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Some I know a lot about, some just a little. Many members here fill in the gaps, which makes it extra fun.
Is that Bob Hope?
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He lived to age 100, 1903-2003.
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FWIW: New information from a negative sleeve on Adm. Halsey above: "Saddle given him by the Reno, Nevada, Chamber of Commerce. Taken on board the battleship South Dakota, Oct. 15, 1945."
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A wild guess here: Bob Hope made a movie in 1954, "Casanova's Big Night" with Joan Fontaine and Audrey Dalton. The year is about that time and the one on the right could pass as Joan but the one on the left doesn't really look much like Audrey. I might be able to pin it down later at some point.
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Very nice to see Wall, Akeley and Mitchell 35mm sound on film cameras, as well as the Spyder Turret 35mm B&H Eyemo hand held cameras in action! Looks like all the tripods have Akeley gyroscopic heads, which makes sense for following action smoothly. All of these (excepting the Eyemo's) would have been recording sound directly on the film as shot.
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Awesome details! Never would have known any of that. Thanks for filling in.
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Hasan Saka (chairman of the delegation from Turkey), Lana Turner (Hollywood actress), and Turhan Bey (Hollywood actor, Austrian born). This was during the United Nations Conference on International Organization on May 25, 1945, at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Would love to know what they were talking about!
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I'd never heard of him before I found this picture. And I'm trying to figure out why he and Lana Turner were at this big important conference. They were an item during that time but were they invited so as to impress the foreign dignitaries?
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It must be something that marries Huxley's Brave New World with Roger Waters' song Amused to Death.
I'm more intrigued by "Benny the Bum"! And I love seeing those cars.
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I asked my old-classic-car expert friend what they are. He said: "The two nearest appear to be 1940 Pontiacs. It's hard to tell but the one in the distance is a 1934 Pontiac I believe."
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There is a Benny the Bum's Crabhouse and Bar in Philadelphia. "Benny" was Benjamin H. Fogelman who started the restaurant in the 1930s. "Benny the Bum" was his childhood nickname. I don't find a connection to the San Francisco establishment with the Philadelphia Benny so either he had someone open it for him there or someone stole the name for their own bar. The SF bar was very popular with WWII sailors.
Typically meant strip-tease show.
You'd need someone wearing an infinite amount of clothing.
Great information—and on "Benny" as well!
Thank you for sharing these with us.
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I'm quite happy to do so. And thank *you* for the acknowledgment.
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