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  1. Stanley Doble

    Rogues of London 1915

    The Youtube clip I can see. I was very impressed at its authentic feel, but felt they overdid the "atmosphere" i.e. the fake damage to the film. Then I looked it up on Google and found it was actually made in 1915 ha ha.
  2. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Appliances

    The green Lucky Strike lighter must have been made before WW2, when their packs were green. They changed in 1942. Raymond Loewy redesigned the package to make it more appealing to women. The company claimed the change was driven by patriotism. Does anyone remember "Luck Strike green has gone...
  3. Stanley Doble

    Who, overall, was the biggest (male) movie star of the Golden Era?

    Gary Cooper was huge in the thirties and forties. Much bigger than Bogart. Does anyone remember his movies today?
  4. Stanley Doble

    favorite director of all time?

    I don't know what anybody sees in Woody Allen or Mel Brooks. While we are at it let's not forget Jerry Lewis, another all star stinker. Now Billy Wilder, there's a director.
  5. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    By the way Lizzie, your car was made for ladies and gentlemen who wore hats. Your Plodge has enough room for Carmen Miranda and Abe Lincoln to wear their favorite hats, with a couple of basketball players in the back seat. And it was not considered a large car when it was built. Ah progress!
  7. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    I guess so. I drive a minivan because I physically cannot get into most cars today. I can easily get into the typical family cars from before 1970, even the compacts.
  8. Stanley Doble

    Humphrey Bogart is Really Dead

    Tim Cockey is a pinhead. Among all the idiocy I think the most jarring note is his reference to Bogart's "15 minutes of fame". If you want to be technical, Bogart became a star in 1936 when The Petrified Forest debuted. If Pinhead Cockey says he is almost forgotten in 2015, that makes 79 years...
  9. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Lizzie in the case of a movie made before 1950 in which all the actors, director, etc are dead would you frown on me watching it on Youtube? Or should I send a dime to RKO?
  10. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    What mystifies me is that in this day of jumbo sized Americans, the American car seems to be sized for midgets, even the so called luxury models.
  11. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    It was K T Keller, Chrysler's successor, who said "our cars may not knock your eye out, but they won't knock your hat off either". He was well over 6 feet tall and weighed 280 pounds. He would not approve a car for production he could not drive comfortably, even the cheapest Plymouth had plenty...
  13. Stanley Doble

    Rogues of London 1915

    Not available to Canada. May not be available outside the UK.
  14. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I used to be against copying or pirating music and videos. Then about 20 years ago the government put a tax on blank tapes and DVDs which they handed over to the record industry. You pay this tax even if the tapes and DVDs are used for something that has no connection to copying others work. So...
  15. Stanley Doble

    Question about your shoes?

    I don't know what shoes you are looking at. Platform soles from the disco era? Cuban heels from the forties? Cowboy boots? 1.5" heels were never common wear, at least not for men.
  16. Stanley Doble

    1950's cooking magazines

    Very cute. They look like the kind of magazines that would be sold at a supermarket checkout. But I don't see any prices on them. Could they be an advertising giveaway? I don't see any ads either. The illustrations look quite tasty.
  17. Stanley Doble

    Help for pitting in vintage cookware?

    Is the inside of the pot copper? Stainless steel or copper, it will not contaminate your food. You can continue to use it as sheeplady did, until it develops a hole. In the meantime keep a lookout for another pot.
  19. Stanley Doble

    Were Being Laughed At Big Time And It Will Pi @@ You Off !

    "Everybody thinks I'm dumb because I lift weights" "How's the pay?" "Pay?"
  20. Stanley Doble

    Were Being Laughed At Big Time And It Will Pi @@ You Off !

    I got quite a laugh out of it. The illiterate spelling and grammar ads zest to their moronic comments. Thanks for brightening my day.
  21. Stanley Doble

    Golden era restaurants & cuisine of the era

    I like smoking. It's a hobby with staying power, you can enjoy it from the age of 11 until you die. If it didn't cost a fortune and ruin your health I would still be a smoker.
  22. Stanley Doble

    What is This?

    In the old days one of the ways you could impress your guests was with your lavish linen, china and silverware. Today nobody cares. But, how many people MUST have the latest iphone or electronic gadget and wouldn't be caught dead with a 5 year old cell phone even if it worked perfectly and did...
  23. Stanley Doble

    The Big Sleep location?

    One thing I did not pick up on until I watched the film a few times - old man Sternwood's description of his favorite tipple, "champagne as cold as Valley Forge with about 3 ponies of brandy under it". Geez, ice cold champagne on top of brandy. No wonder the old ba***rd was paralyzed...

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