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So many great songs have featured in films from the Golden Era. Mack the Knife sung by Ernst Busch from the 1931 German film THE THREE PENNY OPERA is one of the most impressive and creepiest at the same time. This scene from the film opening shows Mack the Knife stalking two women whilst a...

I suggest you go for the single leather sole option. I have two pairs of Drew’s cascade ranchers made by Whites. One pair single leather sole and the other with Vibram soles. The difference in weight is remarkable. The leather sole is miles lighter and the thinness negates the clunky...

Looking at items like iPads for sale on Ebay it is surprising how many are locked and come without chargers. That is usually an indication they are stolen. Honest sellers take the bother to unlock their Ipads so that new buyers can use them. Any frequent Ebay buyer has likely unwittingly bought...

Could be Haunted Harbor, Republic Pictures 1944. Also known as Pirates Harbor.

I own an Aero and also a Steve Sellers example the same as casechoppers. Both are great. There seems to be two polarising schools of thought with grizzly's. The hair on hide and the fur fans. Personally I like the fur. The hair on hide look great when new but are susceptible to hair loss over...

A lot of Somerset Maugham's short stories and books relate to voyages on tramp steamers based on his own travels and observations in the Far East early in the 20th century. Read them many years ago and perhaps some of the most evocative exotic travel romantic writings ever.

Yes, the last of the old trams used to travel the paying North Richmond to St Kilda line and were phased out two years ago. The city circle trams are very popular with locals also who work in the city. The whole circuit can take up to an hour depending on traffic and always crowded. The ones...

I recently bought a a miniscule collectable charm weighting less than an ounce and had to pay $34 USD to ship it internationally. The seller told me he had to pay about $2.60 to ship it to Pitney Bowles. He just started using the system and didn't know it was such a ripoff and he now realises it...

Melbourne aside from having about 30 vintage trams still in service to complement the modern fleet also has roughly 200 vintage trams in storage. Some trams are also receiving major upgrades and now being stripped down and completely restored to run on the free city circle line.

Awesome event. Thanks for showing us.

I live in Melbourne too and am lucky to live 3 minutes walk away from 2 tram lines. I drive my car very little and share it with my wife. The roads trams travel on are full of life. Long busy pedestrian friendly strip shopping areas with plenty of cafes, shops, parks, connections, services and...

Yes SCARFACE is excellent and certainly based on Capone. I believe Edward G Robinson was deliberately chosen by Warner's for his role in LITTLE CEASER because he did resemble Capone but had to make it fictional as Capone then a notorious public figure but still a free man and convicted of...

Though not a biopic I really like Edward G Robinson as "Rico" in LITTLE CEASER 1931. This fictional film was loosely based on the real Al Capone. Kick started the whole gangster film genre.

I believe the Dubow 27798 jackets had either brown or purple knits. Could have been due to the large contract for these jackets right at the time the airforce was in rapid expansion and the inevitable war time shortage of materials. They just used what was available.

Maybe I should have explained better, feel bad the way I worded that. Was in China many many years ago in a poor part of the country during winter. People wore quilted jackets as well as trousers continuously 24/7. It was for most of them part of their only set of clothes they owned which they...