Getting ready for 2nd Saturdays

I have developed a real appreciation for bloggers who can pen interesting blog entries every day. This is my job and I have trouble finding the time. Most of the past two weeks I have been planning and working on my Saturday Matinees. I am going exclusively with films from the thirties. I think I've done a respectable job so far of building a classic collection and this is a chance to show it off. Finding the main features was easy, finding B-features and shorts has been a lot harder. B-features by their very nature were cheaply produced and have not survived.

The Three Stooges, Laurel & Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Our Gang/Little Rascals are some of the one reel shorts that are available. I have run across Tex Ritter but haven't bought any. I have found some gems that Cinema affectionados may want to catch at our Matinees. The Bridge Wives directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and How to Sleep, which won the Academy Award for the Best Short in 1935 will be worth the price of Admission (FREE).

I'm rather proud of the cartoon collection the Library is building. We should have nice variety of 1930's cartoons. I finally found the 2D two reel double feature length Popeyes. So don't miss Popeye Meets Sinbad, Popeye Meets Ali Baba, and Popeye and the Magic Lamp. These are the three best Popeyes ever made. And speaking of Mickey Mouse and Betty Boop (didn't I mention them?) there was this guy named Ub Iwerks who had his own cartoon studio in the 30's. He got his start as the lead animator for Disney and later hired a lot of the animators from Betty Boop. His stuff is supposed to be amazingly surreal. I'm Going with his New Car on May 12. I will also use some of Ub's stuff in October in honor of Halloween. So don't miss it.