Vintage neon signs

[Frunobulax]

I've read - no idea if it is true - that it was a body double for the nude scene. Is there a definitive answer to that question?

I was always under the impression it was her.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[2jakes]

From IMDb :
"Maureen O'Sullivan does not appear as Jane during the film's famous nude swimming sequence. O'Sullivan is instead doubled by Josephine McKim, a member of the 1928 and 1932 U.S. Womens' Olympic Swim Teams and one of the four U.S. swimmers on that team to win the 1932 gold medal in the 400-Meter Freestyle Relay, setting Olympic and World records. (See Olympic swimming records for 1928 and 1932)."

 

[Frunobulax]

From IMDb :
"Maureen O'Sullivan does not appear as Jane during the film's famous nude swimming sequence. O'Sullivan is instead doubled by Josephine McKim, a member of the 1928 and 1932 U.S. Womens' Olympic Swim Teams and one of the four U.S. swimmers on that team to win the 1932 gold medal in the 400-Meter Freestyle Relay, setting Olympic and World records. (See Olympic swimming records for 1928 and 1932)."

You have dashed the long-held beliefs of my younger years. Have you no compassion?


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[2jakes]

You have dashed the long-held beliefs of my younger years.
Have you no compassion?

Sent directly from my mind to yours.

Yes, she’s over on Seventh Avenue!

 

[Ghostsoldier]

I'm staying at the Sea Breeze.

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

Iconic

Film-noir perfect

Ever notice how cabs are used a lot in film noir movies?

Not neon, but another version of an old friend

 

[2jakes]

I'm listening to Vaughn Monroe.

 

[1mach1]

Elkridge, Maryland

 

[Fading Fast]

Option one: this is a very old & neglected neon sign now firmly in ghost land

Option two: the sign is new & fresh, you are just looking at it at 2am after having had way too many of the item in said sign

 

[2jakes]

Option one: this is a very old & neglected neon sign now firmly in ghost land

Option two: the sign is new & fresh, you are just looking at it at 2am after having had way too many of the item in said sign

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Option three:
If you see pink, definitely don't drive!

 

[Fading Fast]

This looks like a modern sign to me, but one trying to do - and doing - vintage very well:

And this looks like the real deal done very well:

 

[2jakes]

New Orleans

 

[2jakes]

Good to the last drop

 

[BobHufford]

Duplicate post from the "Roadside" thread, but thought this needed to be in here as well. I went past this sign a million times as a kid, but had forgotten about it until someone posted it to a Facebook page I follow.

 

[2jakes]

I went past this sign a million times as a kid, but had forgotten about it until someone posted it to a Facebook page I follow.
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Cool!

I have a FB page which on occasions I check in on friends far away.

 

[Fading Fast]

A must stop and have a piece of pie place

And the connection to the space program and a liquor store - too many easy jokes in that one. Love the little Apollo craft though

 

[3fingers]

^^
Booze and rockets/space were apparently linked in some way. Liquor stores named in such a way were everywhere. A popular local one was the Orbit Inn. It was a little higher class than some. They sold all you would expect at any liquor store plus higher end booze and fancy cheese, etc.
The neon sign was everything you would expect of an atomic era joint. Unfortunately the owner sold his license to a large grocery store back when licenses were capped and the Inn is now a shoe store.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Option one: this is a very old & neglected neon sign now firmly in ghost land

Option two: the sign is new & fresh, you are just looking at it at 2am after having had way too many of the item in said sign

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Clearly they specialize in "dirty" martinis.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Yee-haw!

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

1954: Singer/actress Abbe Lane in front of Ciro's nightclub, Hollywood, where she was appearing with then-husband Xavier Cugat.

I did not post this because of the va-va-voom stuff, but because it has some cool neon in the Ciro's sign and, even more so, because it is so iconically - so perfectly - '50s cheesy.