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The Rink ( 1916 ) After amusements working in a restaurant, Charlie uses his lunch break to go roller skating. Directed by Charles Chaplin Edward Brewer (technical director) Produced by Henry P. Caulfield Written by Charles Chaplin (scenario) Vincent Bryan (scenario) Maverick Terrell (scenario) Cinematography Roland H. Totheroh George C. Zalibra Editing by Charles Chaplin Distributed by Mutual Film Corporation Release date(s) December 4, 1916 Running time 24 minutes Country United States Language Silent film English intertitles Cast: Charles Chaplin - A Waiter. Posing as Sir Cecil Seltzer Edna Purviance - The Girl James T. Kelley - Her Father Eric Campbell - Mr. Stout, Edna's Admirer Henry Bergman - Mrs. Stout and Angry Diner Lloyd Bacon - Guest Albert Austin - The Cook and Skater Frank J. Coleman - Restaurant Manager John Rand - Waiter Charlotte Mineau - Friend of Edna Leota Bryan - Friend of Edna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplain Tags: public domain video |
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Happy Tree Friends - Rink Hijinks It's hijinks at the roller rink with Lumpy, Flaky and Disco Bear! Episodes, games, merchandise & DVDs visit: http://www.happytreefriends.com Tags: happy tree friends mondo media comedy animation roller skating shorts htf bloody gore twisted flash adobe cartoon |
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The Lonely End Of The Rink - The Tragically Hip The Lonely End Of The Rink - The Tragically Hip Premiere of the song - HNIC Tags: Lonely End Of The Rink Tragically Hip |
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Cat Bordhi - LA-Link and La-Rink - the Paired Increases Cat Bordhi shows you how to work the most invisible, smoothest paired increases for your socks, as used in her latest book, NEW PATHWAYS FOR SOCK KNITTERS, BOOK ONE. Tags: Cat Bordhi knit sock DPN's 2 circular needles magic loop LLinc & LRinc New Pathways decreases |
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How It's Made - Hockey Rink How It's Made video of the process in making the ice for a hockey rink. Tags: How It's Made Hockey Skating Ice Rink NHL |
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Crystal Springs Roller Rink If Walter T. Curtis had his way 66 years ago, the rough-sawed lumber building at the end of Central Avenue would probably be long abandoned, or knocked down. "He wanted to build a dance hall," Curtis' daughter, Bernice Rooks, says. "But Mama wouldn't okay it. He wanted beer and everything." What sprang up in the compromise was a roller-skating rink. Curtis sawed the timber himself and had the place built in the fall of 1939. Large windows with heavy shutters and no screens lined the pine walls. An ancient Michigan cash register held money behind the counter. A tin roof provided cover in the thick stand of oaks, just steps from the banks of the Hillsborough River, between Plant City and Zephyrhills. Children, teenagers and adults glided around the floor, popular music floating through the air. That was Crystal Springs Roller Rink then, and now. "There ain't nothin' new around here much," says Truman Rooks, the 74-year-old proprietor, Curtis' son-in-law and Bernice's husband. Mr. Rooks, as he is called by young and old who cross the threshold, is the soul of this place now. A living symbol of Old Florida, he paces around quietly, a ball cap perched high on his balding head. He speaks with purpose, using his gravelly voice to great effect. Over the crackling public address system, Mr. Rooks scolds kids when they skate too fast or huddle too closely in the dark corners. His words are indecipherable in the din, but offenders know to quickly shape up. His other weapon is an oversized flashlight of shiny silver, the most modern-looking thing in the building. He shines it on unruly skaters. "It's like a highway patrol," Rooks says with a grin. "I done got 'em clocked." But for all his toughness with the kids, they are the reason he turns on the lights and the music for two hours every Friday and Saturday night. He pats them on the head and knows their names - and their parents' names. He's not a cozy Santa Claus figure, just a man who has been in one place long enough to know its people. "These kids around here ain't got a lot of money," Rooks says. "I keep it open for them to have somewhere to go." In quiet Crystal Springs, there are plenty of churches and shady places to sit and look at the river. But no movie theaters, no malls. Its only other recreation landmark is closed to the public: The springs where people swam and picnicked for generations is the source of Zephyrhills Natural Spring Water and site of a private nature preserve. Walter Curtis ran the springs for years. It's where Truman and Bernice first met, in 1947. Curtis had a dream of owning the springs - and even acquired the $8,000 to buy it - but the deal never came together and he turned his attention to other pursuits. When the rink opened, the cost to skate was 35 cents. Now the price is up to $3. You can bring your own skates - inline or otherwise - or you can use a pair of the soft suede skates with orange wheels kept in every size on the shelves. Either way, it's $3. "One little girl didn't have but $2.80," Rooks confides. "We let her in." Sodas and candy bars are 75 cents. Throughout the night, kids roll up to the weathered counter, crashing into it with a thud, and slap down a dollar or three quarters and blurt their orders. "Sunkist!" "Butterfinger!" Rooks or his daughter takes the money. The old brass register is still there, but the drawer just sits open, the coins held in change purses. Every transaction is recorded on a white legal pad. Out on the rink - smooth as glass, made of Tennessee maple - 30 or 40 kids whiz by again and again. The little, wobbly ones cling to a rope strung through the middle of the room. The older ones stick to the outside lanes, trying to achieve speed records on inline skates. Mostly country music blares through the speakers, because that's what Mr. Rooks likes. The CDs have taken the place of waltzes played on 78-rpm records. In the parking lot there might not be a single car. Parents drop off their kids, taking advantage of the inexpensive babysitting. No one loiters. Mr. Rooks won't have it. He peers out the open window every few minutes, looking something like a cattle farmer searching for wanderers. "I don't allow nobody in the parking lot," he says. "They're supposed to be inside." Simply put, if they come, they come to skate. "That's right," Rooks says, winking. "That's right." Like her mother before her, Megan Ames comes to the rink just about every weekend. She brings her inline skates and socializes with friends. She wishes she could hear pop music instead of so much country, but that's her only complaint. Even at 12, she thinks the $3 admission is a good deal. "It's a good dating place and a good hangout place," she says. Tags: Crystal Springs Roller Rink Pasco County Florida |