This or That

[V.C. Brunswick]

Stephen King

D.W. Griffith or Erich Von Stroheim (as director)?

 

[vitanola]

Bairnsfather. "If you knows of a better 'ole, go to it!"

Jimmy Hatlo or Al Fagaly?

I'll do it every time.

Choose Hatlo, that is.

Griffith, Robinson, Andress, Oleum Castoricum, Poe, and Bristle.


Currier and Ives or Prang and Meyer?

 

[Widebrim]

Dry Cells

I remember those No. 6 dry cells from science class when we would do electrical experiments.

1. Los Angeles or San Francisco?

2. Sydney or Melbourne?

3. Munich or Berlin?

4. Venice or Florence?

5. Canterbury or York?
I think "London or Leeds?" would have been a no-brainer

Los Angeles (of course)
Melbourne (based on what Lolly loi_sides told me)
Munich
Florence
York


Chrysler or DeSoto Airflow?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Stephen King

D.W. Griffith or Erich Von Stroheim (as director)?

Griffith. "Broken Blossoms" remains the single most powerful film I've ever seen. Nothing else even comes close.

Lillian Gish or Dorothy Gish?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Los Angeles (of course)
Melbourne (based on what Lolly loi_sides told me)
Munich
Florence
York


Chrysler or DeSoto Airflow?

Chrysler Air Flow

York is a place that I would like to visit because it's home to Britain's National Railway Museum.

And while on that subject:

Gresley A4 Mallard or J3 Hudson?

 

[vitanola]

Chrysler AIRSTREAM!


As for locomotives, a 2-8-0 "Consolodation' is quite streamlined enough for my admittedly odd taste.

Dorothy Gish

Well, Currier and Ives or Prang & Meyer lithographs?

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Currier and Ives

Louis Sullivan or Frank Lloyd Wright?

 

[Widebrim]

Chrysler AIRSTREAM!

Okay, but the Airstream evolved out of the Airflow...

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Cole Porter or Irving Berlin?

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Irving Berlin

Cole Porter or Irving Berlin?

The Outlaw Josey Wales or Fist Full of Dollars?

 

[jamespowers]

Irving Berlin



The Outlaw Josey Wales or Fist Full of Dollars?

Fist Full of Dollars. I like No Name.

The Good the Bad and the Ugly or For a Few Dollars More?

 

[vitanola]

Louis Sullivan or Frank Lloyd Wright?

Louis Sullivan

 

[LizzieMaine]

Cole Porter or Irving Berlin?

Porter.

Robin and Rainger or Gordon and Revel?

 

[vitanola]

Porter.

Robin and Rainger or Gordon and Revel?

Robin and Rainger

"The Mad Russian" or "Parkyakarkus"?

 

[Widebrim]

Robin and Rainger

"The Mad Russian" or "Parkyakarkus"?

Parkyakarkus.


Jack Benny or Fred Allen?

 

[vitanola]

Jack Benny or Fred Allen?

Fred Allen

It isn't Hildegard, kiddies.

Midwest Utilities or International Match Coropration?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Jack Benny or Fred Allen?

Jack Benny

Mario Lanza or Luciano Pavarotti?

[video=youtube;zZFbSscuQps]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZFbSscuQps&feature=related[/video]

[video=youtube;PghOdj02Jew]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PghOdj02Jew[/video]

 

[Flipped Lid]

Pavarotti- although it would be a more interesting comparison if the sound technology in Lanza's day was the equivalent of what Pavarotti was recorded with.

Orvis or Filson?

 

[vitanola]

Pavarotti- although it would be a more interesting comparison if the sound technology in Lanza's day was the equivalent of what Pavarotti was recorded with.

What?

Lanza's recordings are quite modern, and can sound splendid when played on the proper equipment.
It is really pretty easy to gauge the quality of a male singer even when their only recordings are acoustic. Many female singers recorded well, too, though the soprano voice in particular was notoriously difficult to wax, and many ladies with great reputations are represented by only pallid echoes of their art (Nordica for example).

Lanza had a great instrument which he did not always use intellegently, and whilst his singing is impressive at times, there does not seem to be a great deal of art behind it. Many singers with mediocre instruemnts have made great careers indeed through their artistic interpretive skills (Mary Garden, for example) or through their great beauty and acting ability (Geraldine Farrar). I would prefer Pavarroti, but greatly prefer an older style of singing. IN Italian tenors, Gigli, Caruso (at times) Bonci, or Constantino.

Orvis or Filson?

Sears Roebuck!

Caruso, Constantino, or Bonci?

Caruso:

[video=youtube_share;aef9DGvZ8Qo]http://youtu.be/aef9DGvZ8Qo[/video]

Constantino:

[video=youtube_share;QuYLX-7H4q0]http://youtu.be/QuYLX-7H4q0[/video]

Bonci:

[video=youtube_share;SiJVwZmEJMM]http://youtu.be/SiJVwZmEJMM[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Bonci

Richard Tauber or Wilhelm Strienz?

Richard Tauber
[video=youtube;JtgmKpcgQ30]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtgmKpcgQ30&feature=related[/video]

Wilhelm Strienz
[video=youtube;0pAJK30eewg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pAJK30eewg[/video]