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Chapter 1 of Corwin: The Adventure. This is where it all began. Opens with photo montage of Moses Cohen and Dorothy Zinman in 1920's Brooklyn, then baby Stanley in 1926 and sister Joyce follows. Interspersed with film footage of Stanley's 1939 bar mitzvah and Phyllis Berger as drum majorette at Hillside High School in the 1940's. Other photos of Stanley in the soap box derby, boy scout Camp Ramapo, sea scouts, and as a First Lt. in the US Army in Europe in the waning days (and later German occupation) of World War II. Closes with rare home movies of Phyllis and Stanley's (last name now Corwin) 1952 graduation from Cornell University, and subsequent wedding including the bride's family and parents Herman Berger and Minna Rosen Berger.
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Chapter 18 of Corwin: The Adventure. Super 8mm by David Corwin in the early 1970's. Settings in and around Westfield, NJ, including The Woods (AKA Turkey Swamp), street scene with Westfield Police, and ends with 77 Fair Hill Drive. Features Bill Gow, David Corwin, stop action make believe motorcyclists, and Jim Corwin with a Scotts spreader.
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Chapter 14 of Corwin: The Adventure. Home movie shot on 8mm film by Stan Corwin circa 1965 in Westfield and Verona, NJ. Note the girls reading Beatles' fan magazines and a mock of the popular 1960's Prell shampoo commercials. Party thrown by Joyce and Larry (who sleeps until the food is ready) Weiss. Featured also are Phyllis Corwin, the Corwin boys and the Weiss girls.
The Hungry Giant
Chapter 9 of Corwin: The Adventure. Shot with Super 8 mm film circa 1964 in Westfield, NJ, using giant utensils from the groundbreaking of the food pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair in New York City. Features the three Corwin boys. Filmed by Stan Corwin.
