. She was given a good reference and applied for, and got, a job as a telephonist with ICI. Ant Hill Harry's tattoo reads "Maisie Singapore 1932". They had to wait several days before they could get on a boat during which time conditions in Singapore grew ever more desperate. Finster hits the ceiling and falls to the floor, and Bugs picks him up. Many other people were with us in this basement and no doubt other buildings in the docks were being similarly used. 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(It is interesting to note that if the story is assumed to take place in 1954, the date of the cartoon's release, Ant Hill Harry would have been 13 years old when he got the tattoo). Like most of the Boswell males, Fred was a keen sportsman. Kenny had great charm, he was attractive and generous, and had the ability to make people feel special. On ABC, Cartoon Network, and the syndicated version of the Merrie Melodies show, the part where Finster draws a gun on Bugs and he thinks it is a toy is cut. Multiple attempts to grab it are interpreted as a baby's typical grabbiness. Kenny was the third of five children born to Nora and Fred. Our People. Clare Lelia Boswell nee Marsh was born in August 1923, Maisie (1939) -- (Movie Clip) The Chiffon Girl The first scene in the first picture in the series of ten from MGM, Ann Sothern is the title character, getting bad news (from Frank Darien as Pops) about her showbiz gig in Big Horn, Wyoming, from a script first written for Jean Harlow, opening Maisie, 1939, co-starring Robert Young. Just as Bugs is putting the 'baby' to bed, Finster hits Bugs with a baseball bat and the words Bok, Pow, Bang and Boing appear; he assumes the baby is having a nightmare. If he had been caught doing this he would have been killed. This made us even thirstier and caused blisters to form in and around our mouths. Norman was always sports mad, The story is about a short gangster named "Babyface" Finster (based on gangster Baby Face Nelson) who, after a clever bank robbery, loses his ill-gotten gains down Bugs' rabbit hole, forcing him to . Cromie, Maisie passed away peacefully on February 16, 2021. I couldnt swim and would have drowned if a sailor had not caught hold of me by my hair and pulled me into the lifeboat. View Maisie Tan's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. The water was strictly rationed a sip in the morning and another in the evening. During three and a half years of internment I was hit by the guards a few times for not bowing low enough to them, for not showing sufficient respect. Initially he worked for the RAF in a clerical capacity but later started working at the Singapore Recreation Club (SRC) in a clerical and receptionist role. In 1975/76 Joan was diagnosed as suffering with paranoid schizophrenia for which she required inpatient psychiatric treatment on a semi-recurrent basis over the next two years. Finster does not take it well, throwing a wild tantrum. Her fathers job necessitated a move to Kuala Lumpur when she was about three years old, and it was in KL that she spent most of her early life. and RuleOfDrama holds that it will happen at the very worst possible moment, right when they're just about to achieve their goals and get away with . The Giang Bee next caught the attention of the Japanese navy as three destroyers raced towards us. The Boswell family enjoyed singing and Maisie was no exception. The backgrounds here are becoming more abstract and less detailed, as mid century art and graphics became the norm. . [2] The story is about a short gangster named "Babyface" Finster (based on gangster Baby Face Nelson) who, after a clever bank robbery, loses his ill-gotten gains down Bugs' rabbit hole, forcing him to don the disguise of an orphan baby to get it back. At one point, Finster tries to stab Bugs but stabs himself in the rear. We spent two nights in the lifeboat and had one small barrel of water to be shared by approximately 56 people, some of whom were young children. Research Officer The others managed to survive and found themselves captives of the Japanese. Baby Buggy Bunny is a Merrie Melodies animated Short film directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese in 1954. He takes the time to torment the man, before trussing him up like a baby (At one point, Finster tries to stab Bugs but stabs himself in the rear. Mother Esther Kantor. Born to a healthy mix of English, Dutch and Portuguese, . Freds father was Assistant Superintendant / Superintendant of the Public Works Department, a job that took him and his family to Malacca, Penang and Singapore. Clare has said that she has forgiven the Japanese. Redirect by file, user, page, revision, or log ID, File:Ant Hill Harry alias Baby-Face Finster.PNG, http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ltcuts/b/, 27th Annual Golden Raspberry (Razzie) Award "Winners", Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows. She looked after baby David.And enjoyed to shop till I dropped, Kenny (my brother) was placed with us in the womens camp at the start of internment but after a time he was taken away from us and put in to the mens camp. Bugs patiently tolerates "the baby's" antics and abuse - right up until his TV malfunctions and he hears the sound of an electric shaver from Harry's room; curious, Bugs peeks through the keyhole and sees the "baby" shaving, smoking a cigar, and sporting a tattoo that reads "Maisie Singapore 1932". We threw nothing away. She followed her husband on postings first to Malta, where Michael was born (1958), then Gloucester where Simon Anthony was born (1960) and then to Hornchurch in Essex where her last child, Shaun Vincent, was born in 1962. Baby Buggy Bunny is a Merrie Melodies animated short film directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese in 1954. It was in Muntok Jail that we realised that not all members of the family had arrived. Later, Bugs finds Finster is in the bathroom shaving himself, smoking a cigar, and wearing a tattoo (labeled Maisie, Singapore, 1932). While a ship's captain is being slowly poisoned, a gang of thugs try to take over the ship. At the end of this page is a note from Valarie Wood, the daughter of Norman and Clare Boswell, on the celebration of her mothers 90th birthday party. Visit us on our website atticketmaster.sgto purchase tickets. Kenny was employed as a clerk of works, and later as a civil / construction engineer. Kenny was educated with his stepbrothers at St Johns Institute in KL. Joan Kathleen Matilda Boswell was born in Kuala Lumpur on the 2nd October 1930. With him dressed in baby attire, he easily evades the arriving police. Out of Singapore: Directed by Charles Hutchison. Starvation, hard work, and living in primitive conditions was our life, and we had to learn to cope, and hope and manage as best we could, which wasnt always easy. Wholly-owned and operated by Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic development Television: The Bugs Bunny Show The Porky Pig Show The Road Runner Show The Merrie Melodies Show Sylvester and Tweety The Daffy Duck Show The Daffy/Speedy Show Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends That's Warner Bros.! Some syndicated airings of this cartoon on local TV stations merely shorten the part where Babyface Finster is shaken after Bugs catches him trying to get the purse full of money ("How many time have I told you, Finster's tall, dark, stranger disguise was used throughout. Nora and Fred lived in Singapore initially but after a few years, because of Freds work, they moved to Kuala Lumpur with their children and most of the children from Noras first marriage. Mask wearing indoors will be optional. All stories in the Indianz.Com Archive are available for publishing via The resale of ticket(s) at the same or any price in excess of the initial purchase price is prohibited. During this period, Joans two sisters, Drina and Maisie, were also in the UK and so the family was able to get together on a semi-regular basis and maybe this was Joans happiest period. However, patrons are encouraged to exercise personal and social responsibility by continuing to wear their masks especially in crowded places. I said no and Mummy stepped in front of me, shielding me. However, in 1952 Drina, Tom and their young family left Singapore for England, the place of Toms next posting, and a very different life to the one shed left behind. Outside of school Drina helped her mother around the house and to cook meals for the large Boswell family a role that earned her the fond name of little mother from her older brothers. A brief news clip makes the rabbit realize what is going on. She was born to Lydia and Adam Porter on May 3, 1932. Fred had worked for Robinsons Department Store in both Singapore and Kuala Lumpur but by the time of the Japanese invasion of Malaya in 1941 he was working for the Wilkinson Process Rubber Company Ltd at Batu Caves. Through one of her cousins she managed to obtain work as a telephonist at the police exchange, leaving after six months only because she was no longer able to get transport to and from work. Aug 2020 - Jan 20232 years 6 months. Now we friends. Dr Smith was standing behind me, supporting me as I had a malaria attack, and she said Not bloody likely, which made me laugh. A supposedly remorseful Finster grabs Bugs and hugs him saying: "da-da!". Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results Maisie Gertrude Lotzof (1932 - 2009) Try FREE for 14 days Try FREE for 14 days. It was these soldiers who told us that, contrary to the propaganda broadcast on the radio, the Japanese were advancing rapidly down the peninsula and the allied forces were unable to hold them back for much longer. Click hereto check for availablebranches andoperating hours., By continuing past this page, you agree to our terms of use. The planes flew so low that we could see the pilots grinning. The following scenes were edited in the past years:[1], The plot of the 2006 comedy film Little Man was similar enough to Baby Buggy Bunny to earn a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Remake or Rip-off. List of Internees at Padang and Bankinang. If we assume the cartoon's release date of 1954 to also be the date in which the story occurs, and since Ant Hill Harry's age in the TV alert is given as 35, this means he would have been 13 years old when the tattoo was inked. Hearing a buzzing noise in the bathroom. It was a good move for many reasons. She stows away in his truck and then assigns herself as a maid to the wife (Ruth Hussey) of Slim's boss (Ian Hunter) when they arrive. During internment she attended the school run by the Dutch nuns but spent most of her time staying close to her mothers side. Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS) About Us. We discovered then that the mens camp had been very close. Bugs turns off the TV with an angry expression on his face and turns his eyes toward the living room, where he finds Finster going after the money again. The cut is not easily visible because the jump cut is to the same layout, though one can tell a cut is present due to the change in audio. Only then did Nora learn from her remaining four sons that Fred had died in July 1944. The remaining lifeboats were fired upon by the Japanese. On ABC, in addition to the aforementioned cut, the part where Bugs, having learned Finster's identity, shakes Finster after catching him trying to get the purse full of money atop the bookshelf, puts Finster in the washing machine after handling the "dirty" money, throws Finster up to the ceiling, and lets him fall flat on his face. Senior Research Officer (Biobanking) SUM Ka Kei. We found space in the cargo hold, among sacks of rice and rats. He murmurs inaudible obscenities, causing Bugs to spank him removing the weapons he had with each blow of Bugs' hand and leaving him and the money at the police station. Maisie Beryl Hardman of Ffield Australia was born in 1932 to David Claude Hardman and Maria May King Hardman. A landmark year for Peters, 2021 saw her signed to Ed Sheerans Gingerbread Man Records, become one of the youngest musicians in history to write and curate a soundtrack for the second season of Apple TV+s Trying and follow in the footsteps of Billie Eilish and Megan Thee Stallion as an Apple Music Up Next artist. Drinas recollections of the wartime His mother, Nora, sisters and stepbrothers in Singapore were always important to him and many trips were made to Singapore to spend happy times together. On the 12th February they finally managed to secure places on almost the last of the boats to leave Singapore. She had learned to type at school and when she left she worked as a clerk-typist for the RAF. He starts to play rough with Finster first by putting the bank robber in a washing machine and when Finster is washed up, Bugs takes him out and throws him up to the ceiling. For the rest of her life Nora lived with the memories and sorrows of what the war did to her family. MAISIE SHENANDOAH July 12, 1932 - December 2, 2009 Wolf Clan Mother - Oneida Nation Haudenosaunee Confederacy Surrounded by her loved ones, Mary "Maisie" Shenandoah, Yakolihunyni, "She Teaches," has passed into the spirit world. On the same assumption, if not paroled before then, he will be released in 2053, at the age of 134. There were two doctors in the camp, Dr McDowell and Dr Smith. Maisie Lewis passed away in 1932 in Port Melbourne. The only thing I was fed in hospital that first week was an egg. He takes the time to torment the man, before trussing him up like a baby (At one point, Finster tries to stab Bugs but stabs himself in the rear. Notorious bank robber believed to have perpetrated the daring Last National Bank holdup this morning. Malcolm had a good singing voice which made him popular at the camp concerts in Palembang. It was while working for the RAF that she met Neil Weston, a young non-commissioned officer; she and Neil married in August 1955. Some outgoing links may no longer work due to age. Hey Kids Comics Wiki is a FANDOM Comics Community. 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These eleven children of Noras, her two daughters-in-law, her granddaughter and Nora and Fred were evacuated from Singapore on the 12th February 1942 and sailed away toward the Banka Straits. Later, Bugs is trying to watch TV, but gets static interference on the screen instead. While this is possible, it is probably not what the makers of this short meant to imply). Hearing a buzzing noise in the bathroom. The surviving members of the family met up briefly in Muntok a few days later but then the women and men were separated and went to their individual camps. After all, 99 years isn't forever.". We would like to caution members of the public against purchasing tickets from unauthorized sellers or 3rd party websites. Born July 12, 1932 on the Onondaga Nation Territory south of Syracuse, N.Y., daughter of the late Mary Cornelius Winder and. The cartoon was released on December 18, 1954, and stars Bugs Bunny. Sadly, almost two and a half years of a harsh existence and near-starvation rations eventually did take their toll, and on the 11th July 1944 at Muntok, Fred died of Beriberi. He died in Singapore at the age of 80 in May 2003. Whilst still in Singapore Joan gave birth to the first of her four children, Patrick Neil (1956). Drina (survived); 2. Finster (AKA Ant Hill Harry), a 35-year-old man who resembles a baby, makes a successful robbery of the Last National Bank by the swift use of stilts, dark clothes, a pram and baby clothing. Initially the family lived in Singapore but moved to Kuala Lumpur circa 1928 because of Freds work. After leaving hospital our family was moved first to Raffles Hotel and from there to the Sime Road Transit camp where we lived until we could find a house to rent. Clare is still living, a frail lady, who will be 93 years old in August 2016. She started school at the age of seven, joining her sisters at the Convent of The Holy Infant Jesus in Kuala Lumpur (Convent Bukit Nanas). Fred was born on the 31st August 1892 in Province Wellesley to Richard Victor and Maria Josephine Boswell. Following the ordeal of the ship being bombed and spending two nights in a lifeboat, Drina and some of her family arrived at Muntok and so began three and a half years of internment and of being moved from camp to camp. She lived there with her son Malcolm for many years, matriarch to the large Boswell clan and indulgent grandmother to her many grandchildren. Shorts: Hi Gruesome Gorilla Sloppy Moe Hatta Mari Businessman The Weasel Wiloughby The Two Curious Puppies Cool Cat Babbit and Catstello Instant Martians Bobo the Elephant Colonel Rimfire Smokey The Genie Jose and Manuel Merlin the Magic Mouse and Second Banana Conrad the Cat Angus MacRory Banty Rooster Three Little Pigs Tom Turkey Goopy Geer Nelly the Giraffe Ala Bahma Dr. Lorre Cottontail Smith Bunny and Claude Claude Hopper The Hep Cat The Drunk Stork The Cat Singing Cat Southern Sheriff Old Woman's Canary Old Woman's Cat Bluebeard Porky's Drunken Friends Old Woman Little Red Riding Hood's Grandma Little Red Riding Hood (Little Red Walking Hood/Little Red Riding Rabbit/Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears) Goldilocks (The Bear's Tale/Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears) The Crow King Arthur King Arthur's Knights, Shorts (1940-1949): A Wild Hare Odor-able Kitty Life with Feathers Unfortunately for Finster, he loses his money down Bugs' rabbit hole (the pram rolls down a hill and hits a rock) and he gets himself unofficially adopted in order to gain it back. They had a good marriage, and three children: Peter (1951), Paul (1953-1966) and Carolyn (1954). All of a sudden, the TV connection comes back on and a brief news clip about the bank robbery and an APB for the robber is shown on screen; all this finally makes Bugs realize what is really going on (if the story is assumed to take place in 1954, the date of the cartoon's release, Ant Hill Harry would have been 13 years old when he got the tattoo. The conditions were made worse because of the cockroaches that used to share the shelves with us. In the interview she recalled aspects of camp life and stated that while she could never forget what she had undergone she was able to forgive those who had caused the hardship and suffering she had endured. I am sure she will have something to say, With the threat of the Japanese advance, Kennys parents made the decision to leave KL for Singapore with their family in January 1942. When the Japanese invaded Singapore, Norman was already married to Clare Marsh (born on 26th August 1923) and they had a daughter Felice Anne who was born on 27th September 1941. Malcolm was the second youngest child from Noras first marriage. Drina and her family returned to Singapore after they were liberated. Several evacuees were killed during the raid. Because I was suffering from malaria I was kept in the British Military Hospital at Alexandra for three weeks. CHEERS! Because Norman and Clare never spoke of their time in the camps we are unable to state what they experienced although we can assume they shared the same physical privations and poor health like most of the others. Freeze: SubZero The Lego Batman Movie Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders Batman vs. Two-Face. A supposedly remorseful Finster grabs Bugs and hugs him saying: "dada! Joan was the fourth of Fred and Noras five children. Along with his stepfather and his brothers, he was interned in six camps over the next three and a half years. Bugs peeks inside, and finds Finster is in the bathroom shaving himself, smoking a cigar, and wearing a tattoo (labeled Maisie, Singapore, 1932), something which starts to disturb Bugs. My mother kept telling me not to do this but I was so thirsty I could not stop, even though I regretted doing it. Like many people whose history is recorded on this site, Fred was moved to a number of different camps: Muntok Jail, three camps in Palembang and then Muntok Jail again. The music heard over the title cards is an original composition by Milt Franklyn. Her daughter, Valarie (Boswell) Wood, read the poem (below) to her mother as a celebration of her life. Fred was on board the Mata Hari while Nora and the rest of the family were on the Giang Bee. You are a remarkable lady, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and a friend to us all here,Lets raise our glasses and say a LOUD cheer, Kenny and his family departed Singapore on the Giang Bee on 12 February 1942. Food and freedom was always our last thought and prayer every night, besides the fear and worry of what tomorrow would bring from the drunken Japs, and who would die next. A little later she got a job as a telephonist working for RATWE the Dutch Repatriation organisation. The five-date run includes sold-out shows at The Fillmore in San Francisco, The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto and New Yorks Hammerstein. On December 26th 1951 she married Deryck Woodford. She and Drina tried to earn a little money by doing various jobs in the camps for some of the Dutch internees. Norman gained promotion in his job, No admission for infants in arms and children below 6 years old. With her family scattered, Clare moved to WA, I was glad of the little money I got from them as I could buy some extra food for Mummy. I was doing so much and poor Joan, at such a young age, was also working. Maisie was born in Kuala Lumpur on the 24th November 1932 and was christened Maisie Mary Madge. Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS) Our People. Desperate for work, she takes a job in a carnival, where she meets Slim (Robert Young), a woman-hating cowboy. corporation of the Winnebago Tribe. Nora was a splendid cook. The edited version is done in such a way, it looks like Finster just fell off the bookshelf. Some were lucky, had money or jewellery and could buy from the black market, but for those of us who lost everything when we were shipwrecked, this was hopeless. The gag of an overcoat hiding a shorter wearer would be used again by the "Madagascar" (2005) simians, as they try to buy tickets at the rail station. When it became clear that the threat from the approaching Japanese army was growing ever closer, Fred and his family fled to Singapore, his last task being to burn the factory so that the Japanese couldnt take possession of the valuable stocks of rubber. Additionally, six sons from my mothers first marriage took my fathers name. Malcolm never left Singapore/Malaya after the war other than for one trip to Perth in Australia in 1996 for a reunion with sisters Drina, Joan and Maisie and other members of his family who had made their home in Australia. It was estimated that 100 passengers were still on board the Giang Bee when one of the Japanese destroyers fired at the boat and that 200 people from our boat died that day. Initially Nora stayed in the Sime Road Transit Camp in Singapore. maisie. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. The story is about a dwarf gangster named "Babyface" Finster (a play on words on Baby Face Nelson) who, after a clever bank robbery, loses his ill-gotten gains down Bugs Bunny's rabbit hole, forcing him to put on the disguise of an orphan baby to get it back. Free shipping for many products! Enjoy your lunch on this auspicious day. The children from Noras marriage to Fred Boswell (in age order) were: 1. His grave is E1 on the Graves page. During internment, young as she was, Joan too was expected to undertake manual labour. Maisie Ravier, a Brooklyn born-and-bread showgirl, wins the coveted "Miss Guided Missle" beauty contest and has to visit a backwater Army post to support their recruiting program.
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