1. Watched Over-The-Air television?
You mean network TV? Every night. But I do remember UHF and when TV stations went off-the-air at night. I remember test patterns well. Then the National Anthem when they came back on-the-air!
2. Used a Rotary Phone?
My grandmother had one up until...
OH MAN!!!!! I LOVED THIS!!!!! I really, really love predictions of how 2000 will be! It made my morning. Thanks!
Men will be fitted with a phone -- lol, sort of true :)
I'd like to see that kind of stuff, too. Raw footage of the Victorian era always fascinates me -- even more so than my beloved 20s and 30s. My dad has home movies from as far back as 1941 when his mother was pregnant with him (some are even IN COLOUR!) We also have unknown reels of silent...
I always torture myself with this subject!
SAVED FROM THE TITANIC (1912)
Would've been a great historical document today. An actual Titanic survivor tells her story in a 10 minute flashback! The first ever movie about the disaster, released one month afterwards. It's supposedly been...
I know a lot about movies and movie stars from the 20s and 30s. Especially pre-Code era Warner Bros. (to be ultra-specific!) Too bad most people only come to me when they want to know about those "old" movies from the 60s and 70s that I know nothing about [huh]
I'm envious of Louise Brooks' hair. It's so black and shiny and moulds perfectly into the bob that I have to blow-dry mine to get. I also look completely STUPID with black hair (doesn't match my orange freckles!) and wish I could dye my hair that colour all the time.
Other envious hair...
You have so many great movies on that list! I really like DANCING MOTHERS, THE BIG HOUSE, THE FLIRTING WIDOW, RED HEADED WOMAN, SPITE MARRIAGE, FREAKS, and of course WAY OUT WEST!! Three of these are on DVDs as parts of other sets. I haven't seen the others, but would certainly buy them if...
Yes, when watching a movie or looking at a glamourous 1930s magazine I get a yearning to go back in time.
BUT, I realise that I wouldn't want to have lived through the Depression.
BUT THEN AGAIN, when I see a gorgeous art deco building that has been bastardised I get that gut-wrenching...
This isn't really an "unknown" film, but it was unknown to me at the time!
The movie was ROMANCE IN MANHATTAN (1935) starring Ginger Rogers and Franz Lederer. I recorded a movie, watched it, and this one was on afterwards so I decided to watch it, too!
From what I remember it was...
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