Movie To Honor Mayberry's Town Drunk Otis Campbell Hal Smith
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I would like to announce on youtube and on northcountrynow.com my intentions on making a new movie documentary. this movie will be based on my last book honoring massena's new york's most famous face Hal J. Smith. The documentary will be called more than otis: no bull!
--This movie has probably been in my head for a few years. I feel its time to start making this film from all of my personal phone interviews, photographs and archive movies of his career that spanned over seven decades. --I have been through many barriers in my life. I feel that i can accomplish
this movie. it will take many hours to produce and organize. I will probably have to travel and re-interview people still alive on film so I can tell smith's story. it would cover his days from massena, utica, and into the scenes of hollywood. this is a serious project. --I know i will also have
to go through all legal and copyright laws to retain "re-permission" to release a final movie from those I interviewed. --over the years, from time to time, I have tried to honor hal in massena with a star infront of the town hall and in other ways. but the chamber of commerce and modern political
forces have always told me, "its a good idea. but we don't have the money or time." I was basically snubbed. most of hal's old friends are dead in massena. there is no real strong interest. but i'm the youngest and still around! -when the hometown's of andy grifith, don knotts, george lindsey, ron
howard and other's from the show are being honored with events and monuments, hal's own hometown has neglected to fully remember him for history. --onetime an older man asked me, "what did hal do for massena?" I simply stated, "He represented massena in hollywood through his works!" --this movie w
ill feature -- at least I hope -- margaret kerry, rance howard, andy griffith, don knotts, glenn smith, frank cady, sam edwards, will ryan, paul winchell, betty lynn, walker edminston, ginny tyler, dick beals, june foray, jim clark of the andy griffith show re-run watchers club and many others. I ha
ve phone interviews with these people. Some are now dead. but luckily their stories are preserved through me. john d. michaud III p.s IF YOU KNEW HAL SMITH AND I DON'T KNOW YOU PLEASE CONTACT ME AT 315-769-6968 TO TALK ABOUT AN INTERVIEW. OR E-MAIL ME AT MASSENAGUY2003@YAHOO.COM
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| Hi, John! A good ... ( 2 months ago by pegbars) |
| Hi, John! A good place to start honoring him would be to capitalize his name. ;) |
| John, thank you so ... ( 2 weeks ago by fredvab) |
| John, thank you so much for doing this. I have always felt that Hal deserved so much more credit than he has received. I have a question - did Hal do the voice of Jiminy Cricket? Sometimes when "Otis" talked, I thought I could hear the voice of Jiminy. Thanks again, Fred. |
| yes. hal was the ... ( 2 weeks ago by johnswackyworld) |
| yes. hal was the voice of jiminy cricket. he wasnt the orginal jiminy -- but did the voice several times for disney. |
| thank you...and I ... ( 1 week ago by johnswackyworld) |
| thank you...and I can't wait until i finish this project in hopefully a year to hopefully show at a premier at mayberry days in 2010..john |
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