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Neighborhood theaters and Drive-in Movies
It seems a little surprising that a drive-in would last as long as an old-fashioned downtown theater but that seems to have been the case. That is, if there was one. I suppose it may have been just as difficult to find the right place for a drive-in as it was for a movie theater, which required...- BlueTrain
- Post #28
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Verbal anachronisms in period movies
Pray tell, what is the man in the dark suit, closest to the camera, in the first photo playing?- BlueTrain
- Post #114
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Terms Which Have Disappeared
This is a forum for casual conversation in the form of posting and not a place where anything will be graded. Not officially, anyway, although it may become the subject of a dispute. In any event, no requirement for proper spelling will be expected, provided the intended meaning is conveyed...- BlueTrain
- Post #4,261
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Verbal anachronisms in period movies
Is that studio you mention in the Capitol Records building in L.A.? While I've seen the building, I've never been inside, nor inside any other recording studio. The closest I've come was watching a concert from inside the sound control booth at a college concert hall when I was in school. My...- BlueTrain
- Post #111
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Death of the belted back
The US Army OD coat lost it's pleats at the shoulders because the coat (never called a tunic) was no longer a field garment. That made it look better and cost less. It had been replaced for that purpose by the original "field jacket," which did in fact have a belted back and pleats at the... -
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Terms Which Have Disappeared
I just heard out token New Yorker use an expression that I rarely ever heard but technically, it's still current. We were discussing something that she was confused about and she said she was "out to lunch," mainly because she hadn't had her coffee (which she pronounces the same as I do) yet...- BlueTrain
- Post #4,252
- Forum: The Golden Era
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New Gold Train! 50 Focke-Wulfs under Turkish airport?
Stash? Meaning six or eight tanks, none of which run? The FT-17 was still in use in 1940, somewhat later in a few places. It amounts to like finding a crate full of steel breastplates in the back of a warehouse. On the other hand, my son reported that there were storage lots full of Soviet... -
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Verbal anachronisms in period movies
I took my comment about moving instruments around the recording studio from a biography of Bob Wills, the Western Swing bandleader. At least I think that's where I read it. His band had a very successful run doing radio broadcasts (every day, too, for a while), live appearances at dances...- BlueTrain
- Post #109
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Terms Which Have Disappeared
It's an acquired taste, just like beer.- BlueTrain
- Post #4,251
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
Where I grew up, it was the people on the other side of town that had everyday things made with real craftsmanship. We just had ordinary things that were old when I was born. Old but not antique by any stretch of the imagination. Our floors were covered with roll lineoleum, which I doubt is even...- BlueTrain
- Post #5,489
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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New Gold Train! 50 Focke-Wulfs under Turkish airport?
Like I said, there was a lot of left-over equipment after WWII. The Germans and Austrians continued to use some wartime material and in particular, the East Germans did (Remember the two Germanys and the Berlin Wall?). The Soviet Bloc shipped a lot of that to the Middle East where I suppose it... -
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Verbal anachronisms in period movies
A key word that almost jumps off the page there is "strong local station." I don't know how strong the station was but there was a local station in my home town. It's still in business, too, thought with new call letters and now, a "format." It didn't used to have a format. But I don't know...- BlueTrain
- Post #106
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Terms Which Have Disappeared
Funny you should mention that. There was a pond, all of two or three blocks (depending on the shortcuts) from home, that was owned by a local sporting goods store and used for, I guess, demonstrating boats. It's surprising how many boats people own that far inland. I don't know if it was...- BlueTrain
- Post #4,244
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Verbal anachronisms in period movies
I have read that in the recording studio, sometimes a band (that is, the band leader) would spend time moving instruments to different places in the room to get the desired sound. I have no idea how they knew what difference it would make, though. There are some contemporary Youtube videos of...- BlueTrain
- Post #104
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Verbal anachronisms in period movies
I do remember a few voices, though. One was the voice of the narrator in a few Walt Disney movies. It was a pleasant and interesting voice and the narration was always well-done. Rex Allen was another person who narrated for Walt Disney but there was an earlier person who sounded different. Rex...- BlueTrain
- Post #100
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Terms Which Have Disappeared
I wore glasses but I don't recall being called four-eyes. I had other things that bothered me a lot more; I was skinny. I think there used to be more skinny kids than there used to be. It was even used as a nickname but usually in a good-natured way. But as a schoolboy, it was not something you...- BlueTrain
- Post #4,235
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Terms Which Have Disappeared
Ain't misbehaving! And speaking of terms you don't hear anymore, when was the last time you heard the expression "four-eyes," other than in reference to a place to buy spectacles? When I was little, being referred to as a four-eyes was not exactly a compliment. But these days, so many people...- BlueTrain
- Post #4,231
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Verbal anachronisms in period movies
I remember 1968 pretty well. That was the year I got out of the army and went back to college. But I don't remember what radio broadcasters sounded like. I remember listening to Armed Forces Radio in Europe as well as Radio Caroline when I was overseas, too, but I can't quite remember what...- BlueTrain
- Post #96
- Forum: The Moving Picture
