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    Algonquin Round Table

    Me, too, Hadley :-) Me, too...
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    Show us what you've made!

    :D I saw a bumper sticker the other day that read, Mall-Wart Your Source for Cheap Plastic Crap! That's too bad but not surprising about the loss of the fabric/sewing departments. Folks like my mother who was raised in The Depression were doing creative recylcing a long time ago and...
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    What Are You Reading

    In the reading room Collette is great reading. Enjoy... We went to a Modigliani exhibit last year. I love his stuff. I didn't go see the biopic on him with Andy Garcia after I read the reviews of it. I'm reading The Winds of Change by Eugene Linden and Same Souls, Different Bodies by...
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    Algonquin Round Table

    Dorothy Parker and The Viscous Circle Thanks for regenerating interest in this, Mad Hatter... Here, here on that, Harp. Parker was a kind of center of gravity for the Circle. We've stayed at "The Gonq" a couple times. I'd highly recommended it to anyone wanting a truly "vintage...
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    Children of Men

    Ww indeed We saw this last night. I didn't think audiences still had it in them to be that moved and that attentive. There were whole periods of absolute silence and people leaning forward in their chairs. Mesmerizing...
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    Tops and Whistles

    These have been with me since I was a kid. I think my folks my have been given these or got them from work. I'd love to identify them. If anyone recognizes the whistles or tops and can give me more information about them, I'd be most grateful. The grey whistle has no writing on it, and...
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    World War II poet

    You're Going to Miss Me When I'm Gone So many truly great poets and artists die, as you suggest, uknown or unrecognized in their true light. I think of the work of one of my writing lodestones, Louise Bogan. She wrote some of the most brilliant, chilling and trenchant lines in the...
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    The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

    Kingpin Never saw that. I'll have to check it out some time.
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    An Unfinished Life

    If this film ever came to a theatre near us, we sure can't remember seeing it on the marquee or hearing about it. We checked out An Unfinished Life on DVD from the library the other night. What a good story with terrific performances by Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Josh Lucas, and yes, even...
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    The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

    Hi Feraud and Doctor Strange (as in Strangelove? One of my favorite films by my favorite director?) I loved The Hours and Far From Heaven, too. Moody, interesting, entrancing films. But you're right, Prize Winner is a different kind of film for a period piece. Woody is kind of an...
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    World War II poet

    Oh, Harp, be still my heart. A kindred spirit... :-) I had a master class with Hecht at Johns Hopkins. One of my professors and my advisor was a student and friend of Hecht (who wrote the forward to his book of peotry). WWII affected him profoundly. And like any good poet (or artist)...
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    Vintage Theaters

    Hadley, had I my wits about as much as Ms. Parker did :) I would have thought of another moniker more appropriate to the motif of the lounge! We've been to Easter Island and loved it. Mahina Taka Taka is Rapa Nuian for "full moon" and my "real" name has something to do with the moon...
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    Support Mom and Pop

    Grand Junction Oh, I love those Craftsman houses. Sweet :) Sounds like Grand Junction has a few things figured out... Sorry to hear about the crafts store, PSG. I hope the Mom and Pops can continue to hold on as the chains become more ubiquitious.
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    Vintage Theaters

    Amy Jeanne, you really have a passion for this stuff! Are you working with a group or a theatre up in NJ? Cynthia
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    Soundtracks and film scores - what's in your collection?

    Soundtracks I've been collecting soundtracks since I bought the LP of 2001: A Space Odyssey some years ago. Here's what's "on the turntable" lately: 1) Chicago (the stage musical with Gwen Verndon, Chita Rivera and Jerry Orbach) 2) V for Vendetta - how happy I was to discover this film...
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    World War II poet

    Much more Thanks for bringing poetry into the forum. I had the pleasure and the priviledge to meet Anthony Hecht and take a class with him before he passed two years ago. His obituaries noted him as a 'WWII poet, a Jewish-American poet, a Formalist.' Of course he, like Douglas, and...
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    Poster: America's Tribute to Britain

    Beautiful Poster From - http://www.state.nd.us/hist/highbids.txt America's Tribute to Britain. Marchbanks Press, New York. n.d. 30 x 20 in. American poster honoring Britain's efforts in the war. Poster pictures a bald eagle placing a laurelon the head of a British lion. European War...
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    The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

    Sweet Film I think you'll like this Daisy :-) As in The Hours and Far From Heaven, Julianne looks great in period clothes and does her usual "knock it out of the park" job with the role.
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    Vintage Theaters

    Ou etes-vous, Olive bleu? Wow, how interesting! Well, like you, we'd like to find an old theatre, so like-minded folks and some time to bring it back. We've been searching here -- http://cinematreasures.org/ We have a place in NS and have been looking at theatres there that could be...
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Thanks, Daisy. The Fedora Lounge has been an interesting and amazing find. Given how many people here gravitate to things like old theatres and entertainment history, I think there may be hope for some "Cinema Treasures" out there waiting for the wrecking ball! Thanks for the thread link :)

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