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home : news : news | Sunday, April 23, 2006

4/18/2006 8:17:00 AM | Email this article • Print this article

Filmmaker Gary Glaser and comedian Thom Sharp note the sorry state of maintenance at Tiger Stadium.

The Details

Stranded at the Corner debuts 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 24, at the Gem Theatre, 333 Madison Ave., in Detroit. $6 online, $8.50 at the door.
(269) 598-7102 or http://www.strandedatthecorner.com/.

Going To Bat
Gary Glaser chronicles the demise of another Detroit landmark

Suzanne Chessler
Special to the Jewish News

Filmmaker Gary Glaser doesn’t want sports fans to forget about Tiger Stadium and the issues that have been associated with it — not just yet.

Glaser, who made a documentary about Hudson’s before the downtown store was torn down, has thrown his attention to the ballpark before its planned demolition and has just completed a documentary about the longtime home of Detroit baseball.

Stranded at the Corner, which includes interviews and archival footage, debuts 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 24, at the Gem Theatre.

Baseball professionals, potential investors and fans give their points of view with comic relief provided by Thom Sharp. Amid the commentary is information to provide a sense of stadium history and point out the condition it is in today.

“I really did not want this film to be simply nostalgic,” says Glaser, 55, who grew up in Detroit. “Instead, I wanted people to have the full sense of the issues involved in trying to save it.”

Joining former Tiger Willie Horton to add their comments to the debate are Basil (Mickey) Briggs, a member of the family that remains part of the backdrop of ballpark history; Benny Napoleon, former Detroit police chief; and Harry Glanz, co-founder of Capital Mortgage Funding in Southfield.

“I don’t have a good record of saving sites with documentaries, but I think the film has galvanized people to try to work together,” says Glaser, who produced and directed the film with Richard Bak serving as writer and co-producer.

Glaser, who also makes industrial videos, has lived in Kalamazoo for the past three years while working as a digital video instructor. He attended Henry Ford High School and Temple Beth El before graduating from Oakland University in 1974.

After working as a stage manager in local TV, he moved to Los Angeles to work as a stage manager on network and syndicated shows, including Jeopardy!. He won an Emmy for his documentary Justiceville, which is about the homeless. Glaser returned to Michigan in 1993, became a producer at WTVS-Channel 56 and moved on to work on films addressing local concerns.

“We maintain an e-mail forum on the Web site about Stranded at the Corner,” Glaser says. “Some of the most passionate comments came from a former Detroiter now living in Scotland. He wrote how badly he felt about the planned loss of the stadium.”

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