tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20331979.post521401272376316580..comments2024-03-24T21:20:41.073-07:00Comments on The Horn Section: The Horn Section Salutes: ANDREW J. FENADY (1928-2020)Halhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20331979.post-40282122837501884942020-04-24T20:06:31.801-07:002020-04-24T20:06:31.801-07:00Hi, Mike; glad to hear your back online.
I wish I...Hi, Mike; glad to hear your back online.<br /><br />I wish I could have seen that too, sounds great. I hated hearing about Mr. Fenady's passing; I admired his films (esp. CHISUM) in addition to his TV work. I also thought it was really cool that he cast Bronson in that role, which really allowed him to do something different. The Sea Wolf too. Apparently Mrs. Fenady passed away just a few months before her husband. Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20331979.post-83913688527807636752020-04-24T09:51:51.617-07:002020-04-24T09:51:51.617-07:00After a highly inconvenient week offline (I'll...After a highly inconvenient week offline (I'll spare you the ugly details), I finally had my 'Net restored yesterday (Thursday the 23rd) - and one of the first things I learned was that Andrew J. Fenady had passed on.<br />Some things you just don't wanna hear, whatever the circumstances … <br /><br />One of Mr. Fenady's later TV projects was a special movie called <i>Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus</i>.<br />Yeah, really.<br />Richard Thomas played Mr. O'Hanlon, Virginia's dad.<br />Ed Asner was the editor of the <i>New York Sun</i>, which carried the editorial.<br />And as Francis Church, who wrote the famous words -<br /> - Charles Bronson.<br />Fenady wrote the teleplay with Val DeCrowl, as well as producing the show.<br />I've got the DVD (out of print and hard to find, but worth it).<br />But wait - there's more.<br />Andrew Fenady was so taken by this story that years later, he decided to turn it into a stage play.<br />He took the play to his old home town, where the Toledo Repertoire Theatre staged it in 1997.<br />Not only that - Andrew Fenady appeared on stage, enacting the role of Edward P. Mitchell, the <i>Sun</i>'s editor (Ed Asner's part in the movie).<br />The play is set up like <i>Our Town</i>, with Mitchell/Fenady acting as narrator, talking directly to the audience (and apologizing in advance for his cigar, which he smokes throughout), and explaining the stagecraft and such.<br />I wish to Heaven I'd seen this - or at least that someone in Toledo had thought to record it.<br />As it is, all I have is a copy of the play script (published by Dramatic Publishing Company in Woodstock, Illinois; this is likely out of print as well, but I was able to find a copy).<br /><br />Andrew J. Fenady was one of the most fascinating people I've ever heard of.<br />Somebody ought to write a book about him.Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.com