Topic: THE COLLECTOR (Read 26281 times)

DAW · « **Reply #150 on:** March 30, 2009, 12:12:56 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 30, 2009, 12:11:12 PM

I love the Hofnung cartoons too!

I love the "cymbal guy" in the orchestra's back row, [previous page]. Always makes me smile!

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #151 on:** March 30, 2009, 12:23:36 PM »

What I wish I collected:

Those mini-cards of Playbill covers that came out at the end of the season. I got them the first two years they came out, missed a year, got the next two years, couldn't find them the following year, the year after that and then gave up on them. They are not of any value but it would be fun to shuffle through them.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #152 on:** March 30, 2009, 12:27:35 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on March 30, 2009, 10:24:27 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 30, 2009, 10:14:55 AM
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Mikey, have you seen any non-regional blu-ray DVD player advertised?

Do a google search Elmore, there are plenty of them for sale including at 220 Electronics, where I think you bought your previous region free machine. http://www.220-electronics.com/dvd/dvdorig.htm

I haven't really done any looking for one myself, as no movies of interest to me have been released on Blue Ray.

Thank you for the link! They're costing more than I want to pay at the moment but I do believe the DVD manufacturers will eventually fade out non-blu-ray discs.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #153 on:** March 30, 2009, 12:30:40 PM »

What I need to finish collecting:

A set of postcards from the 1939 World's Fair in New York. I started collecting them back when I was a teen mostly because I loved the artwork and subject matter. I have about 3/4 of the set. I should complete it. They're fairly common and easy to find.

bk · « **Reply #154 on:** March 30, 2009, 12:32:00 PM »

Back from the long jog and still printing out orders.

Druxy · « **Reply #155 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:08:02 PM »

One of my favorite pieces:

Druxy · « **Reply #156 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:10:11 PM »

And another:

S. Woody White · « **Reply #157 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:13:42 PM »

Quote from: DAW on March 30, 2009, 11:54:42 AM

This is one of those "Where's Waldo" puzzles, right?

Matt H. · « **Reply #158 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:19:10 PM »

Had a very enjoyable lunch out today. It's a picture-perfect day after nearly a week of spotty rain, so it was treat to be out in the fresh air and sunshine. And I'll have to be out more this week since my front yard now needs a serious buzz cut.

Matt H. · « **Reply #159 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:20:10 PM »

Quote from: Druxy on March 30, 2009, 01:10:11 PM

And another:

This is my favorite Al Jolson song.

MBarnum · « **Reply #160 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:23:34 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 30, 2009, 11:43:44 AM

RE: Matchbooks - A friend of mine documents her restaurant meals by not only writing the date of the meal on the matchbook, but by having her dining companions sign the matchbook too.

That is an absolutely cool idea!

JMK · « **Reply #161 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:25:04 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on March 30, 2009, 01:23:34 PM

Quote from: JoseSPiano on March 30, 2009, 11:43:44 AM
RE: Matchbooks - A friend of mine documents her restaurant meals by not only writing the date of the meal on the matchbook, but by having her dining companions sign the matchbook too.

That is an absolutely cool idea!

Unless you're at a banquet with 100 people. "Bigger matchbook, please."

Matt H. · « **Reply #162 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:25:11 PM »

When I got in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS on Blu-ray had arrived, and so I watched it. The film has never been my favorite MGM musical even though I recognize the tremendous array of talent before and behind the camera that went in creating it.

On Blu-ray, it is simply stunning to watch. The Ultra-Resolution restoration has transformed it into a candy box of color. The ballet has never looked so glorious, and unlike that old original DVD issue with lots of dirt and print damage, this one is as glorious as can be.

Warners goofed by only giving it a lossy Dolby Digital 1.0 track compressed at 192 kbps. (Criterion gave the mono track of THE 400 BLOWS an uncompressed PCM track which is night and day superior to this.) I know there are a few stereo audio stems for the movie that they didn't use since the rest of the film would have been mono and thus kind of jarring to the listener to go back and forth between mono and stereo, but it's a shame they didn't present the "Concerto in F" as a bonus feature with the stereo track.

MBarnum · « **Reply #163 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:26:53 PM »

I love finding out what people collect...and more so when they include photos!

I would love to see BKs collection of paperback books...perhaps he will scan some!!

And I know Ron Pulliam has quite a collection of movie memorablia which he has shared from time to time...love seeing those lobby cards.

Matt H. · « **Reply #164 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:28:04 PM »

I listened to about half of the commentary. It's a stitched together affair with Gene Kelly's widow narrating a string of audio interview with Kelly, Freed, Minnelli, Saul Chaplin, Nina Foch, Caron, etc. Very informative for those who don't know anything about the production.

Matt H. · « **Reply #165 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:29:08 PM »

I began watching the "making of" featurette, but I only got about 8 minutes in. It's 42 minutes long, so I'll finish it when I go back down.

Of course, the informative Dr. Drew Casper is one of the talkling heads (since he wrote a book on Minnelli musicals. Has anyone ever read or even seen that book?).

MBarnum · « **Reply #166 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:29:54 PM »

I guess my very first collection were the characters from the cereal FREAKIES when I was in the 3rd grade. I kept getting Goody Goody in my cereal boxes so I finally sent in my 50 cents for the whole set of characters....seemed like it took forever for them to arrive, but once they did I loved them, and I still have them!

Here are the characters...(not mine since I don't want to try to dig them out just at the moment, but just a representation of mine)

MBarnum · « **Reply #167 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:33:18 PM »

And to see the FREAKIES in action, witness their first commercial circa 1974

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP8mbxZBl3k

William F. Orr · « **Reply #168 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:37:12 PM »

As long as we are all posting pictures:

William F. Orr · « **Reply #169 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:39:34 PM »

The above was the new Broadribb translation. Below is, evidently, a reprint of the 1911 Kearney version:

Laura · « **Reply #170 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:44:15 PM »

DR William Orr, DR Sandra is taking a correspondence course in Esperanto. When she completes it, she will receive "a certificate suitable for framing." She is very excited.

bk · « **Reply #171 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:45:03 PM »

Will shortly go pick up some packages and have a light lunch and go over my notes for tonight.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #172 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:46:13 PM »

And just to prove it exists:

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #173 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:50:58 PM »

Druxy, who or what are your Hirschfelds of?

Matt H. · « **Reply #174 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:53:39 PM »

Hopping off-line now to get some writing done and then it's back downstairs to finish the AN AMERICAN IN PARIS bonus features and then watch some prime time TV.

WBBL.

Kerry · « **Reply #175 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:57:36 PM »

Quote from: William F. Orr on March 30, 2009, 01:39:34 PM

The above was the new Broadribb translation. Below is, evidently, a reprint of the 1911 Kearney version:

I like these. Please share more. Did all "Little Prince" covers in other languages still use the original artwork?

William F. Orr · « **Reply #176 on:** March 30, 2009, 01:59:16 PM »

Quote from: Laura on March 30, 2009, 01:44:15 PM

DR William Orr, DR Sandra is taking a correspondence course in Esperanto. When she completes it, she will receive "a certificate suitable for framing." She is very excited.

That is wonderful news. We have missed her delightful posts here. Perhaps if she comes back we can practice our Esperanto together here, to the irritation and consternation of all and sun-dried.

Do, mi deziras al via filino ĉiun sukceson en ŝia lingvostudo.

If the special letters didn't show up on screen, they are, respectively, c-circumflex and s-circumflex, often rendered cx and sx or ch and sh on low-tech devices. One needs Unicode for them.

In any case, I have been E&T and also T&E for some time here. What news on DD and DR Sandra? I will be leaving work now, but will check in from time to time this evening.

Druxy · « **Reply #177 on:** March 30, 2009, 02:04:23 PM »

Quote from: Charles Pogue on March 30, 2009, 01:50:58 PM

Druxy, who or what are your Hirschfelds of?

Charlie Chaplin
Greta Garbo
Bogart/Bacall
Woody Allen/Diane Keaton
Shubert Theatre
High Noon
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Clark Gable
James Cagney
Classic Comedians (Laurel & Hardy/Abbott & Costello)

William F. Orr · « **Reply #178 on:** March 30, 2009, 02:05:37 PM »

Quote from: Kerry on March 30, 2009, 01:57:36 PM

I like these. Please share more. Did all "Little Prince" covers in other languages still use the original artwork?

Yes, the ones I have. The 1911 Alice used other illustrations, I presume because there was a copyright problem at that time.

Carroll is particularly challenging to translate because of the word-play and puns. If one cannot render that with equal cleverness (or groan-inducement) in the target language, the flavor is lost.

My own attempt at translating Lolita has concentrated for about five years on finding the perfect rendering of the first sentence. If one could live forever...

Michael · « **Reply #179 on:** March 30, 2009, 02:05:46 PM »

I used to collect rare musical cast recordings, but due to the advent of cds my collection went down the toliet.

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