falcon song is a 2014 contemporary western film written and directed by jason corgan brown .

it stars rainey qualley , gabriel sunday , and martin kove .

the 1980s style film explores themes of land conservation and soul searching through a storybook world of quirky characters with touches of magical realism .

falcon song

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the movie falcon song explores themes of land conservation and soul searching beneath a whimsical , quirky world full of colorful characters and magical realism .
join us for a week of special falcon song screenings in los angeles . the film world premiered to packed theaters at the 29th santa barbara international film festival .
the movie falcon song is a low budget western , set in the 1980s , in which a guitar - playing drifter helps a rancher’s granddaughter find her true calling .
rainey qualley , daughter of andie macdowell , has joined the cast of indie “falcon song , ” which jason corgan brown will direct and produce through his corgan pictures banner .
this white falcon , rare and geason , this bird shineth so bright ; of all that are , no bird compare may with this falcon white .
the report that leanda quotes from can be found on the times website , but you can only read all of it if you are a subscriber – doomed queen anne boleyn’s wedding song comes back to life 500 years on . unfortunately , they call it a wedding song rather than a coronation song !
oh , and let us never forget the glorious video of the song ' s namesake . . .
listen to
hasselhoff cheeseburger ,
a song from the first album by the supergroup in ten years .
falcon bank was recognized as the 78 highest performing community bank in the 21st century .
the crane song falcon is priced towards the top end of the 500 - series single - channel compressor market , but its performance easily justifies the price tag . i’d be more than happy to have a pair linked up as a stereo compressor / limiter . if you’re planning to add a vintage - style optical compressor / limiter to your 500 - series collection , you really should audition the crane song falcon .
hi stephan . we totally agree but it fills dance floors . however , we have decided to replace the song !
falcon song is a 1980 ' s style contemporary western in which a guitar playing drifter helps a rancher ' s granddaughter find her true calling . they soon find themselves in the middle of an age old land war .
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falcon song is a 1980 ' s style contemporary western in which a guitar playing drifter helps a rancher ' s granddaughter find her true calling . they soon find themselves in the middle of an age old land w . . . more
also missing from gina’s apartment is a music box that plays the 1980s hit song “she works hard for the money” by donna summer .
the falcon is proud to have the avalon archives museum of rock & roll permanently installed at the falcon underground . we invite patrons , local residents and travelers , alike to tour this vast , rotating collection .
dakota johnson and bruce dern have joined shia labeouf in the adventure drama “ the peanut butter falcon . ”
wonderful ! please email me at claire @ urltoken when the song and music are available so that i can write a post . thank you !
there ' s an unfashionable earnestness to
falcon song ,
just as director jason brown intends . inspired by ' 80s
pop cinema ,
he ' s spun a light drama around a young drifter who becomes involved with the residents of a western town .
the song can speak for itself . falcon fans will be excited to know that
it ' s too big ,
a clear homage to the pet shop boys and anything that can ' t be measured by a standard ruler , won ' t be going flaccid any time soon .
in chastity , excelleth she , most like a virgin bright : and worthy is to live in bliss always this falcon white .
it ' s too big ,
released on itunes and urltoken on april 16 , features falcon ' s penetrating voice singing about his own member , which was again thrown into the limelight after huffpost weird news covered falcon getting frisked by the tsa .
the virtues all , no man mortal , of this bird can write . no man earthly enough truly can praise this falcon white .
who will express great gentleness to be in any wight ; he will not miss , but call him this the gentle falcon white .
falcon didn ' t comment on the girthy tune . his new publicist wants to embargo the package , even though it was already released .
the 12ax7 drives a solid - state output stage , and the falcon’s signal reaches the outside world via a lundahl ll1585 balancing transformer , which is a very high - quality , high - headroom device that’s easily capable of delivering the falcon’s maximum + 26db of level without saturation .
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the man famous for his 13 . 5 - inch , record - setting penis released a song , and it ' s bound to impress even the most hardened of pop fans .
the falcon’s attack and release switches each have three settings : fast , medium and slow , with fast being the upper position . these switches sit directly above the three green knobs that , respectively , control the falcon’s threshold , make - up gain and dry / wet output mix .
and where by wrong , she hath fleen long , uncertain where to light ; herself repose upon the rose , now may this falcon white .
the cream front panel , three green knobs and six black switches are a crane song signature and , surmounted by a single circular vu meter , these give the falcon a distinct identity . packaging a circuit based around a 12ax7 ( ecc83 ) dual - triode valve running at 200v in a single - slot 500 - series format is an impressive engineering feat . so too is giving the falcon such flexible facilities on a front panel that doesn’t look or , more importantly , feel overcrowded .
but now to take and use her make is time , as troth is plight ; that she may bring fruit according for such a falcon white .
whereon to rest , and build her nest ; god grant her , most of might ! that england may rejoice alway in this same falcon white .
the falcon celebrates native american culture every month , with host evan pritchard , who will introduce special guests , native music , history and spoken word .
11 . the lyrics to the song the ewoks perform at the end of the movie – the words everyone heard as
yub nub
– were written by none other than joseph williams , son of star wars composer john and lead singer with toto . someone , somewhere : please make a mash - up of this song and toto ' s
africa
as soon as possible .
rainey qualley , daughter of andie macdowell , has joined the cast of indie “falcon song , ” which jason corgan brown will direct and produce through his corgan pictures banner . described as a new wave western , story follows a rancher’s granddaughter who reconnects with her mother’s magical past and helps a drifter ( gabriel sunday ) whose arrival forever changes [ … ]
fast - forward thirty years . my dad , chairman of the board of falcon bank , made another pledge : falcon bank would treat everyone with respect . from the college student opening her first checking account to the seasoned businessman applying for a loan , falcon would be responsive to its customers’ needs , always . we would never make someone feel the way my dad felt on that long - ago day , walking back to his truck with car titles in hand .
a tongue - in - cheek celebration of 1980s’ cinema , jason brown’s falcon song legitimately makes you feel like you have travelled through time . the film goes retro with everything from production techniques and the soundtrack to its storyline about a guitar - toting loner and his relationship with a smoking hot rancher’s daughter — who also , of course , has magical powers .
the a . v . club is premiering the falcon’s contribution to the compilation , and its first song in eight years , “we are the bald . ” even with that eight year gap in place , the falcon doesn’t alter its searing attack , and even as kelly and andriano acknowledge their age with lines such as , “we’ve got no hair / we are the bald , ” the band proves even as its activity wanes—and its members’ hairlines recede—it’s still capable of churning out impactful punk rock with the same exuberance of its younger labelmates .
the falcon underground invites jazz artists to sign - up and sit - in at our monthly jazz sessions . join the music - making in the falcon ' s warm intimate pub - beneath - the - club , one floor down from our world class live music stage . stay posted for special guests ! host : doug weiss / bass
for some reason , the first act of gremlins was always on my mind . of course , falcon song is far from a horror - comedy , but i think that the lighthearted feel , acting style , and vibrant characters all were influential to me . there’s something very intriguing to me about the nostalgic , surreal , comedic darkness that emanates from films like groundhog’s day , big , home alone — even spaceballs . i suppose that pulling influence from comedies and applying that to dramatic subject matter ultimately comes out as whimsical . of course , to enhance authenticity we also cast martin kove who played the evil sensei of the cobra kai in the the karate kid . i am proud to announce that no legs were swept during the making of falcon song … close… but i can still walk .
a very special creative showcase - hudson valley singer / songwriters convene at the falcon underground every first wednesday . each month selected songwriters will be announced by our host , jason gisser .
i found an article written by the same author in “the australian , ” which is not stuck behind a paywall . too bad they also don’t have a sample of the song as the “times” does , as i’d love to hear it .
in the tradition of such family - friendly musicals as grease and the high school musical series comes this inspirational story about a group of teens who enter into a song and dance competition in hopes of raising enough money to save . . .
the ebony falcon
is the 14th episode of season 1 of the fox television show brooklyn nine - nine . it originally aired 21st january 2014 to 4 . 55 million viewers .
the yellow rose of texas is , at least in the case of this roy rogers vehicle , both the title of a song and the name of a fancy showboat . rogers plays a frontier insurance investigator who is assigned to locate . . .
) , the company now produce a range of hardware products , including three valve - based 500 - series units , the syren preamplifier , the insignia equaliser and this , the falcon compressor .
gather up the chaps is out via red scare on march 18 . additionally , “hasselhoff cheeseburger” is available as a flexi single from new noise magazine . catch the falcon on tour . dates below .
falcon international bank is proud to be a part of the culture and history of south and south central texas , offering personalized service , attention to detail and genuine dedication in assisting customers reach their goals .
leanda de lisle has just published a post on her blog about how tamsin lewis , an expert in tudor music , has matched the lyrics of the white falcon , a ballad performed at anne boleyn’s coronation procession on 31st may 1533 , with a tudor tune . you can read more about this news in leanda’s article – click here . what is lovely is that the song is going to be performed by 60 children from schools in stepney green and whitechapel on a float .
at around the falcon’s price you’ll find 500 - series alternatives ( but not direct equivalents ) from the likes of anamod , api , awtac , chandler , fredenstein , neve , pendulum audio and retro instruments .
the falcon and the d ' ohman
is the first episode of season 23 . it originally aired on september 25 , 2011 . kiefer sutherland guest stars as wayne slater and tom colicchio as himself .
poet gold assembles a fresh new line - up of brilliant spoken word and musical artists every fourth wednesday , at the falcon underground , new york taproom & beer garden . poet gold accompanied by : bryan henry
now , ten years later , the falcon is ready to rise again with the release of gather up the chaps . hennessey has returned for the sophomore album . andriano is back as well , and his imprint is felt even more this time around , especially on songs like “you dumb dildos , ” where he leads on vocal duties . some new blood has been added to the mix as well with the loved ones’ dave hause , who also gets prominent mic time on the song “if dave did it . ”
nobody notices that a famous clothing brand is later named after him , nobody notices that chuck berry releases a song that sounds pretty similar to the one he played at the big dance , and most importantly , nobody bats an eyelid when his mom has a kid who looks exactly like him .
later at home , lisa is playing her saxophone . wayne comes in and hears the song , causing a flashback to occur . in the flashback , a shooting starts and wayne takes out his gun . back in reality , wayne is pointing his gun at lisa . again he becomes frustrated .
in my setup , the falcon’s natural home would be either sitting across an insert point or operating as one component in a 500 - series ‘channel - strip’ . with the input level set to peak at around + 3 or + 5 on the vu meter , to give the compressor something to chew on ( courtesy of a sonic farm silkworm 500 - series mic preamp ) , the falcon turned out to be one of the most intuitive compressors that i’ve ever reviewed .
johnson has starred in the two “fifty shades of grey” films and will next be seen starring in luca guadagnino’s “suspiria . ” dern received academy award nominations for his roles in “nebraska” and “coming home” and has appeared in over 100 films . burnett won an academy award for original song for “crazy heart” in 2009 .
the falcon underground ' s sign up and sit in session is creating a
home
for traditional blues and roots music with a strict
no pedals
policy and philosophy to keep it raw , and true to the original music .
red scare industries—the chicago label formed by tobias jeg and the lawrence arms’ brendan kelly—started 10 years ago as a vehicle to release the first ep by one of arms frontman kelly’s own projects , the falcon . for fans of chicago punk the band served as a supergroup of sorts , with a line - up rounded out by lawrence arms drummer neil hennessy , alkaline trio bassist dan andriano , and former rise against guitarist todd mohney , and the band’s five - song introduction served as a searing amalgam of what the band’s members had done so well throughout their careers .
being aware of dave hill’s crane song products only by reputation , i really didn’t know what to expect other than that the build quality and audio performance should be of a very high standard . on those two fronts , the falcon didn’t disappoint ; the front panel and the feel of its controls gave me an instant impression of quality and i couldn’t fault the sonics in any way . dave’s emulation of an optical compressor acts authentically , and sounds very much like the real thing . the valve gain stage certainly adds character , especially when its negative feedback is switched out , and the lundahl output transformer balances its output without introducing unwanted artifacts .
the falcon would go on to release its lone full - length in 2006 , but red scare would continue on , releasing albums by bands such as teenage bottlerocket , cobra skulls , the sidekicks , and numerous others in its decade - long existence . and red scare will celebrate its 10 years in existence by throwing a day - long show at the metro in chicago on october 25 featuring nearly every band to have released music on the label and a warm - up show in new york on september 26 . on september 9 , the label will also release a 19 - song compilation , red scare industries : 10 years of your dumb bullshit , featuring unreleased material from many of the label’s acts .
i feel that the innocence , magical realism , and even technical execution of yesterday’s pop cinema have become shockingly alternative when viewed in today’s marketplace . it’s hard to pinpoint exactly why magical realism was so prevalent in 1980s movies . perhaps it was due to the fact that technologies and techniques had advanced to the point where more was possible for the big budget projects . we all know of the outlandish fantasy / sci - fi senarios that we saw in the decade’s biggest pictures . this may have led audiences to become more appreciative of the subtle and sometime unexplainable bending of reality in smaller films . falcon song utilizes these elements very lightly , but i feel that their presence is an important part of the package .
overall , no matter what source i threw at it , the falcon never failed to delight . over - exuberant acoustic instruments , vocals and percussion were all sorted out in a manner that didn’t sound unnatural — unless that’s what i wanted . under heavy compression , it was easy and intuitive to restore the resulting loss of transient information by backing off the wet control to bring in more of the uncompressed signal , and / or lengthening the attack time with a simple click of that switch . all in all , the falcon delivered a very impressive performance that remained musical and ‘transparent’ throughout , unless i got a bit carried away at the extremes .
this high - camp , independent fantasy adventure mixes elements of comic books , westerns , post - apocalyptic science fiction ( particularly the road warrior ( 1981 ) ) , chop - sockey action films , elvis presley musicals , and road pictures into a postmodern stew . jeffrey falcon is buddy , a samurai guitar player . . .
well , that doesn ' t work . were they chased for months ? or was luke trained in an afternoon ? either we were spared some extended scenes on board the millennium falcon featuring starvation and debates about when they ' d have to eat chewbacca , or becoming a jedi is easier than getting a cub scout merit badge .
in the early ‘80s , dave hill was asked to design a valve compressor that would have the sound of vintage valve models . the result was the summit tla - 100 , and because of its success dave went on to design ( and to set up manufacturing for ) the entire summit audio product line until his departure in 1994 . he founded crane song in 1995 and , in addition to three pro tools plug - ins (
dakota johnson and bruce dern have joined shia labeouf in the adventure drama “the peanut butter falcon . ” newcomer zachary gottsagen , who is the inspiration for the film , will play the principal character of zak in the movie , which will be directed by tyler nilson and michael schwartz from their own script . variety first reported in [ … ]
so there ' s the famous sequence where luke gets trained by yoda on yoda ' s shithole of a planet . to break up the sequence , the film cuts to the millennium falcon getting chased by the empire to lando ' s cloud city . when they arrive , they get captured , at which point luke has finished his training .
comic book guy starts the episode by telling the viewers there will be hints in the episode as to the result of nedna . after the opening sequence , homer sings a song about arriving at work . he goes to greet his friend larry , but discovers he has been replaced by a new employee , wayne slater . homer requests a fist bump , but wayne rejects . he then asks if he can have a beer with wayne after work , however wayne still rejects the offer .
i heard it from all the guys and every single freakin ' girl / they wanna try and take a ride on the biggest in the world / but in order to ride the beast it must be unfurled ,
falcon sings before the chorus ,
too damn big / it ' s just too damn big / your penis too damn big yeah / it ' s too damn big .
however , the icing on the falcon’s cake is the wet / dry output mix control that gives you access to parallel compression without tying up another mixer channel . daw users will be accustomed to working with a mix control on their plug - in compressors , but if you’re not too sure of the why and how of parallel compression , hugh robjohns wrote a very comprehensive article on the subject in sos february 2013 ( urltoken ) .
9 . ewoks were a late addition to the star wars mythology . their part in the story was to be played by the wookiees , but by the time lucas and partners sat down to write return of the jedi , they realized that , because chewbacca could fly the millennium falcon , repair the ship and operate pretty much any weapon or machine in the known universe , they ' d made the wookiees too technologically advanced for the plot .
the remaining switch on the top row toggles the vu meter display between gain reduction and output level and sits above another three switches , the first of which selects either hard - knee ( limit ) or soft - knee ( comp ) operation , changing the falcon from a limiter to a compressor , depending on the chosen characteristic . the color switch in its 100 position removes the negative feedback from the valve circuit , and restores it in its alternate setting .
my dad’s pledge doesn’t end at customer service . from this promise to you came free personal and business checking , interest checking , internet banking , mobile banking , snapshot deposits , bill pay , p2p transfers , and more—including our new website , specifically designed to be more user friendly across all devices . we hope you enjoy the new site , and that it continues to make banking with falcon a pleasure , rather than the burden my dad experienced almost seventy years ago .
set the output to wet , set the attack to fast , release to medium , take the falcon out of bypass and wind up the threshold until you get the amount of compression that you need , match the bypassed and gain - reduced signals with the gain control and that’s about it — instant great sound and instant gratification , as the program - dependent release time does its thing . from this point on , it’s all about getting the precise sound that you want to hear — maybe increase the attack time to let faster transients through , increase the release time to get a bit of pumping going , explore the difference in sound between the hard and soft - knee compression curves and check out the effect of switching between negative and no feedback in the valve stage . i was pleasantly surprised by just how much sonic variety could be found in the interaction between the falcon’s controls , despite the fact that the preset attack and release times might initially have led me to think otherwise .
to give it the performance characteristics of a vintage ‘optical’ compressor , the falcon carries dave hill’s proprietary emulation of the slower reaction times of the resistive opto - isolator circuitry found in early compressors such as the teletronix la - 2a . the falcon is configured as a feedback compressor , whereby the input to the side - chain circuit ( that calculates the amount of compression required ) is taken from a point after the signal has passed through the gain - reduction circuit itself . as a result , this feedback loop alters the compression ratio depending on how much gain reduction is taking place , and this tends to give an overall smoother , less aggressive - sounding compression . because the amount of compression is determined by an already - compressed signal , the time set by the front - panel release switch is modified by the feedback loop . this has the effect of making the actual release time program - dependent , since the release time will be longer for peaks that go well over the set threshold and shorter for peaks that just exceed it .
best 1980s music teens were entertained at the movies with blockbuster hits such as et – the extra - terrestrial , indiana jones , the breakfast club , and ferris bueller’s day off . comedy clubs became popular in the 1980s and comedy on tv rose . tv comedy shows such as the cosby show , roseanne and saturday night live . other popular tv shows included dallas , falcon crest and dynasty . eighties teens were also fascinated by cabbage patch kids , pac man and the invention of the cd ( compact disc ) . the cd outsells vinyl by 1988 .
the falcon , the long - running but remarkably unprolific brainchild of the lawrence arms’ brendan kelly , has been in hibernation for a while , not spotted in the wild since the release of their sole full - length album , 2006’s unicornography , red scare industry’s all - time bestselling record . on it , kelly employed the use of alkaline trio’s dan andriano and fellow brother in arm neil hennessey , who enabled him in letting his id run wild , which , if you’ve ever seen kelly perform , read one of his tweets , or talked to him for more than five seconds at a urinal , you already know how remarkably strange that can get .
the new music in the force awakens serves two main purposes . it’s an essential part of the movie’s long , commemorative striptease , covering and uncovering the old , familiar tunes . it’s like the canvas blobs that cover the millennium falcon in the junkyard , r2d2 on the rebel flagship , even luke ( his cape in the flashback , his hood on the lonely island ) : homogeneous , mysterious , subtle . the old scores drew rousing melodies from wagner and korngold ; the new one takes after shostakovich and dvorak , by turns anxious and frenzied , by turns plaintive , repetitive . when we do hear an echo of the original scores—the rising fourth of the main theme , stacked upon itself in an alien quartal configuration—it really stands out . all the old star wars neurons fire .
that’s not the only time the soundtrack is used to convey moral ambivalence . when han solo’s ship swallows the millennium falcon , the soundtrack is pure fear . han’s entrance , with a burst of old music , fails to lighten the mood . weirder : as kylo ren is impaling han solo on his lightsaber , we hear something that sounds a lot like the bouncing , mesmeric background of rey’s theme , but with a dark , martial twist . ( for those keeping score at home , the tune that sounds next , as solo falls through the abyss , is a riff on the “prophecy motif” from wagner’s parsifal , which accompanies these words in the libretto : “the pure fool , enlightened by compassion . ” ) and when rey grabs luke’s lightsaber in the final snow battle , we hear—under the familiar “force theme”—the melodic interval ( a half - step over diminished harmonies ) that usually introduces kylo ren’s theme .
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i have lived in santa barbara for a few years but still frequently travel back and forth to los angeles . it had long been a goal of mine to be able to move to santa barbara when my film career allowed . i was able to pull away from working staff on large studio films and living full time in
when my own boutique studio , corgan pictures , began to grow legs . santa barbara is a great town and with it having roots in silent - era history , it’s almost perfect for filmmakers who have devoted their lives to the craft !
a lot of the film was shot at distant locations across the american west , so with limited gear , crew , and schedule , it was challenging at times to maintain the glossy “dream - factory” look that was common in the ‘80s . a lot of this look comes from certain lighting techniques and we all feel very fortunate to have had solid camera , grip and lighting departments . there were many times that we had to stop and pull back from going too modern — always thinking of the standards and styles of past eras ( ‘60s , ‘70s , and mostly ‘80s ) .
my goal wasn’t to create a film that was just a modern rip - off of an ‘80s movie , but one that felt and looked as if it traveled ahead in time , skipping the past two - and - a - half decades . i strived for it to be authentic , free from irony , and not to be self - aware . you won’t see jelly bracelets and parachute pants , but a more classic approach to the styling . i’m inspired to take audiences to an all - new story world that attempts to harness the hard - to - define visceral qualities of a bygone era .
i’d say a probably a dramedy . although , a “whimsical , 1980s style contemporary western” seems to explain it better . i had hoped for it to come across as an authentic low - budget ‘80s movie that was found in a vault and released many years later . ultimately , it is the audience who will have final say .
it’s a about a guitar - playing drifter who helps a rancher’s granddaughter find her true calling . it’s not a real heavy film ; it’s whimsical but has some thematic undertones about soul - searching and land conservation . we have music by the moody blues , kate bush , and nikki lane , who is finishing up an album with dan auerbach from the black keys . it’s done in a low - budget ‘80s style and we even have martin kove from the karate kid .
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very cool that a storybook world like this can be created in an 80 ' s style . not many new releases today can pull this off . it feels really genuine , which is something to be commended even if the style isn ' t your favorite .
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has announced its 2014 lineup . the 29th edition features 23 world premieres and 31 u . s . premieres and runs january 30 - february 9 . robert nixon and fisher stevens’
closes it , followed by a q & a with richard linklater , julie delpy and ethan hawke . here’s the full lineup :
a life outside , usa directed by catherine brabec featuring : greg mesanko , chris mesanko , kevin casey , jim purpuri , richard luthringer , and bucky walters a documentary following the six surfers who pioneered the 1960’s surf break at the new jersey casino pier .
a year in champagne , usa directed by david kennard a detailed portrait of winemakers and their families reveals some of the most intimate secrets behind creating the legendary bubbly beverage .
barefoot , usa directed by andrew fleming cast : evan rachel wood , scott speedman , brittany alger an upper - class , hard - luck gambler invites a shoeless eccentric to his brother’s lavish southern style wedding to prove he’s changed his ways .
bffs , usa directed by andrew putschoegi cast : andrea grano , tara karsian looking for a few days of vacation and amusement , two best friends pretend to be lovers while attending a couple’s weekend workshop .
bottled up : the battle over dublin dr . pepper , usa directed by drew rist this documentary details the events and history leading up to the demise of dublin dr . pepper , as well as the public outcry that continues to this day .
chu and blossom , usa directed by charles chu , gavin kelly cast : melanie lynskey , caitlin stasey , alan cumming , charles chu , ryan o’nan , richard kind , chris marquette , annie potts , mercedes ruehl a coming of age comedy centers on an unlikely brotherhood between a pensive , awkwardly tall korean foreign exchange student and a militant performance artist , both trapped together in a small town .
driven , usa directed by ben pitterie , brian hall explore the fascinating and obscure world of marathon swimming as three swimmers put everything on the line chasing a dream to swim up to 20 miles across the santa barbara channel .
gurukulam , canada / usa directed by jillian elizabeth a group of students and their teacher confront fundamental questions about the nature of reality and self - identity at a remote forest ashram in southern india .
invitation to dance , usa directed by simi linton and christian von tippelskirch an activist , an avant - garde of disabled dancers , and a quest : equality , justice , and a place on the dance floor .
the last one , usa directed by nadine c . licostie this feature - length documentary traces the history of the aids memorial quilt and the role it continues to play as a response to the disease itself .
menthol , usa directed by micah van hove cast : jacob king , james wilson , johnny wactor , luke eberl when four friends reunite for a night of fun in their hometown , a crisis forces them to confront the consequences of their lifestyles .
mission blue , usa directed by robert nixon and fisher stevens cast : sylvia earle , james cameron , mike degruy , legendary oceanographer and ted prize winner dr . sylvia earle is on a mission to save our oceans . the documentary mission blue is the story of sylvia’s life as witness to the changes to the sea that threaten our planet , and how we still have a chance to repair much of the damage – if we act now .
mount joy , usa directed by jack lewars cast : kate hodge , lou martini jr . , matthew watson a lead singer places his band’s national bar tour on hold until he gets answers from the girl who broke his heart , but soon discovers she harbors a secret that could change everything .
night has settled , usa directed by steve clark cast : spencer list , pilar lópez de ayala , adriana barraza in 1983 new york city , a thirteen - year - old boy well - poised to enter the precocious teenage world of sex , vodka , and the possibilities of love , is traumatized by an encounter with his housekeeper .
noble , united kingdom directed by stephen bradley cast : dierdre o’kane , sarah greene , brendan coyle , liam cunningham , nhu quynh nguyen , ruth negga in 1989 vietnam , a funny , feisty and courageous woman overcomes the difficulties of her childhood in ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of saigon .
queens & cowboys : a straight year on the gay rodeo , usa directed by matt livadary roping and riding and busting stereotypes , the dauntless members of the international gay rodeo association face constant obstacles in their quest to qualify for the world gay rodeo finals .
roaming wild , usa directed by sylvia johnson featuring : samantha layne ( voice ) an activist , a cowboy and a mountain man search for solutions to protect life and land in this modern day western about america’s wild horses and the federal government’s controversial roundups .
sam , switzerland directed by elena hazanov cast : frédéric landenberg , sacha guerreiro , séverine bujard , anna pieri after living with his mother since his parents’ divorce , seven - year - old sam is forced to move in with his father , a struggling writer with no source of inspiration .
the village of peace , israel / usa directed by nicholas philipides , ben schuder the stories of four african hebrew israelites illuminate a community whose daily lifestyle includes polygamy , health , nutrition , education and spiritual enlightenment .
warren , usa directed by alex beh cast : john heard , jean smart , austin stowell , sarah habel , joe nunez after giving up on making it in the chicago improv scene , a young comedian fatefully reconnects with the former love of his life one fall night while working at a coffee shop in his hometown .
african metropolis , côte d’ivoire , egypt , senegal , south africa , nigeria and kenya a complication of short films directed by jim chuchu , ahmed ghoneimy , folasakin iwajomo , marie ka , philippe lacôte , vincent moloi a compilation of six short fiction films , set in six major african cities .
a la bizkaina , spain directed by aritz galarza the mystery of the sauce carrying the name of bizkaia gives us a hint of its origin and ingredients .
adria blues , slovenia / croatia / bosnia / herzegovina directed by miroslav mandič cast : senad bašić , mojca funkl , peter musevski paralyzed by depression , an aging former rock star from bosnia is pushed by his wife to reengage with life .
algunas chicas , argentina directed by santiago palavecino cast : cecilia rainero , agostina lópez , agustina muñoz a woman traveling to a friend’s house to escape her marital crisis is soon consumed by the secrets of those around her .
the amazing catfish , mexico directed by claudia sainte - luce cast : ximena ayala , lisa owen , sonia franco , wendy guillén a lonely young woman becomes a live - in caregiver for an ailing but indomitable matriarch and her brood of kids .
bauyr ( little brother ) , kazakhstan directed by serik aprymov cast : almat galym , alisher aprymov , murat omarov , dokhdurbek kydyraliyev a nine year old living on his own is revisited by his brother , and believes his life will change with his arrival .
bella vita , usa / italy directed by jason baffa cast : chris del moro , dave rastovich , lauren lyndsey hill , conner coffin , parker coffin the surf of the italian coast carries surfer , artist , and environmentalist chris del moro on a pilgrimage back to his ancestral homeland of italy .
cannibal ( caníbal ) , spain / romania / russia / france directed by manuel martín cuenca cast : antonio de la torre , olimpia melinte a mild - mannered tailor , who is a secret cannibal , unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with his latest prospective victim .
césar’s grill , ecuador / germany / switzerland directed by dario aguirre cast : dario aguirre , césar aguirre german resident , filmmaker , and vegetarian , dario aguirre is called home to ecuador to help save his meat - loving father’s grill from bankruptcy .
clownwise , czech republic / luxembourg / finland directed by viktor taus cast : julie ferrier , kati outinen , didier flamand after thirty years of separation , three clowns reunite to restage the famous act that launched their careers — while also attempting to forgive one another for the fight that tore them apart .
do you believe in love ? , israel directed by dani wasserman tova , a unique matchmaker with muscular dystrophy , tirelessly strives to find love for everyone around her .
found & lost , china directed by xiao wei zhu cast : guo zhu zhang , yu meng jia chronicles the pilgrimage of an orphaned woman in china between 1949 to 1984 .
the gambler ( losejas ) , lithuania / latvia directed by ignas jonynas cast : vytautas kaniusonis , oona mekas , rimas blockis a paramedic , passionate about gambling , is struck by an idea to create an illegal game related to his profession .
god’s slave ( esclavo de dios ) , uruguay / venezuela / argentina directed by joel novoa cast : mohammed alkhaldi , daniela alvarado , devorah lynne dishington inspired by true events , this is the story of two extremists , one islamic and the other jewish , who cross paths while on opposing sides of the 1994 buenos aires amia bombings .
eastern boys , france directed by robin campillo cast : olivier rabourdin , kirill emelyanov , daniil vorobyov a middle - aged frenchman solicits a young foreigner and finds himself entangled with a group of young eastern european hustlers .
if i close my eyes i’m not here ( se chiudo gli occhi non sono più qui ) , italy directed by vittorio moroni cast : mark manaloto , elena arvigo , beppe fiorello , giorgio colangeli a teenage boy , tormented into a submissive life , is visited and mentored by a mysterious old friend of his deceased father .
the japanese dog , romania directed by tudor cristian jurgiu cast : victor rebengiuc , serban pavlu , laurentiu lazar , kana hashimoto , toma hashimoto when a flood kills his wife and destroys his house , a man attempts to reconnect with his son who arrives from japan with his wife and child .
metalhead , iceland directed by ragnar bragason cast : þorbjörg helga þorgilsdóttir , ingvar e . sigurðsson , halldóra geirharðsdóttir a grief - stricken young woman adopts the persona and decibel - blasting predilections of her deceased brother
october november ( oktober november ) , austria directed by götz spielmann cast : nora von waldstätten , ursula strauss , peter simonischek , sebastian koch , johannes zeiler , andreas ressl a family reunion at a mountainside inn lays bare old wounds and reveals long - held secrets .
the old , the young and the sea , austria / spain directed by mario hainzl a documentary portrait about the incredible individuals who inhabit , surf , travel and protect the european shores .
one way ticket to the moon ( bilet na księżyc ) , poland directed by jacek bromski cast : anna przybylska , filip pawlak , mateusz kościukiewicz two brothers travel across poland , a adventure sparked by the older to prepare his younger brother to serve in the polish army .
paulette , france directed by jérôme enrico cast : bernadette lafont , carmen maura , dominique lavanant paulette lives alone in a housing project in the paris suburbs . with her meager pension , she can no longer make ends meet and becomes and resorts to selling drugs .
revival , czech republic directed by alice nellis cast : bolek polivka , miroslav krobot , karel hermanek , marian geisberg , zuzana budovska forty years after separating , four friends decide to reunite their rock band through a revival that takes an unexpected turn .
saudade , uruguay directed by juan carlos donoso gomez cast : francisco baquerizo racines , jessica barahona de prada , joaquin davila romoleroux set amidst the backdrop of the ecuadorian economic crisis of 1999 , ‘saudade’ tackles notions of economic dislocation , friendship , family and young love .
shadow in baghdad , israel directed by duki dror featuring : linda abdul aziz a young journalist from baghdad connects with a jewish woman who escaped to iraq to discover what happened to her missing father .
triptych ( triptyque ) , canada directed by robert lepage , pedro pires cast : frédérike bédard , lise castonguay , hans piesbergen the lives of three characters intersect in the sublime narrative geometry of this haunting adaptation of robert lepage’s celebrated theatre work lipsynch .
under the starry sky , france / senegal directed by dyana gaye cast : marème demba ly , ralph amoussou , souleymane seye n’diaye , maya sansa , babacar m’baye fall , sokhna niang , mata gabin delving into the shadowy world of undocumented travel , this transcontinental drama charts the interconnected destinies of three far - flung sojourners .
uwantme2killhim ? , united kingdom directed by andrew douglas cast : jamie blackley , toby regbo , jaime winstone , mark womack , joanne froggatt a teenage boy descends into the dangerous world of the internet and the harrowing consequences of his actions .
violet , spain directed by luiso berdejo cast : junio valverde , leticia dolera , miriam giovanelli , ricardo darín , carlos bardem a spanish boy living in santa monica falls for a girl he sees in an old polaroid . he decides to look for her , despite having no clue of who she is or how long ago the photo was taken .
wounded ( la herida ) , spain directed by fernando franco cast : marian alvarez , rosana pastor , manolo solo , andres gertrudix , ramon agirre , ramon barea an ambulance driver struggles with outbreaks of self - destructive behavior , incapable of finding stability and happiness .
mount joy , usa – world premiere directed by jack lewars cast : kate hodge , lou martini jr . , matthew watson
eastern boys , france – u . s . premiere directed by robin campillo cast : olivier rabourdin , kirill emelyanov , daniil vorobyov
found & lost , china – u . s . premiere directed by xiao wei zhu cast : guo zhu zhang , yu meng jia
if i close my eyes i’m not here ( se chiudo gli occhi non sono più qui ) , italy – u . s . premiere directed by vittorio moroni cast : mark manaloto , elena arvigo , beppe fiorello , giorgio colangeli
metalhead , iceland – u . s . premiere directed by ragnar bragason cast : þorbjörg helga þorgilsdóttir , ingvar e . sigurðsson , halldóra geirharðsdóttir
october november ( oktober november ) , austria – u . s . premiere directed by götz spielmann cast : nora von waldstätten , ursula strauss , peter simonischek , sebastian koch , johannes zeiler , andreas ressl
triptych ( triptyque ) , canada – u . s . premiere directed by robert lepage , pedro pires cast : frédérike bédard , lise castonguay , hans piesbergen
under the starry sky , france / senegal – u . s . premiere directed by dyana gaye cast : marème demba ly , ralph amoussou , souleymane seye n’diaye , maya sansa , babacar m’baye fall , sokhna niang , mata gabin
adria blues , slovenia / croatia / bosnia / herzegovina – u . s . premiere directed by miroslav mandic cast : senad bašić , mojca funkl , peter musevski
bauyr ( little brother ) , kazakhstan – u . s . premiere directed by serik aprymov cast : almat galym , alisher aprymov , murat omarov , dokhdurbek kydyraliyev
clownwise , czech republic / luxembourg / finland – u . s . premiere directed by viktor taus cast : julie ferrier , kati outinen , didier flamand
the gambler ( losejas ) , lithuania / latvia – u . s . premiere directed by ignas jonynas cast : vytautas kaniusonis , oona mekas , rimas blockis
the japanese dog , romania – u . s . premiere directed by tudor cristian jurgiu cast : victor rebengiuc , serban pavlu , laurentiu lazar , kana hashimoto , toma hashimoto


howard w. " kroger " babb ( december 30 , 1906 – january 28 , 1980 ) was an american film and television producer and showman .

his marketing techniques were similar to a travelling salesman 's , with roots in the medicine-show tradition .

self-described as " america 's fearless young showman , " he is best known for his presentation of the 1945 exploitation film mom and dad , which was added to the national film registry of the library of congress in 2005 .

babb was involved in the production and marketing of many films and television shows , promoting each according to his favorite marketing motto : " you got ta tell 'em to sell 'em . "

his films ranged from sex education-style dramas to " documentaries " on foreign cultures , intended to titillate audiences rather than to educate them , maximizing profits via marketing gimmicks .

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kroger has 58 stores in middle tennessee including hendersonville’s glenbrook location and a kroger marketplace on nashville pike between hendersonville and gallatin .
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kroger babb was born on december 30 , 1906 in lees creek , ohio , usa as howard w . babb . he is known for his work on
while in the army , friedman sold surplus searchlights to exploitation film and road - show pioneer kroger babb and later became a road - show salesman for babb .
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kroger babb is probably the second most infamous babb of all time ( behind phillip babb of the isles of shoals ) . but one thing is for sure , he made a lot more money along the way .
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kroger babb died on the 28th of january 1980 , which was a monday . the tragic death occurred 38 years ago .
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according to various sources , kroger babb ' s net worth has grown significantly in 2018 . however , the numbers vary depending on the source . if you have current knowledge about kroger babb ' s net worth , please feel free to share the information below .
, which was a sunday . kroger babb ' s next birthday would be in 173 days ( would be turning 112years old then ) .
a brief clip from kroger babb ' s infamous recut of ingmar bergman ' s summer with monika . out now on blu - ray and dvd : urltoken
the tale of showman ,
producer ,
marketeer and american genius howard
kroger
babb has not been told in full biography . babb ' s legend weaves in and out of david f . friedman ' s autobio
it is no secret that many celebrities have been caught with illegal drugs in the past . some even openly admit their drug usuage . do you think that kroger babb did smoke cigarettes , weed or marijuhana ? or did kroger babb do steroids , coke or even stronger drugs such as heroin ? tell us your opinion below .
hendersonville planners approve new kroger a new 100 , 000 - square - foot kroger is expected to open next fall in the former kmart building in hendersonville . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
there ' s one additional piece of film after the story ends . the final screen image is kroger babb himself , sitting at his desk and speaking directly to camera .
sold their interest in the film to producer kroger babb . though the film had been market tested and was released in the u . k . in 1954 under the title
hygienic productions was a film production company based out of wilmington , ohio . formed by exploitation film producer kroger babb , the company was in charge of promotion and production for a number of babb ' s films , including the infamous mom and dad .
uncle tom ' s cabin ( kroger babb , 1969 ) . first us showing one sheet ( 27 . 75
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members of the hendersonville regional planning commission approved a site plan for a new kroger store tuesday night .
before he left the news journal , babb started officiating basketball and football games .
two things make the world function . . . commerce and sex and kroger babb exploited both . a man from a distant era who knew how to market sex and make a few bucks .
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the biggest irony of all is that the public schools actually did follow kroger babb ' s example and start showing sex - education films not unlike the facts of life : an explanation of sex cycles . and once the information was available in schools , babb was out of business .
following forbes ' s lecture . the text was written by babb ' s wife ,
this brief coda is actually the essence of babb ' s shell game . he says
. and once the information was available in schools , babb was out of business .
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production of the film cost babb and his investors a total of $ 63 , 000 .
some roadshow exploitation exhibitors , like kroger babb and david friedman , used to show cut - up versions of bergman films . their version of my summer with monika became monika , the story of a bad girl .
no comment necessary , really , but the headline alone demonstrates one proven fact : every modern marketing department , for every distributor on the planet , when placed next to kroger babb , has absolutely zero kung - fu .
it ' s a natural for waters . clearly he shares some of babb ' s dna .
. [ its ] success flowed , rather , from babb ' s extraordinary promotional abilities .
personal : spouse mildred horn . son , dr . richard rankin babb , california ; five grandchildren
now , truth be told , i ' m on water ' s christmas list for a specific reason and that ' s because we share an interest in a nearly - forgotten film producer by the name of kroger babb .
. . . television and non - theatrical film companies 671 hallmark productions . inc . ( educational pictures and roadshow attractions ) box 249 , wilmington , ohio president kroger babb hance ( paul ) productions , inc . . .
mom and dad ( 1945 ) hygienic films : : hallmark productions ep : barney a . sarecky / p : kroger babb , j . s . jossey / ap : lewis g . dow / d : william beaudine / w : kroger babb , mildred horn / c : marcel le picard / e : richard c . currier , lloyd friedgen / m : dave torbett / s : june carlson , hardie albright , george eldredge , lois austin
a new 100 , 000 - square - foot kroger is expected to open next fall in the former kmart building in hendersonville .
the new store is expected to open next fall and will replace the current main street location , according to kroger spokesperson melissa eads .
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after world war ii , he bought some brand - new army - surplus searchlights and advertised them for sale . his first customer was the
king of exploitation
, kroger babb . his meeting with babb led to an association with the showman , especially with the producer ' s notorious roadshow attraction mom and dad ( 1945 ) .
“this will be the ‘wow’ of the market , ” chris miller , assistant real estate manager for kroger’s nashville division told planning commission members .
for more on kroger babb , elliot forbes , mom and dad , and the history of post - word war ii sex - ed exploitation movies and the death of the hayes code , click right here and head on over to the brewery .
we are always open to alternatives that present themselves ,
babb said in answer to the question .
joel sucher is a filmmaker with pacific street films and a contributing blogger for huffington post . currently - - no surprise - - he ' s working on a documentary and feature film project focused on the life and times of kroger and mildred babb .
eades said that clicklist will be up and running in several kroger stores in the greater nashville area by the time the store opens next fall .
many people enjoy sharing rumors about the sexuality and sexual orientation of celebrities . we don ' t know for a fact whether kroger babb was gay , bisexual or straight . however , feel free to tell us what you think ! vote by clicking below .
babb got a visit from the l . a . vice squad for his hour - long cut of monika .
a hollywood make up man shows a house wife how to fix her self up for her husband . producer kroger babb sold make up kits at theaters showing this film . babb was best known as the producer of mom and dad 1945 a birth of a baby movie featuring medical footage of a baby ' s birth . this film is also known as secrets of beauty .
one note regarding babb’s officiating career reported he traveled more than 30 , 000 miles to officiate football and basketball games .
kroger babb died january 28 , 1980 , in palm springs , california , at the age of 73 . and now , friends , you ' ve seen the entire production . if you have been shocked and educated , please show the management your appreciation . by your applause .
kroger babb was born on december 30 , 1906 in lees creek , ohio , usa as howard w . babb . he is known for his work on mom and dad ( 1945 ) , one too many ( 1950 ) and summer with monika ( 1953 ) . he was married to mildred horn and luella sutton . he died on january 28 , 1980 in palm springs , california , usa .
when it appeared he had his fill of sports writing and officiating , babb went to california and took his place in the film industry . it doesn’t appear babb’s films had anything to do with sports , but rather controversial or easily sensationalized subjects .
the store will include a fuel center and drive - thru pharmacy as well as a new concept for kroger that will allow customers to order groceries online , clicklist .
a few years back i sent waters some babb memorabilia that included an original mom and dad sex manual and a mom and dad branded premium ( i forgot whether it was the burn or the rectal ointment ) . i ' ve been on water ' s christmas list ever since . we ' ve also discussed working towards the noble goal of helping kroger babb find his rightful place in the annals of film history .
once babb came on the scene , though , there were pages dedicated to local sports and they were together . babb wrote a column which had the title “bumble bee , ” which he used to offer his opinion as well as to feature local athletes .
in the 35 years or so i knew kroger babb , never once did he not proclaim ' mom and dad ' anything but a great crusade destined to save the world from sin and corruption . never once did he admit to his friends and associates that it actually was the epitome of expert exploitation . babb ' s favorite admonition was , ' you gotta tell ' em to sell ' em , ' and like any salesman , babb sold himself first .
- - david f . friedman , quoted in a youth in babylon , 1990 .
born in the hamlet of lees creek , ohio , babb still likes to refer to himself , with artful modesty , as
just a country boy with a shoeshine .
called kroger as a nickname because of his father ' s fondness for the b . h . kroger brand of coffee , babb had that wild variety of jobs that characterizes so many american entrepreneurs . among things he refereed enough football and basketball games to make ripley ' s believe it or not , and staged depression - era stunts like burying alive one digger o ' dell right in the center of wilmington , ohio .
i have this fascination with kroger babb , who was a movie producer / director from the early days of film . he is known as the king of the roadshow . he would take his movie on the road from town to town renting out local movie houses and creating events worthy of attracting crowds .
a new 100 , 000 - square - foot kroger is expected to open next fall in the former kmart building in hendersonville — less than a block from its current location .
babb was the producer of the ern westmore hollywood glamour show , which may have been the first makeover reality show , in 1953 .
kroger babb was the hollywood producer of
mom and dad
, the most successful sex hygiene film ever , and the biggest pre - 1960 exploitation film of any kind . the film made millions . he made a handfull of other films with such stars as hardie albright and ruth warwick and the talented moppet , ginger prince . kroger ' s motto was ,
you gotta tell ' em to sell ' em
. in 1943 while roadshowing
dust to
dust , a sex ed drama with birthing footage , babb attended a texas town meeting , called because numerous high school girls had become pregnant by soldiers from a nearby camp .
it was a hell of a meeting ,
babb remembered , you had all these old biddies squabbling and roasting everybody . then it hit me . . . this would make a hell of a movie !
years later kroger was the inspiration for the successful career of john waters .
perhaps the most revolutionary thing babb did was to give his film such a bland and praiseworthy title . who could object to a movie called
kroger babb , an exploitation exhibitor , got the rights to summers with monika for $ 10 , 000 . he then put in $ 50 , 000 into the film for cutting and dubbing . he got it through deceptive and suspect means , and svensk took legal action because they soid the rights to janus films . they worked out a deal to release “stories of a bad girl , ” babb’s version for five years , while janus would release it for art audiences .
dennis mcdougal ,
filmmaker babb let promotion offset low budgets .
the press - enterprise , ( riverside , california ) , unknown date .
members of the hendersonville regional planning commission approved a site plan for the store tuesday night after granting several waivers related to building materials that will allow kroger to build a new prototype for the company .
an outrageous producer and promoter of cheesy films , kroger babb was a direct throwback to the old west snake oil salesmen and adhered to p . t . barnum ' s credo about a sucker being born every minute . starting his professional life as a sportswriter , he went to work at warner brothers in 1934 to promote attendance at their theater chains . among babb ' s depression - era ballyhoo was a man buried alive and such attractions as the give - aways grocery night and dish night .
mildred babb . journalist , screenwriter . met in 1944 ; wrote screenplay for
mom and dad ;
married in late 1960s ; survived him .
babb’s associates agreed with his belief that “nothing’s hopeless if it’s advertised right” , stating that he “could take any piece of junk and sell it . ”
karamoja was a 1954 film produced by exploitation filmmaker kroger babb . a documentary of a native tribe from uganda , the film was marketed by babb to focus on the imagery that would be shocking to an american audience , including advertising which claimed that the tribe wore
only the wind and live on blood and beer . ' ' scenes in the film included
the bleeding of cattle and drinking of the warm blood , and self - mutilation as a form of ornamentation ,
as well as a full - color circumcision scene . karamoja proved to be less controversial than many of babb ' s other films , grossing less in box office revenue as a result .
what kroger babb does retain , however , is his absolute , almost religious faith in the all - conquering powers of salesmanship .
he had a theory ,
explains attorney henry fox ,
that if there was a crowd of at least three people standing around , you ought to be selling them something . it was an absolute sin if you didn ' t .
the lurid pink / el cheapo austere cover of
the key to successful sexual relations
. the
dr . elliot forbes
who babb employed to tour with
though an exact start and end date were not found for babb’s tenure at the news journal , it looks like he started in 1924 and worked until approximately 1934 .
a 1980 story in the news journal , stated babb earned a note in ripley’s believe it or not for having officiated more than 1 , 000 high school football and 1 , 000 high school basketball games in his career . during the 1933 - 34 school year , babb was said to have officiated 147 football and basketball games .
the success flowed , rather , from babb ' s extraordinary promotional abilities . working from the premise that
you ' ve got to tell ' em to sell ' em .
babb would simply overwhelm a town with exploitation material , even pioneering the use of direct mail advertising , sending four - color heralds to every mailbox in town .
christina hughes babb is the managing editor at advocate media and blogs about running at runningkick . wordpress . com . she lives with her husband and two children in dallas .
babb said in tuesday ' s conference call with banking analysts that the bank
was not relying on a significantly better economic environment or a substantial increase in interest rates .
babb insisted that the program be followed closely ; a contractual agreement with theaters required that each presentation follow a similar approach . because the forbes lecture formed part of the viewing , extra
babb died in 1980 but a few years after i was lucky enough to meet babb ' s widow , mildred . together with some colleagues , i had set out to dig up more information on this forgotten film producer ( i had come across some cryptic references to him in various publications ) . mildred was eager to talk and talk she could . then in her 80s she went full throttle , non - stop , waxing poetic about the shock value of her shared ventures with babb ; spinning hilarious stories delivered with proverbial rapier - sharp wit and to top it off she could still drink myself and my colleagues under the table . there was a simpatico connection cemented by our desire to resurrect babb from cinema ' s dustbin of history . she responded by laying all sorts of memorabilia on us , including original scripts , posters , copies of mom and dad sex manuals , copies of babb ' s films ( including a 35mm nitrate print of mom and dad ) ; even a bust of kroger sculpted by the daughter of longtime friend and fellow promoter , colonel sanders . a subsequent research trip to babb ' s hometown of wilmington in 1989 netted us even more valuables ( he was still a well - loved and remembered figure ) including boxes of mom and dad premiums - - match books and medicinals - - branded with the film ' s title . but the pièce de résistance was the actual banner that hung outside babb ' s wilmington headquarters proclaiming
hygienic films : producers , exploiters , promoters .
in high school at wilmington , babb was the school cheerleader . from information gathered over the years , it appears there was a single cheerleader for the football and basketball teams at wilmington back then . i picture the guy with the large megaphone yelling to the local fans to root for their team . babb also was the team manager for football and basketball at whs .
however , he reportedly made a great deal of money from these films . according to a report in the los angeles times , per wikipedia , babb’s “mom and dad” film grossed anywhere from $ 40 million to $ 100 million . also , wikipedia’s biography on babb said he received “the first annual sid grauman showmanship award” in 1951 , presented by the hollywood rotary club .
many of babb ' s films changed title from town to town , and he helped pioneer the midnight movie , along with segregated - sex audiences . babb helped introduce ingmar bergman to the usa in 1955 when he showed the early
sommaren med monika
as
monika , the story of a bad girl
. he even toured a live horror show memorably titled
dr . hassam ' s chasm of spasms
. by the time babb retired in the 1970s , his career had inspired ed wood jr . , russ meyer and his own protege david f . friedman to produce their own no - budget epics , as well as william castle , who surpassed babb with such gimmicks as emergo and percepto and theater lobbies filled with nurses and monsters .
consider at the time , only two schools in the county — blanchester and wilmington — had football . blanchester eventually dropped football , so babb’s games had to come outside the county for sure .
kwaheri , also known as kwaheri : vanishing africa or kwaheri : the forbidden , is a 1964 mondo film directed by david chudnow and thor brooks . the film was a pseudo - documentary about vanishing native tribes in africa . kwaheri means goodbye in swahili . as the film focused more on the controversial aspects of the tribal societies , it gained the attention of exploitation filmmakers , including kroger babb , whose hallmark productions distribution company acquired the american rights .
and then there was a film
by this foreign director , he became famous , i can ' t think of the fellow ' s name ,
that babb was called on to promote . the director was ingmar bergman , who saw
monika
become his first american success after babb tagged it with one of his immortal lines ,
the story of a bad girl .
we learn of the evolution of the star - studded premiere by exhibitor nonpareil sid grauman , whose chinese theater became world - famous for the celebrity handprints in its cement forecourt . jones then calls long overdue attention to the late kroger babb , who , among others , turned out the phenomenally successful
mom and dad ,
a crude 1945 cautionary tale about teen pregnancy , complete with lectures and scenes of childbirth requiring separate screenings for men and women .
howard w . kroger babb ( december 30 1906 - january 28 1980 ) was an american film and television producer and showman . his marketing techniques were similar to a travelling salesman ' s with roots in the medicine - show tradition . self - described as america ' s fearless young showman he is best known for his presentation of the 1945 exploitation film mom and dad which was added to the national film registry of the library of congress in 2005 .
babb often used the supposed educational value of his films as an offer of defense , and recommended such tactic to theater owners in his pressbooks . one successful challenge was in new york city , where
the ruling planet of capricorn is saturn . therefore , lucky days were saturdays and lucky numbers were : 1 , 4 , 8 , 10 , 13 , 17 , 19 , 22 and 26 . brown , steel , grey and black were kroger babb ' s lucky colors . typical positive character traits of capricorn include : aspiring , restrained , firm , dogged and determined . negative character traits could be : shy , pessimistic , negative in thought and awkward .
yes , i gave the pharmacist at kroger a fake prescription . she called the doctor , then the police . all i could do was sit there . i was out of pills . i was sick . so tired . couldn’t move . couldn’t run anymore .
by the time kroger babb came along , the formula for a sex hygiene movie was so well established that all he did was incorporate every element of every sex hygiene movie in history into a single film . but in search of even better profits , he changed the rules slightly . many of the old sex - hygiene films had played in grindhouses or marginal theaters or even bars and restaurants . he wanted to break through to the biggest theaters in the country .
but when babb was first credited with a byline in the wilmington news journal , sept . 24 , 1924 for a wilmington high school football game against withrow , the local sports coverage began to change .
and this didn ' t happen in just one city at a time , oh no . in his salad days babb had 300 units on the road at the same time , each complete with its own nurses and its own lecturer , and to this day he continues to run into men who tell him .
you don ' t know me mr . babb , but my name was elliot forbes .
comerica chairman and ceo ralph w . babb jr . said the pension changes plus some extra cost - saving measures would add about $ 40 million to the bank ' s initial financial target for the restructuring .
today i’d like to introduce you to the first dna proven lineage of devon , which is also known as devon pedigree 01 . we stumbled across this tree in one of our early dna attempts when we didn’t yet understand the complexity of the babb line in devon . we had mistakenly believed that we could connect phillip babb of the isles of shoals , maine with one of the devon lineages by doing a dna test .
that was reason enough for one wily american showman , the notorious kroger babb , to acquire the film for the american grindhouse market . he dubbed in a score by the lounge master les baxter , and changed the title to “monika : the story of a bad girl . ” ( the new york times did not consider this news that’s fit to print , and didn’t get around to reviewing “summer with monika” until the unadulterated version of the film was released in the united states , in 2007 . )
considered the most talented of the westmore brothers , ern found work at warner bros . studio , rko studios , and eagle - lion studios . he was the director of make - up on over 50 films during his career , and was also featured as himself in a number of b - movie - style features for kroger babb , including one too many , and secrets of beauty , also known as why men leave home , an instructional primer for women regarding how to keep their husbands faithful .
babb ' s marketing strategy centered on overwhelming small towns with advertisements and letters , in an attempt to create a controversial atmosphere . in keeping with his motto of
you gotta tell ' em to sell ' em ,
anxious to go out on his own , babb got 20 investors to put up the money to make mom and dad . the script was written by mildred horn , who would later become his wife , and who would also write
lewis was so good at advertising that he was called on by other fledgling chicago filmmakers to help spruce up their ad campaigns , as well as to make their films more sellable . now , when you put a print of multiple maniacs in your trunk , and headed for santa barbara to screen the film , were you influenced at all by any of lewis ' s ads when you prepared your fliers , posters , and pitches ? or if not lewis , then any of early exploitation roadshow men like kroger babb or the forty thieves ?
television eroded and eventually killed the film exploitation business but not before babb was able to make additional contributions to american hucksterism with epics like the prince of peace ( 1949 ) , one too many ( 1950 ) , why men leave home ( 1951 ) , she shoulda ' said
no !
( 1954 ) , and babb ' s own paean to great literature , kipling ' s women ( 1960 ) , a nudist rendition of the
the ladies .
babb was an expert at creating a kind of mob psychosis that peaked at the moment the projector started to roll . watching the film today , it ' s all but impossible to recreate the atmosphere of a capacity audience waiting breathlessly to see things they knew were forbidden and probably shocking . it was babb ' s peculiar genius that he was able to evoke the emotions of a horror movie using what is actually one of the blandest , most formulaic stories ever concocted .
also , many of those basketball games could come on the same day if babb was fortunate enough to officiate a county’s post - season tournament . in some cases , five or more games were played in a day at a single location .
this combination of outraged decency and lusty curiosity led to startling crowd scenes for
mom and dad ,
scenes which babb cannily photographed and used to stimulate further throngs . and while riots were not exactly commonplace , things did tend to happen .
it started one night in 1943 when babb attended a town meeting in tiny burkburnett , tex . , called because local high school girls were being impregnated in large numbers by men from a nearby army air corps base .
it was a hell of a meeting , you had all these old biddies squabbling and roasting everybody , they wanted to declare the whole air corps off limits ,
babb remembers .
then the idea hit me , that would make a hell of a movie .
he called himself
america ' s fearless young showman
and he wasn ' t kidding . a positive thinking supersalesman , he made dozens of millions of dollars promoting some of the worst films imaginable into box - office champions . the legion of decency regularly condemned his work , but crowds literally rioted if they couldn ' t get in . he was a classic figure in america ' s cultural netherwould , but today he is just about unknown . the name is kroger babb , and when it ' s mentioned to the chosen few who knew him , they just smile .
kroger would have separate screenings for men and women and bring in sex experts to discuss intimate issues in a question and answer session . then he would sell pamphlets to the audience . i have some of those , but they are lengthy and scanning them will take some extra effort . so , those are for a future day .
showmanship was babb ' s middle name and to make sure everyone knew , it took to calling himself
mr . pihsnamwohs
( hold it up to a mirror ) . he even emblazoned the side of his rickety corporate airplane with the moniker .
in 1955 , babb set westmore up with his own television series . originally called hollywood today , but also called hollywood backstage and the ern westmore show , the ern westmore hollywood glamour show was a program featuring make - up tips and beauty suggestions .
while the story of his early - ’60s trash fests is a good one , you won’t find it here . a youth in babylon mostly concerns friedman’s apprenticeship with such masters of sleaze as kroger babb and irwin joseph , fast - talking hustlers who toured such cheapies as mom and dad ( a ”sex - ed” film with a reel slapped on the end showing a baby being born ) and reefer madness from town to town throughout the ’40s and ’50s . some of the anecdotes are wonderful ( especially the ones about babb , a minor - league barnum who deserves his own bio ) . but friedman , a carny barker at heart , seems too taken with his own pitch . he writes in the style of a circus poster , all alliteration and gaudy type , and it has the effect of making everything he says sound like a come - on .
somehow aip ' s salty sam arkoff eluded jones ' camera , but he rounded up for interviews mamie van doren , tab hunter , director peter bogdanovich , critic roger ebert , historian neal gabler , babb ' s widow mildred , the colorful david friedman ( who worked for babb and whose film career has encompassed both a stint in paramount distribution and the formative years of the adult film industry ) and writer - director john waters , a castle admirer who from time to time has kept the spirit of ballyhoo alive .
an outrageous producer and promoter of cheesy films , kroger babb was a direct throwback to the old west snake oil salesmen and adhered to p . t . barnum ' s credo about a sucker being born every minute . starting his professional life as a sportswriter , he went to work at warner brothers in 1934 to promote attendance at their theater chains . among babb ' s depression - era ballyhoo was a man buried alive and such attractions as the give - aways grocery night and dish night . babb also distributed the cheapie film
dust to dust
( 1943 ) , actually the re - titled 1935
high school girl
with childbirth footage added for
educational value
, taking it from town to town and advertising that nurses would be in attendance at the theater . in 1944 , he raised the money to shoot his tour de force ,
mom and dad
( which , amazingly , did not reach new york until 1957 ) . shot by former heavyweight helmer william beaudine for $ 62 , 000 in one week and starring has - been juvenile hardie albright ,
mom and dad
was a blood - and - thunder unwed mother warning , spiced up with that same stock childbirth footage . babb sent out some 300 road shows of the film , peddling booklets between shows , courting local ire and earning a small fortune .
mom . . .
after retitling the film
the prince of peace
and creating an ad campaign with lines like
be brave bring your troubles and your family to history ' s most sublime event
and
you ' ll find god - right in there . babb ended up with a movie that had crowds ilined up even in sinful new york , where the daily news bannered its success as
the miracle of broadway .
we killed ' em .
babb says with satisfaction .
the thing took off like a turpentined pup .
undaunted , babb made the film for his own hygenic productions company for a bargain - basement $ 62 , 000 invested by 20 individuals . each investor , babb claims , made back $ 63 , 000 for each thousand put in , except for one fellow who pulled out before the film was made and ended up a suicide . such was the power of
mom and dad .
its international grosses have been estimated at anywhere from $ 40 to $ 100 million , and even time magazine claimed in 1949 that one out of 10 people in the world had seen it .
that picture , you couldn ' t giveit away , but i said
nothing ' s hopeless if it ' s advertised right , '
babb remembers now .
i told them to give me a bottle of gin and let me see what i could come up with overnight .
there was one film that babb regretted not finishing . father bingo never went beyond the concept stage . it was going to be an
expose
of church hall games of chance and a corrupt parish priest who manipulates the outcomes . babb allegedly boasted that this film would end up being
the best snow job of my life .
john waters still waxes poetic about father bingo and , like myself , deeply laments its unfinished passage into cinema oblivion . given the many controversies surrounding the catholic church it might have stood as a fitting nostradamus - style tribute to the memory of a great film producer .
“she shoulda said ‘no’ ! ” is a 1949 exploitation film in the spirit of morality tales such as the 1936 films reefer madness and marihuana . directed by sam newfield ( listed as sherman scott ) and starring lila leeds , it was inspired by the 1948 arrest of movie stars robert mitchum and leeds for marijuana possession . the actors , along with two others , were arrested after smoking marijuana at leeds’ home and were charged with the felony of narcotics possession . public empathy for mitchum resulted in his charge being downgraded , and his sentence of sixty days in jail was set aside in 1951 . leeds served sixty days in prison , and after her release found no work in hollywood until she was cast in this film . the film was issued under many titles and struggled to find a distributor until film presenter kroger babb reissued it as the story of lila leeds and her exposé of the marijuana racket . it failed to achieve success under that title , and babb eventually changed it to “she shoulda said ‘no’ ! ”
understanding babb ' s accomplishments involves unearthing one of the most fascinating and least remembered of film eras , the heyday of the traveling exploitation show . in the 1920s , ' 30s and into the ' 40s a group of men calling themselves
the 40 thieves
canvassed the american heartland , showing up in small towns with a film of a theoretically risque or sex educational nature , personally showing it for a night or two , and leaving with profits in hand . it was to be babb ' s triumph to perfect this genre by producing and distributing the film the sun never set on ,
mom and dad .
the most successful classic exploitation film toured with the most ludicrous morality gimmicks . masquerading as sex education , mom and dad ( 1945 ) , about a young girl ' s unwanted pregnancy showed gory close - ups of venereal disease and live births . its director , kroger babb ( 1906 - 1980 ) , a born huckster with a carnival background , ordered separate showings for men and women , required them to sing ' the star spangled banner ' before each performance , treated them to a lecture during the interval by elliot forbes , a ' professor ' of sex hygiene , and sold them copies of forbes ' book the secrets of sensible sex . the film played for 23 years , provoked more than 400 court cases - and grossed more than $ 100 million .
babb spun this as a morality tale with a message ; after all if joan had been allowed access to sober well - written sex education manuals she wouldn ' t have found herself with a bun in the oven and no prospects for a decent life . to make sure that all those paying good money to see the film got the message , babb employed a
fearless sex commentator
by the name of elliot forbes to deliver an earnest facts - of - life spiel during intermission . at the close of the lecture , not missing a beat , a gaggle of hygienic employees fanned out through the aisles hawking genuine sex manuals for a buck apiece . the manuals were actually penned by mom and dad ' s screenwriter , mildred horn ( later to become babb ' s wife and partner in crime ) . the second part of the show would then unspool and it was a real grabber : graphic educational representations of a penis - in - vagina followed by footage of a live birth ( babb had gotten the film from the u . s . army ' s medical corps ) . if the attendees were male ( the film was shown to gender segregated audiences ) real penises in various states of venereal decay were on graphic display ; after all , a lack of sex knowledge can also wreak havoc on the crown jewels .
the first time we played there , the priests from the various parishes came down early that morning and put themselves in a chain by locking arms , they put a complete chain around the front of the theater and no one could get through , it was like a football line ,
babb says , still sort of amused .
attached is an advertisement for one of his films , “the prince of peace” . this rare surviving page is on an 11″x 17″ page that could be folded in half and mailed to the theater in advance of his arrival . they would typically bring hundreds of these and staple them up all over town to drum up attendance . the item could also be handed out on the street . during the intermission kroger would sell bibles and other spiritual literature .
babb never had as big a hit , though not for lack of trying . in 1948 , he produced the religious epic
the prince of peace / the lawton story
( which finally hit new york in 1951 ) . the film was part docudrama about an oklahoma passion play , and was bookended with trailers for babb ' s upcoming epics
the best is yet to come
(
all there is to know about cancer !
) and
one too many
(
the screen ' s only true story of alcoholism !
) . the latter featured ruth warrick , victor killian and lyle talbot in a slick but campy look at the ill effects of booze .
as a result , we are now expecting to drive at least $ 270 million in additional pre - tax income for full - year 2018 ,
babb said in a statement .
these actions , which we have already begun to execute with urgency , take us a long way towards achieving a double - digit return on equity .
howard w . babb had gotten the nickname
kroger
from the name of the grocery store where he worked as a boy growing up in lees creek , ohio . born in 1906 , he was a sportswriter , a newspaper reporter , an ad manager , and , by his late 20s , publicity manager for the chakeres - warners theater chain , where he distinguished himself with publicity stunts such as having a man buried alive in front of a theater . he got the exploitation roadshow bug when he hooked up with an outfit called cox and underwood , which was peddling an aging sex hygiene film called dust to dust that was actually a 1935 film called high school girl with a live - birth reel slapped onto the end . proving that he was born to be in the business , it ' s the same plot babb would use in mom and dad . ( the forty thieves frequently quarreled over territories , but they never sued for copyright infringement . of course , many of them were carnival men , who regarded all cons as ancient and passed down from generation to generation , but they may also have simply sold stories the same way they occasionally sold sideshow acts . )
howard w . babb had gotten the nickname
kroger
from the name of the grocery store where he worked as a boy growing up in lees creek , ohio . born in 1906 , he was a sportswriter , a newspaper reporter , an ad manager , and , by his late 20s , publicity manager for the chakeres - warners theater chain , where he distinguished himself with publicity stunts such as having a man buried alive in front of a theater . he got the exploitation roadshow bug when he hooked up with an outfit called cox and underwood , which was peddling an aging sex hygiene film called dust to dust that was actually a 1935 film called high school girl with a live - birth reel slapped onto the end . proving that he was born to be in the business , it ' s the same plot babb would use in mom and dad . ( the forty thieves frequently quarreled over territories , but they never sued for copyright infringement . of course , many of them were carnival men , who regarded all cons as ancient and passed down from generation to generation , but they may also have simply sold stories the same way they occasionally sold sideshow acts . )
in today ' s carefree , enlightened times , when films like mom
and dad
could probably be shown on television -
oh , it ' d be nothing , very tame , it ' d be a sunday school picture ,
babb himself says - it is hard to imagine what a fuss its showing stirred up in the late 1940s .
in some ways , this is my favorite page of the book , despite relatively sedate graphics . the two messages from babb are direct challenges to exhibitors , confrontational and dismissive . so the movies aren ' t fresh first release material ? if people haven ' t seen ' em , they ' re new enough . the implication of the box at the bottom is that babb is handing you , the drive - in or grindhouse proprietor a perfect , can ' t - fail recipe , and if you blow it it ' s your own damn fault . to a theater owner , this is a more effective affront than asking if he ' s a real man ! what kind of showman are you ? can you handle
uncle tom ' s cabin ( kroger babb , 1969 ) . first us showing one sheet ( 27 . 75
x 42
) . drama . starring john kitzmiller , herbert lom , olive moorefield , eleonora rossi drago , mylene demongeot , o . w . fischer , gertraud mittermayr , bibi jelinek , harold bradley , thomas fritsch , juliette greco , eartha kitt . directed by geza radvanyi . an unrestored poster with bright color and a clean overall appearance . it may have general signs of use , such as slight edge wear with a small tear in the bottom right border with archival tape on the verso , slight trim in the right and left borders in the white area not affecting the art , light fold wear , and minor surface crinkles . please see full - color , enlargeable image below for more details . folded , f +
babb was involved in the production and marketing of many films and television shows , promoting each according to his favorite marketing motto :
you gotta tell ' em to sell ' em .
[ 2 ] his films ranged from sex education–style dramas to
documentaries
on foreign cultures , intended to titillate audiences rather than to educate them , maximizing profits via marketing gimmicks .
with a friend , and as a result had the courage to tell her parents about her predicament . they were shocked , but forgave her . the girl gave birth to a healthy boy , which was adopted by a childless couple . the girl then completed high school and is now engaged to a fine young man . the mayor goes on to thank babb for having the courage
, directed by ol ' one - shot himself , william beaudine , is babb ' s masterpiece of ballyhoo . promising the audience that
you . . . will see the birth of a baby ! both normal and cesarean ! ,
the ad campaigns do not exactly lie . but they also imply frank sexuality , uncompromising depiction of clinical science and to enlighten through education . the