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Aeolian Vocalion
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re: Best Movie Posters
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 4/16/26 at 8:25 am to Kafka
That "Dracula" piece looks like a herald (some folks want to refer to them as handbills), one of the more overlooked formats of movie memorabilia. They're always folded, but come in slightly different shapes and sizes. I bought a batch of about three-dozen of them in the late-1980s, all from films between about 1925 and 1934. Nothing probably all that collectible, the most prominent one being from the first version of "Show Boat" (1929). All came from a single movie-goer who kept them as mementos, with the theater's info usually stamped on back.
I think these colorful-type heralds gradually disappeared as the 1930s wore on, replaced by those duller, monotone handbills, which advertised not so much individual films but the local theater's weekly line-up. I do have one older example of a herald, which I found at a paper show many years back. It's for the 3rd episode of the "Perils of Pauline" (1914) serial. It's b&w, and shows several inset photos of the production. On the front, it touts "The Great $25,000 Eclectic Photoplay by Chas. Goddard" and "Played by the Great Pathe Players Under Special Lease." Might very likely be the oldest piece of movie memorabilia I own. Cost me all of two dollars.
I think these colorful-type heralds gradually disappeared as the 1930s wore on, replaced by those duller, monotone handbills, which advertised not so much individual films but the local theater's weekly line-up. I do have one older example of a herald, which I found at a paper show many years back. It's for the 3rd episode of the "Perils of Pauline" (1914) serial. It's b&w, and shows several inset photos of the production. On the front, it touts "The Great $25,000 Eclectic Photoplay by Chas. Goddard" and "Played by the Great Pathe Players Under Special Lease." Might very likely be the oldest piece of movie memorabilia I own. Cost me all of two dollars.
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re: Favorite Game Shows, Game Show Hosts or Game Show Panelists
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 4/10/26 at 11:51 am to Mizz-SEC
Favorite game-show host? Easy. Bill Cullen.
re: So, who's the worst president ever?
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 4/10/26 at 10:26 am to Lutcher Lad
Several obvious contenders, and it's hard to argue against LBJ for one.
But damn. Biden facilitating a massive foreign invasion full of millions of third-world cretins, savages and illiterates onto our land is still about the most vile, traitorous thing any American leader has ever done to the country. He should never even have the honor of burial in American soil, his fetid remains more deservedly served up to scavenging rodents on some distant continent.
But damn. Biden facilitating a massive foreign invasion full of millions of third-world cretins, savages and illiterates onto our land is still about the most vile, traitorous thing any American leader has ever done to the country. He should never even have the honor of burial in American soil, his fetid remains more deservedly served up to scavenging rodents on some distant continent.
re: Your favorite Actor/Director Combos?
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 4/6/26 at 11:36 am to FAT SEXY
I dunno.
Hugo Haas / Cleo Moore ?
Hugo Haas / Cleo Moore ?
re: Gee Whizz, why do certain countries have a huge increase in rape cases? What could it be?
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 4/3/26 at 11:58 am to GatorOnAnIsland
It really is hard to have any respect for a country that can so willingly serve up their own female citizenry, their own wives and daughters, to foreign savages. But the globalist mindset is akin to the commie revolutionaries of yore, and anything and everything can be sacrificed for the 'cause.'
re: "Babes from days gone by (NSFW)" thread as per request by Kafka..
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 4/1/26 at 3:59 pm to BRich
'Bout time Dorothy Lamour showed up.
She's an absolute peach in "The Jungle Princess" (1936).
She's an absolute peach in "The Jungle Princess" (1936).
re: Just got back from Tokyo and didn’t see any bums…
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 3/31/26 at 7:33 am to Elihu
Never saw bums lying around parking lots, or freakazoids under underpasses when I was young, here in America, either. The vast majority of towns and cities just didn't put up with that kind of culturally decrepit activity.
re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 3/28/26 at 10:38 pm to Kafka
I love that popsicle advertisement. Never saw it before.
Hermes Press published reprints of the entire run of 1930s "Buck Rogers" comic-strips, beginning in 1929, and I read the whole run of dailies. The strip is sometimes knocked a bit for its weak art and weak writing, especially compared to "Flash Gordon," which arrived later, in 1934. However, I found myself enjoying "Buck Rogers" quite a bit. Despite its relative primitiveness, it conveyed a neat sense of early sci-fi wonderment.
Hermes Press published reprints of the entire run of 1930s "Buck Rogers" comic-strips, beginning in 1929, and I read the whole run of dailies. The strip is sometimes knocked a bit for its weak art and weak writing, especially compared to "Flash Gordon," which arrived later, in 1934. However, I found myself enjoying "Buck Rogers" quite a bit. Despite its relative primitiveness, it conveyed a neat sense of early sci-fi wonderment.
re: What is your favorite silent movie?
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 3/24/26 at 9:20 pm to Kafka
Oddly enough, I've run across a number of examples of sheet-music tied to silent films from the late-1910s into the 1920s, often sporting pictures of the various stars of the films.
I'd already listed some favorite silents, but I'll list a few more, starting with some fairly heralded 'classics' that I'm particularly fond of:
1. "Docks of New York" (1928) George Bancroft, Betty Compson
2. "Lucky Star" (1929) Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
3. "The Toll Gate" (1920) William S. Hart, Anna Q. Nilsson
4. "Wild Oranges" (1924) Frank Mayo, Virginia Valli
5. "Underground" (1928-British) Brian Aherne, Elissa Landi
6. "Stella Maris" (1918) Mary Pickford, Conway Tearle
7. "Redskin" (1929) Richard Dix, Gladys Belmont
8. "A Kiss for Cinderella" (1925) Betty Bronson, Tom Moore
9. "Asphalt" (1929-German) Betty Amann, Gustav Frolich
10. "Robin Hood" (1923) Douglas Fairbanks, Enid Bennett
But, there's a ton of 'little' films from the silent era that I often enjoy just as much, if not more, than a lot of the classics. Some that have clicked nicely with me, and had a good re-watchability factor include:
1. "The Matinee Idol" (1928) Bessie Love, Johnny Walker
2. "Lorraine of the Lions" (1925) Patsy Ruth Miller
3. "Padlocked" (1926) Lois Moran, Louise Dresser
4. "13 Washington Square" (1928) Jean Hersholt, Alice Joyce
5. "The False Road" (1920) Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes
6. "What Happened to Jones" (1926) Reginald Denny
7. "The Apple Tree Girl" (1917) Shirley Mason
8. "Wild Horse Mesa" (1925) Jack Holt, Billie Dove
9. "The Thirteenth Hour" (1927) Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams
10. "Go and Get It" (1920) Pat O'Malley, Agnes Ayres
One thing I would like to see from some dvd company would be a really nice collection of all those Helen Holmes 'railroad' films, from the 1910s "Hazards of Helen" episodes to the 1920s features produced by her husband, J.P. McGowan, all looking nicely restored. Most of the public-domain prints circulating around are in such ratty shape. I love them, but they're all such eyesores.
I'd already listed some favorite silents, but I'll list a few more, starting with some fairly heralded 'classics' that I'm particularly fond of:
1. "Docks of New York" (1928) George Bancroft, Betty Compson
2. "Lucky Star" (1929) Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
3. "The Toll Gate" (1920) William S. Hart, Anna Q. Nilsson
4. "Wild Oranges" (1924) Frank Mayo, Virginia Valli
5. "Underground" (1928-British) Brian Aherne, Elissa Landi
6. "Stella Maris" (1918) Mary Pickford, Conway Tearle
7. "Redskin" (1929) Richard Dix, Gladys Belmont
8. "A Kiss for Cinderella" (1925) Betty Bronson, Tom Moore
9. "Asphalt" (1929-German) Betty Amann, Gustav Frolich
10. "Robin Hood" (1923) Douglas Fairbanks, Enid Bennett
But, there's a ton of 'little' films from the silent era that I often enjoy just as much, if not more, than a lot of the classics. Some that have clicked nicely with me, and had a good re-watchability factor include:
1. "The Matinee Idol" (1928) Bessie Love, Johnny Walker
2. "Lorraine of the Lions" (1925) Patsy Ruth Miller
3. "Padlocked" (1926) Lois Moran, Louise Dresser
4. "13 Washington Square" (1928) Jean Hersholt, Alice Joyce
5. "The False Road" (1920) Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes
6. "What Happened to Jones" (1926) Reginald Denny
7. "The Apple Tree Girl" (1917) Shirley Mason
8. "Wild Horse Mesa" (1925) Jack Holt, Billie Dove
9. "The Thirteenth Hour" (1927) Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams
10. "Go and Get It" (1920) Pat O'Malley, Agnes Ayres
One thing I would like to see from some dvd company would be a really nice collection of all those Helen Holmes 'railroad' films, from the 1910s "Hazards of Helen" episodes to the 1920s features produced by her husband, J.P. McGowan, all looking nicely restored. Most of the public-domain prints circulating around are in such ratty shape. I love them, but they're all such eyesores.
re: What was your favorite horror, Sci fi or fantasy movie when you were just a kid under 12?
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 3/23/26 at 10:44 pm to Dawglovertoo
It was actually "King Kong" (1933) for me, too. There was just something so mesmerizing about that whole classic romantic-fantasy-adventure style which grabbed me quite thoroughly as a kid. Led me eventually to read old pulp magazine stories, and seek out similar stuff like "Island of Lost Souls" (1933) and "Tarzan and his Mate" (1934). I bought Fay Wray's autobiography, and always hoped to get her to sign it. Saw her at an event once, but didn't manage to meet her. But I did get to at least meet Maureen O'Sullivan, Gloria Stuart, Mae Clarke, and some others who toiled in vintage horror-fantasy fare of that period.
I remember when the 1976 "King Kong" remake came out. I was excited to see it. I even remember the 7-11 had 'King Kong' Icee cups, promoting it. But when I went to see it, it was like a dull, uninvolving thud. Didn't grab me in the least. In fact, I haven't even bothered to watch it since that one encounter.
I remember when the 1976 "King Kong" remake came out. I was excited to see it. I even remember the 7-11 had 'King Kong' Icee cups, promoting it. But when I went to see it, it was like a dull, uninvolving thud. Didn't grab me in the least. In fact, I haven't even bothered to watch it since that one encounter.
re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 3/21/26 at 10:16 pm to Kafka
I love Phil Harris' old radio series with wife Alice Faye. Very, very funny show. One of the best, especially the episodes from around 1948-49 or so. I used to collect the show on cassette tapes, and even wrote to Harris telling him how much I enjoyed the show. Got a nice letter back from him.
re: Psychology of People Who Don't Have Tattoos
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 3/19/26 at 10:17 pm to deeprig9
Psychologically?
When I ponder deep down, I think I've just always equated tattoos with graffiti. Seeing some ugly spray-paint on the outside of an otherwise crisp, clean side of a building or a concrete wall just always gave me a feeling of revulsion. A signal of a devolving culture. Tattoos, piercings, weird modifications, always struck me as a similar jarring defacement, and also reminding me of lower, tribal cultures of Africa, Asia, and such.
That's probably the psychological reason I tend to recoil from them.
When I ponder deep down, I think I've just always equated tattoos with graffiti. Seeing some ugly spray-paint on the outside of an otherwise crisp, clean side of a building or a concrete wall just always gave me a feeling of revulsion. A signal of a devolving culture. Tattoos, piercings, weird modifications, always struck me as a similar jarring defacement, and also reminding me of lower, tribal cultures of Africa, Asia, and such.
That's probably the psychological reason I tend to recoil from them.
re: Lawrence Welk. Ghost riders in the sky 1961. Nailed it.
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 3/16/26 at 10:33 pm to TrueTiger
Welk was always too clunky for my tastes. Guy Lombardo mined similar territory, but did it with a smoother, more satisfying flair. Plus, he even occasionally got jazzy in his early days, like his 1928 recording of "Nobody's Sweetheart."
But on the other hand, Welk did have the Lennon Sisters, and if anyone wants to see a pristine helping of late-60s whitebread entertainment, watch the full-season 1969-70 variety series "Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters." It was rerun on the old Goodlife-TV station about 25 years ago, and I don't think I'll ever forget the weirdness of the Lennons singing that "Windmills of Your Mind" song.
But on the other hand, Welk did have the Lennon Sisters, and if anyone wants to see a pristine helping of late-60s whitebread entertainment, watch the full-season 1969-70 variety series "Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters." It was rerun on the old Goodlife-TV station about 25 years ago, and I don't think I'll ever forget the weirdness of the Lennons singing that "Windmills of Your Mind" song.
re: America ranked #1 in thinking that people are morally bad
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 3/6/26 at 10:02 am to Violent Hip Swivel
Just the fact that drag-queen storytime for children became a 'thing' in this country was enough to convince me the nation had reached moral-dregs status.
re: "Babes from days gone by (NSFW)" thread as per request by Kafka..
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 3/5/26 at 8:37 am to BigFatPig
Yeah, June Marlowe was adorable. You can see her in a few silent films where she's not wearing the blonde wig. Don't know why they wanted her blonde for those Hal Roach shorts. They did the same for Muriel Evans (another early-talkie stunner, by the way) when she was leading lady in Roach's Charlie Chase comedies, making her blonde.
re: Pictures from days gone by....
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 3/5/26 at 7:20 am to Kafka
All these years I didn't know A&P stood for "Atlantic and Pacific." As a kid, I often accompanied my mother to the local A&P, although it wasn't our main grocery.
The song "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching" was so widely recorded in the early phonograph days. No wonder it led to not one, but two feature films, utilizing the title "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp." The first, a 1926 Harry Langdon comedy (which is pretty funny), and second, a very minor Columbia service comedy from 1942 with Jackie Gleason and Jack Durant (the latter originally part of the wacky Mitchell and Durant comedy team).
The song "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching" was so widely recorded in the early phonograph days. No wonder it led to not one, but two feature films, utilizing the title "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp." The first, a 1926 Harry Langdon comedy (which is pretty funny), and second, a very minor Columbia service comedy from 1942 with Jackie Gleason and Jack Durant (the latter originally part of the wacky Mitchell and Durant comedy team).
re: Classic FilmTV Cafe over on X
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 2/23/26 at 10:21 pm to Jmcc64
Never been on Twitter or Facebook or any of that. But if the question pertains to favorite 1940s leading ladies, I'd go with (in no particular order):
Joan Leslie
Gail Russell
Barbara Britton
Ruth Terry
Martha O'Driscoll
Ella Raines
Mary Beth Hughes
Jinx Falkenburg
Elyse Knox
Joan Leslie
Gail Russell
Barbara Britton
Ruth Terry
Martha O'Driscoll
Ella Raines
Mary Beth Hughes
Jinx Falkenburg
Elyse Knox
re: Best movies set in or filmed in San Francisco
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 2/4/26 at 11:48 pm to Kafka
"The Line-Up" (1958) is really great. I wish the tv-series it was based on were more available these days. Used to be syndicated under the title "San Francisco Beat," and it had a healthy five-year run. I have a few episodes.
Lots of old films had San Francisco settings. One of the more obscure ones is a cheapie film, "Treasure of Monte Cristo" (1949), starring husband-and-wife Glenn Langan and Adele Jergens. Shot on location there. Hardly a great film, but I've had an affection for it since seeing it on a late-show when I was a young'un.
Oldest film I know of which (I think) was set in San Francisco was director Tod Browning's "Outside the Law" (1920), with Priscilla Dean and Lon Chaney. A really great and surprisingly violent finale, taking place in a Chinatown curio shop. The 1930 talkie remake, with Mary Nolan and Edward G. Robinson isn't as good.
No one going to mention the classic "San Francisco" (1936), with Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, and Spencer Tracy?
Lots of old films had San Francisco settings. One of the more obscure ones is a cheapie film, "Treasure of Monte Cristo" (1949), starring husband-and-wife Glenn Langan and Adele Jergens. Shot on location there. Hardly a great film, but I've had an affection for it since seeing it on a late-show when I was a young'un.
Oldest film I know of which (I think) was set in San Francisco was director Tod Browning's "Outside the Law" (1920), with Priscilla Dean and Lon Chaney. A really great and surprisingly violent finale, taking place in a Chinatown curio shop. The 1930 talkie remake, with Mary Nolan and Edward G. Robinson isn't as good.
No one going to mention the classic "San Francisco" (1936), with Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, and Spencer Tracy?
re: One of The Most Dangerous Aspects of Hollywood U Seldom Hear About? Anti-Christian Bigotry
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 2/4/26 at 6:57 pm to KCT
Far cry from 1964, when a "Project Prayer" rally was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles with 2500 in attendance, in support of school prayer, after the recent Supreme Court decision. Stars like Walter Brennan, Lloyd Nolan, Rhonda Fleming, Gloria Swanson attended, and there was vocal support from names like Ginger Rogers, John Wayne, Mary Pickford, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers, and others.
re: Anyone Remember "Wacky Packages?"
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 2/1/26 at 6:45 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
The artwork was what really set these above all other kiddie gum-card junk. Beautifully painted for maximum humor by old-timer Norman Saunders, who did marvelous cover art for old pulp magazines back in the 1930s and 1940s. A real master.
re: The National Film Registry announces its latest inductees...
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion on 1/29/26 at 7:42 am to RollTide1987
Well, I've always liked "Sparrows" (1926) a lot. The restoration print on the blu-ray looks stellar, much better than the lousy public-domain prints that floated around for decades. Who'd expect Mary Pickford to be in such a creepy, spooky film?
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