"The Deserter" - Book Mention

My silent, comedy feature, The Deserter, what I call A Revolutionary Comedy! - was mentioned in a book sometime back entitled Colonial America  by Deirdre Clancy Steer and Amela Baksic.

Many other period movies and television productions are listed also, but, I consider it an honor that my little film The Deserter shares a page with The Adam's Chronicles, Mel Gibson's The Patriot and The Last of the Mohicans!

For those who have no idea what The Deserter is here is a preview of it.

It has been described as a "silent comedy," a "comedy-drama," a "masterpiece," "a remake," (which it isn't) and just about everything under the sun. One thing it hasn't been called, at least to my knowledge, is "unoriginal." And for that I am proud, because there really isn't another film out there quite like it.

It is a silent film with music, but with no inter-titles, even Keaton used inter-titles for his masterpiece The General. The Director's Cut has a 12 minute long battle scene which follows the ebb and flow of an 18th Century battle. The music utilized is ragtime and 18th Century fife and drum. It might not be for everyone, but I am still excited when I think back on the years I labored making it.

I was lucky to have some great actors and hams to act in it! Some very generous and funny people. Unhappily, a few have passed away, but I am still in communication with some of them.

For those interested in buying a copy of the film (I made up a second printing) it can be purchased at various websites including...

Amazon.com

Amazon.ca

eBlujay

Ebay

'Cause I've Got Somethin' To Say - "Threat"

I had my world premiere showing of my AWESOME (If I do say so myself!) film The Girl of His Dreams. While in the parking lot, of the building where I was setting up for the the world shattering release of my (Did I already say, "awesome?") I encountered a woman, who was with her young daughter, who became angered after reading one of my bumper stickers.

What she said next left me stunned. For the full story watch my latest installment of 'Cause I've Got Somethin' To Say entitled Threat, which was inspired by the above mentioned event! In it I call the Secret Service to report a threat against You-Know-Who!

A Celebrity Endorsement?!

What? A celebrity endorsement for one of my films? See who it is and what's going on here:

A Film I'm In, Will Be Showing At The Miami Web Fest!

My friend Casey McDougal will be showing two episodes of her awesome webseries at the Miami Web Fest! Congrats Casey!

Episode 6, of Holding and the mini-sode, "Behind the Scenes."   "Behind the Scenes," is the one where I play the obnoxious cable access host, Myron Morland who interviews Casey!

Yeah, "obnoxious," so that role wasn't much of a stretch for me!

Watch  the mini-episode here:

The Great Riverboat Race of 1870!

A great riverboat race took place from June 30 to July 4, 1870. It was between two opulent steamboats, the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee. It started in New Orleans and ended in St. Louis.

I won't give the winner of the race here, instead I'll suggest you read the article Waiting For the Robert E. Lee at Yankee Jazz Beat!

On a personal note my great great grandfather Frank Wecker who had been a drummer boy from Kentucky during the Civil War, after the war actually found himself working on the famous riverboat Robert E. Lee.

There are also a couple of jazz tunes tied in with this famous race!

Script Meeting!

I just had an awesome script meeting with fellow actor Larry DaCosta, who did a hilarious cameo in my comedy short The Girl of His Dreams!

This time, however, we met over lunch to discuss a project that he came up with based on his own experiences. I won't say what his storyline is about only that it has a lot of prospects and is very funny.

I'll be working with Larry on the script and our conference went well.

 

Here is an interview with Larry DaCosta regarding his work on The Girl of His Dreams.

Holding, Episode 8: Waiting

All good things must end and so Casey McDougal's fantastic webseries Holding bids it's final, "Farewell."

 

Holding, Episode 8: Waiting, is now released. I made a large appearance as "myself" in this the last episode of the series.

 

I can't say I contributed much to this one, but it was fun participating and working with many of the same people who worked on the first episode (the one I shot).