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Fantasite, v. 1, issue 4, July 1941
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15 THE FANTASITE MFS MEMBERS AS SEEN BY SQUANCHFOOT Strictly on the technical side is MORRIE DOLLENS, artist, cinematographer, recording engineer, sound man, darkroom ace and A-1 cameraman. Always a problem is how Morrie finds time to untangle himself from his cameras, platters and sound tracks to do normal things, such as eating, sleeping or reading science fiction. To date, we have no authoritative information regarding Morrie's reaction to the fact that people do eat and sleep and sometimes read science fiction. For all we know, it's possible that he's unaware of this. Seriously, his acquaintance with s-f has been a known fact for some time, having been an avid reader for several years, as well as a fan mag publisher. In 1936 and '37 Morrie was boss of the Science Fiction Collector, one of the better known fan publications of that era. Between '37 and '41 is a deep dark secret, though everyone seems to have the opinion that Morrie made a thorough study of cinema arts, photo arts and just plain art. Judging from Morrie's technical knowledge upon emerging from his long silence, we'll accept the fore-stated opinion as correct. Morrie hails from North St. Paul, and hasn't as yet missed an MFS meeting, inspite of the usual 15 mile jaunt to downtown Minneapolis. As for his present concern for science fiction, we can't say. he's a very severe art critic, and if a story doesn't appeal to him, it's likely that the accompanying yarn will go unread. He appro es of practically none of the present crop of cover artists, and not being a collector can afford to tear off all distasteful covers, which he does. But he still likes fan mags, and hasn't lost his knack for imaginative art, which he proved on the cover of the last Fantasite. Briefs: is 21, though probably too busy to acknowledge any extra privileges.....enjoys swimming, malted milks, picnics, and occasionally takes a picture or two......works all day and half the night in a St. Paul photo studio......jointly shares a new Plymouth with his brother but hates to drive it -- is much too busy......wants to produce s-f movies some day......women?......never heard of 'em......likes to waste film on club members and unimportant activities......has a beautiful collection o stills produced by a beautiful collection of cameras......loves to work, and usually is working. In fact he has his mind on so many things that he never knows where he's at. he's always in the dark (room). Mix music with science fiction and we have DOUG BLAKELY, another of the MFS crew, and one of the few survivors of the original Mpls. SFL. We've all heard of Yerke, Warner, Baltadonis and their instrumental worries -- now add Dough and his sax to the list and we'll soon have a Science Fiction Symphony. (Something to think about for the 1965 World S-F Convention in Moscow). Blakely, it seems, deserves credit for stirring up fan interest in Minneapolis, having lured Saari away from his recluse with the aid of several disintegrators, flame throwers, bombs and a brief, somewhat inaccurate letter which touched Saari deeply. From all this sprang the Minneapolis SFL, and so to Doug goes a boquet for his well meaning. Today we find our hero a hard working business man, by night a first alto mano in almost any number of local jive units. In between he finds a staggering amount of spare time in which to sprinkle a novel a week, innumerable
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15 THE FANTASITE MFS MEMBERS AS SEEN BY SQUANCHFOOT Strictly on the technical side is MORRIE DOLLENS, artist, cinematographer, recording engineer, sound man, darkroom ace and A-1 cameraman. Always a problem is how Morrie finds time to untangle himself from his cameras, platters and sound tracks to do normal things, such as eating, sleeping or reading science fiction. To date, we have no authoritative information regarding Morrie's reaction to the fact that people do eat and sleep and sometimes read science fiction. For all we know, it's possible that he's unaware of this. Seriously, his acquaintance with s-f has been a known fact for some time, having been an avid reader for several years, as well as a fan mag publisher. In 1936 and '37 Morrie was boss of the Science Fiction Collector, one of the better known fan publications of that era. Between '37 and '41 is a deep dark secret, though everyone seems to have the opinion that Morrie made a thorough study of cinema arts, photo arts and just plain art. Judging from Morrie's technical knowledge upon emerging from his long silence, we'll accept the fore-stated opinion as correct. Morrie hails from North St. Paul, and hasn't as yet missed an MFS meeting, inspite of the usual 15 mile jaunt to downtown Minneapolis. As for his present concern for science fiction, we can't say. he's a very severe art critic, and if a story doesn't appeal to him, it's likely that the accompanying yarn will go unread. He appro es of practically none of the present crop of cover artists, and not being a collector can afford to tear off all distasteful covers, which he does. But he still likes fan mags, and hasn't lost his knack for imaginative art, which he proved on the cover of the last Fantasite. Briefs: is 21, though probably too busy to acknowledge any extra privileges.....enjoys swimming, malted milks, picnics, and occasionally takes a picture or two......works all day and half the night in a St. Paul photo studio......jointly shares a new Plymouth with his brother but hates to drive it -- is much too busy......wants to produce s-f movies some day......women?......never heard of 'em......likes to waste film on club members and unimportant activities......has a beautiful collection o stills produced by a beautiful collection of cameras......loves to work, and usually is working. In fact he has his mind on so many things that he never knows where he's at. he's always in the dark (room). Mix music with science fiction and we have DOUG BLAKELY, another of the MFS crew, and one of the few survivors of the original Mpls. SFL. We've all heard of Yerke, Warner, Baltadonis and their instrumental worries -- now add Dough and his sax to the list and we'll soon have a Science Fiction Symphony. (Something to think about for the 1965 World S-F Convention in Moscow). Blakely, it seems, deserves credit for stirring up fan interest in Minneapolis, having lured Saari away from his recluse with the aid of several disintegrators, flame throwers, bombs and a brief, somewhat inaccurate letter which touched Saari deeply. From all this sprang the Minneapolis SFL, and so to Doug goes a boquet for his well meaning. Today we find our hero a hard working business man, by night a first alto mano in almost any number of local jive units. In between he finds a staggering amount of spare time in which to sprinkle a novel a week, innumerable
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