES "Bing Bong" [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkJzdvuZp4s[/youtube] THE SERENADERS "Love Me...