CHRISTMAS IN JULY weekend sale!

c. 1966 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

This weekend! Buy a copy of my book THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PROTFOLIO for $50 shipped and get a copy of RANKIN/BASS' THE DAYDREAMER (1966) as an extra in your envelope along with a few other surprises :)

Rick's photos

Self Portrait circa 1987...I took and printed all of these pics :)

Keith Porlier!

Jeff Islinger...One of my favorite guys in the world! We recorded with Jeff for 20 solid years until he closed his HAIR BEAR RECORDING studios in 2007. This was in his cozy home studio in Evergreen Park. Jeff recorded the interview I did with Maury Laws for THE DAYDREAMER soundtrack CD.

Another self portrait....where is my hand?

THE DAYDREAMER continued

c. 1966 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

Setting the records straight on Tallulah Bankhead's last film RANKIN/BASS' THE DAYDREAMER (1966)

Tallulah as the sea witch in RANKIN/BASS' THE DAYDREAMER (1966) as seen in the book THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF RANKIN/BASS: A PORTFOLIO
c. 1966 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

Valerie Harper (TV's RHODA) is playing Tallulah Bankhead in a new play called LOOPED and getting rave reviews for portraying Hollywood's original bad girl. Bankhead is said to have had many bisexual affairs, smoked 100 cigarettes a day and drank bourbon and gin like water. The play is said to be based on a 1965 looping session for what is believed to be her last film 'Die, Die, my darling.' For this film, it took her 8 hours to loop a single line, due to her intoxicated state. I felt I should set the records straight. Bankhead's last looping session was for her last film RANKIN/BASS' THE DAYDREAMER (1966).

VARIETY wrote "Skillful, inventive and charming....It should particularly appeal to the pre-teen audience but with a long list of well-known names voicing the fairy-tale characters, pic should also get good play from the older generations as well. Jules Bass' direction has balanced the live action sequences well with those of ANIMAGIC."

Making ANIMAGIC on THE DAYDREAMER (1966)

Hiroshi Tabata makes ANIMAGIC during the filming of RANKIN/BASS' THE DAYDREAMER (1966) Pick it up on DVD!

Does anybody have some luck to sell?

Art by Al Hirschfeld

THE DAYDREAMER soundtrack CD

www.percepto.com I was listening to THE DAYDREAMER CD in my car yesterday and today! When I listen to this, it makes me proud to be a part of the RANKIN/BASS group! The soundtrack is outstanding by Maury Laws and Jules Bass! The CD also features some GREAT DEMOS from PUNCH & JUDY and the Jerry Lewis project HEY, BELLBOY. I don't think I ever talked about this before BUT the interview I did with Maury Laws on the disc is over 30 minutes long and besides talking about the DAYDREAMER score, we talk about RUDOLPH, THE BERMUDA DEPTHS, JERRY LEWIS, SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN, The miser brothers songs, MAD MONSTER PARTY, One Star In The Night from THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY, etc. Maury gives a GREAT interview and really enjoys talking about his career with RANKIN/BASS.

RANKIN/BASS' THE DAYDREAMER (1966)

Available at WALMART in a DELUXE EDITION for just $9.99 I wrote the liner notes.

TAD MOCHINAGA with HIROSHI TABATA making ANIMAGIC for RANKIN/BASS (1966)

HIROSHI TABATA working on THE DAYDREAMER (1966)

It's a SMASHAROO!

This is a VERY nice 2008 edition of THE DAYDREAMER (2008) with a cool, new cover! My liner notes are still inside. Love the TV Commercials on the disc! Available at WALMART for about $9.99!

THE DAYDREAMER CD Soundtrack

This is REALLY good quality and has some bonus tracks from a few RANKIN/BASS Jerry Lewis projects that were never Produced. I wrote the liner notes. You can purchase this at http://www.percepto.com/