Above: The Cat and the Fiddle (Pete Gordon) and Mickey Mouse (a monkey in a very creepy costume) were featured in 1934's Babes In Toyland. We close out the old year and ring in the new with a bit of song and dance from three musicals that entertained New Yorkers in the waning day...
As you watch the ball drop and pop the champagne, hit “play” on these classic—but never musty—New Year’s tunes.
“The Talk of the Town” marked the Dakota’s 50th year at Central Park West, and made note of its loyal and prominent clientele…back in the day it served as a residence for actors such as Lillian Gish, Boris Karloff, and Teresa Wright, and in later years such luminaries as Lauren Ba...
In the Year 2400 “The Talk of the Town” examined the “Buck Rogers” craze, fed by a cartoon strip, a radio show, and an array of toys. YESTERDAY’S TOMORROW…A Buck Rogers “pop-up” book was just one of the many formats that could be consumed by avid followers of the early ...
the futuristic costumes; in the year 1970 RAF pilot John Cabal (Massey) lands his sleek monoplane in Everytown, England, proclaiming a new civilization run by a band of enlightened mechanics and engineers; city of the future as depicted inThings to Come;poster for the film’s release. (IMDB...
BABY BLUES…Two-year old Baby LeRoy (Ronald Le Roy Overacker)played the annoying foil toW.C. Fieldsin three films, includingIt’s a Gift(left, with Fields andTammany Young).JamesCurtis’sW.C. Fields: A Biography(2003) quotes directorNorman McLeod:“[Fields] used to swear at the baby so...
. Although the aluminum house was intended to be mass-produced, flat-packaged and shipped throughout the world, the design never made it to market (however its ideas influenced other architects); at right, a Fuller geodesic dome at Disney’s Epcot Center in Florida. (archdaily.com/Wikipedia)...
ALL AGLOW…The Lescaze house at night, and two interior views. (From the 1936 issue ofDecorative Art, the Annual Issue of the Studio Yearbook via djhuppatz.blogspot.com) GLASSY EYED…The Lescaze House’s glass block facade, the first to be used on a building in New York City, were ...
SURVEYING THEIR KINGDOM…Most visitors to the Empire State Building can only go as high as the 86th floor observation deck. However, if you are a VIP likeSerena WilliamsorTaylor Swift, you can get your picture snapped on the 103rd. (Associated Press/Empire State Building/Evan Bindelglass, ...
(Rogers) leads to blackmail and murder; at right, five-year-old future child starShirley TemplewithSpencer TracyinNow I'll Tell, which was loosely based on the autobiography ofCarolyn Green Rothstein,wife of New York gamblerArnold Rothstein. Temple's role was a minor one, however her ...