tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post263813730241842044..comments2024-03-07T09:25:09.142-08:00Comments on Long-Forgotten: Death is a Cabaret, Old Chum...HBG2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-56964744673711918932013-08-04T08:53:30.153-07:002013-08-04T08:53:30.153-07:00That's very interesting! Thanks. But would y...That's very interesting! Thanks. But would you need a stooge? How could you rotate the coffin without the audience member inside noticing?HBG2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-50585480318972803232013-08-04T06:33:10.567-07:002013-08-04T06:33:10.567-07:00I did this effect in a haunted house I managed... ...I did this effect in a haunted house I managed... and I actually thought it was an original idea. Thanks a million. You are horribly over-thinking this and I can tell you how it was done. The coffins are two-sided and rotate along the vertical axis. By two-sided, think if two coffins back-to-back.<br />Lady steps into coffin side one.<br />Light fades from side one to side two<br />Rotting corpse phase one becomes visible.<br />In the dark at side one, the coffin rotates and reveals rot 2<br />Light fades from side two to side one.<br />Rot 2 becomes visible.<br />In the dark at side two, the coffin rotates and reveals rot 3<br />Light fades from side one to side two.<br />Rot 3 becomes visible.<br />In the dark at side one, the coffin rotates and reveals a skeleton.<br />Light fades from side two to side one.<br />Skeleton becomes visible.<br />To run it directly from person in the audience to a skeleton, just rotate the coffin in side one.<br />John bhttp://www.dashikis.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-75421520945954896752013-01-22T14:21:27.035-08:002013-01-22T14:21:27.035-08:00You're welcome!You're welcome! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-1473854276148325152013-01-22T12:34:52.750-08:002013-01-22T12:34:52.750-08:00Thank you VERY MUCH for the new information.Thank you VERY MUCH for the new information.HBG2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-10461615770516815312013-01-22T10:47:15.977-08:002013-01-22T10:47:15.977-08:00Dear sir,
Given your interest in the “Cabaret du ...Dear sir,<br /><br />Given your interest in the “Cabaret du Néant”, the following might interest you. Looking for some Cabaret’s memorabilia on ebay, I came across this menu:<br /><br />http://www.ebay.com/itm/CABARET-DU-NEANT-2-doc-Montmartre-SQUELETTE-Menu-1920s-/150982214810?pt=FR_JG_Collections_Publicites&hash=item23273dc49a<br /><br />whose front page clearly reads the place was at 64, Boulevard de Clichy, on the corner of Coustou Street. Since its address was 34, Boulevard de Clichy, I did some further reading and found out that nowadays the address on the menu corresponds to a theatre and cultural center called “Les Trois Baudets” (The Three Donkeys), whose site <br /><br />http://www.lestroisbaudets.com/le_lieu/retrospective/<br /><br />reconstructs the history of the place. The second chapter, titled ‘2, Coustou Street’, roughly translates as: “The art déco building hosting ‘The Three Donkeys’ was built in 1927 by architect Charles Lemaresquier. It then hosted, under the name of ‘Radio’ hotel, a pub, a restaurant and a dancing hall. The adventure was short-lived because we find traces, since the thirties, of the ‘Le Néant’ cabaret and then of the ‘Cabaret du Néant’, of a Louis Leclercq, in this place”. <br /><br />And here they are: <br /><br />http://chez-edmea.blogspot.it/2010/10/il-cabaret-du-neant.html#.UP7ZW45jQUw <br /><br />The second photo in this page shows the place hosted the “Trois Baudets” theatre as well. The building is still perfectly recognizable on Google Maps’ photos (2, Rue Coustou, Paris, France – or - 64, Boulevard de Clichy)<br />So there actually was a Cabaret du Néant open for business in 1969, but either it was not the original one or – if it was – it had been moved to this new location during the thirties. Judging by a pic on this Belgian site (image n. 52089, 12th link from the top), the style of the entrance and the lettering are just the same.<br /><br />http://www.cegesoma.be/docs/PhotCat/PhoCatFC.htm<br /><br />Hope this little research might prove useful!<br /><br />Diego Guglielmi<br />Rome - Italy<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-72850587621574031942012-11-02T09:03:19.345-07:002012-11-02T09:03:19.345-07:00Ran across this while researching graphics for an ...Ran across this while researching graphics for an upcoming project - an 1870 broadside advertising Pepper's Ghost at the Royal Polytechnic as "That which is spectral and imaginary appears more real than that which is known to be reality." Check it out if you haven't seen it: http://dickbalzer.blogspot.com/2012/01/peppers-ghost.htmlJeremyhttp://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/collectibles/artists/jeremy-fultonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-18614202805408314992012-10-22T08:21:09.283-07:002012-10-22T08:21:09.283-07:00Wonderful, and thank you for the kind words. I...Wonderful, and thank you for the kind words. I'm confident that LF hasn't even come close to saturation level; that is, the point where everybody who would probably like it already knows about it, so I'm not terribly surprised when HM fans continue to "discover" it.HBG2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-13680950314998649212012-10-22T01:39:38.059-07:002012-10-22T01:39:38.059-07:00My god... This site. I- ... I'm home *tear...My god... This site. I- ... I'm home *teardrop*<br />Just reading the front page I've lost myself in your findings and pictures. April-December, poor girl, being moved about and *chuckle* long-forgotten ;) And my mind was particularly blown at the Jean Laffite conspiratorial findings. Regardless of the reality, it's quite the marvelous notion. Seeing the comments from people like Eddie Sotto is an honor as well! ALL and EVERYTHING on this blog is so amazingly beautiful... After reading this "Here Comes the Bride", I've altogether lost myself in the beauty of what you're doing here. I started young, still am, and forever will be a hardcore Doombuggier, and the Haunted Mansion is the most beautiful thing in this world, and the non-living world for that matter! Disney and his parks will forever hold a place in my heart. I just can't wait to talk you up with my friends! To think I'll have NEW material to spout at my family when we go see the HM. They'll think I'm bonkers~<br /><br />As if we all aren't just a tad 'round the bend ;) Lost our marbles.<br />Keep Grinning my Ghostly Friends.<br />See you all... A little later.<br /><br />~YensidCitanaf<br /><br />P.S. Sorry to have put this here on a particular post... I just really wanted to tell you how much I love it here. This was the closest comment box I could find!YensidCitanafhttp://www.facebook.com/tristan.hall.129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-89021675580323751442012-05-06T13:03:12.714-07:002012-05-06T13:03:12.714-07:00Thanks for every other informative website.
Where...Thanks for every other informative website.<br />Where else could I am getting that kind of info written in such a perfect method?<br />I have a undertaking that I am just now running on, and I've been on the glance out for such info.<br /><i>Also see my webpage</i> - <b><a href="http://danwfjx5mo.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/14620694-rolltore-garagenrolltore-hallentore-garagentore-rolltor-torantrieb" rel="nofollow">homepage besuchen</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-20836801875417523002011-11-30T09:26:10.626-08:002011-11-30T09:26:10.626-08:00Yes! That whole website is a delight. You can ge...Yes! That whole website is a delight. You can get lost for hours.HBG2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-11869846844711598852011-11-30T07:19:30.507-08:002011-11-30T07:19:30.507-08:00Have you run across this: http://users.telenet.be/...Have you run across this: http://users.telenet.be/thomasweynants/visualmedia-index.html ? -- it includes a detailed description of a 19th century fantascope with cats-eye dissolving lenses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-7299936476093120392010-12-15T16:02:33.281-08:002010-12-15T16:02:33.281-08:00Thanks and you're welcome, Lidian. If you do ...Thanks and you're welcome, Lidian. If you do dig up more info on the American version of the C du N, I'm sure our readers would be interested in seeing it.HBG2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-89870438691128515222010-12-15T14:46:34.484-08:002010-12-15T14:46:34.484-08:00Just found it in the NYT - in 1896 at the Casino C...Just found it in the NYT - in 1896 at the Casino Chambers (Broadway and 39th). I would like to write a post about this NYC cabaret and I will definitely link to you (I write about NYC history and am very interested in strange Victorian pop culture).Lidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609618027313982020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-65813818401647368112010-12-15T14:42:39.010-08:002010-12-15T14:42:39.010-08:00I stumbled upon the Cabaret de la Mort (so to spea...I stumbled upon the Cabaret de la Mort (so to speak) in my research and then further searching led me to your post - absolutely fascinating. Thank you so much for writing this, it was exactly what I was wanting to read, though I did not know it existed. Happily, it does.<br /><br />I am hoping to use the Cabaret in a Victorian New York mystery novel. I gather from Albert Hopkins' book that this was done in NYC, too - have not worked out just where though, but presumably before he wrote his book on stage illusions in 1898.Lidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14609618027313982020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-6865961150963575912010-09-06T21:56:03.286-07:002010-09-06T21:56:03.286-07:00Terrifically entertaining! Thank you for this tho...Terrifically entertaining! Thank you for this thoughtful, informative piece (and the whole blog in general!)Eccentric Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316310165037320995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-55512772947445176082010-08-30T19:34:47.165-07:002010-08-30T19:34:47.165-07:00Thanks!Thanks!outsidethebermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272382432824523809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-10266437008312830322010-08-27T21:11:09.860-07:002010-08-27T21:11:09.860-07:00The Cabaret du Néant was at 34 Boulevard de Clichy...The Cabaret du Néant was at 34 Boulevard de Clichy, just down the street from the Moulin Rouge. Across the street was the Cabaret l'enfer (53 Blvd de Clichy). Here's a then-and-now photo of the site of the Hell Cabaret: <br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/29883059@N05/4933969068/<br /><br />Kinda sad. Gives you a solid landmark, though, if you're in the neighborhood and wish to stop by and pay your respects.HBG2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-87837702199455954322010-08-27T20:47:46.919-07:002010-08-27T20:47:46.919-07:00Wonderful, informative post!
Would you happen to ...Wonderful, informative post!<br /><br />Would you happen to have former street addresses in the Montmartre district? Last time there we came up empty in our search.<br /><br />Thanks for the great post.outsidethebermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272382432824523809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-50159700579112315352010-08-27T15:35:14.930-07:002010-08-27T15:35:14.930-07:00We may not have missed it by much. I still don...We may not have missed it by much. I still don't know when the C du N closed its doors, but I came across an intriguing post on a discussion board, written in October '08. Speaking of the striking façades of the Cabarets of Heaven and of Hell, the poster said:<br /><br />"Both were demolished well before the Sixties. I was very often in this quarter of Paris, even in the mid-Fifties, and never saw these cafés. I only heard of them by my mother, who lived in Paris since the mid-Twenties. So I made some research and both were demolished in 1954. I missed them only by some months - alas - as in 1954/55 I started to go regularly in Paris (I was living in the suburb) to watch movies. But the "Néant" cabaret, on the opposite sidewalk, lasted until recent years."<br /><br />http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/19301/t/Paris-Monster-Kid-Cabaret.htmlHBG2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-18994112061567044912010-08-27T15:15:06.577-07:002010-08-27T15:15:06.577-07:00Thank you for this post and adding more detail to ...Thank you for this post and adding more detail to the material I copied and pasted ^_^<br /><br />Man, I so wish I could have seen the CdN in its full glory.Cory Grosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141983255020503557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-87791321649583714322010-08-26T10:02:58.559-07:002010-08-26T10:02:58.559-07:00Thanks and you're welcome, guys. I'll be ...Thanks and you're welcome, guys. I'll be starting a teaching assignment on Monday, so the pace around here will likely slow down, but I'll still keep 'er going.HBG2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05073387557562504315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-79559284102331992242010-08-26T09:50:03.929-07:002010-08-26T09:50:03.929-07:00Superb!
Excellent!
Entertaining!
Thought-provok...Superb!<br /><br />Excellent!<br /><br />Entertaining!<br /><br />Thought-provoking!<br /><br />Congratulations on an amazing article. Long-Forgotten is becoming one of my favorites, after Passport to Dreams!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11023449275486420957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444762441887107389.post-32619992937337630752010-08-25T17:47:07.503-07:002010-08-25T17:47:07.503-07:00Again - I feel like I am reading someone's mas...Again - I feel like I am reading someone's master thesis in progress! Really great & well-researched information, on a subject I know little about. Thank you!Chris Merritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759410855891198273noreply@blogger.com